Community issues

Anthony Barksdale, Baltimore’s deputy mayor for public safety and a former deputy police commissioner, died Thursday. He was 53.

The Maryland Attorney General’s Office released the body camera footage from six police officers who shot and killed a man in Dundalk who was reportedly firing a gun.

The State of Maryland and Prince George’s County are suing President Donald Trump for interfering in the long-planned relocation of the FBI to Greenbelt.

The Federal Aviation Administration is reducing air traffic in 40 “high-volume markets” starting this Friday, citing safety concerns and staffing shortages in air traffic controllers.

After a month of being asked, Gov. Wes Moore’s office provided crime statistics for what state police got up to in September.

Baltimore County residents and advocates demanded answers and condemned County Executive Kathy Klausmeier’s decision to cooperate with ICE.

A combination of high winds and a super moon, when the moon’s orbit brought it closer to Earth, is to blame for a low-water advisory for Baltimore Inner Harbor.

Howard County community members are questioning the political affiliations of Jean Xu, who is running as a Democrat for Howard County Council in 2026.

Hearings over the last several months before the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities revealed a dysfunctional Anne Arundel County Orphans' Court.

Halloween is over and there are number of things you can do to ride the candy high out this weekend in Howard County.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is over. This survivor wants you to get a mammogram anyway.

Anne Arundel County Community College President Dawn Lindsay is stepping down after 13 years, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the school announced Wednesday.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore filed for bankruptcy right before a new state law, the Child Victims Act of 2023, took effect.

Baltimore County officials insist nothing’s changed since 2024, when they agreed informally to hold detainees in the county jail 48 hours if ICE wanted them.

Baltimore County police have arrested two men in connection with a deadly September shooting in Dundalk.

For hundreds of skinny, 220-foot rods to form the foundation of a new Francis Scott Key Bridge, contractors are deploying a huge hydraulic hammer that attaches to a crane barge.

After nearly 40 years of pushing for progressive change on environmental and educational policy, Maryland Energy Administration leader Paul Pinsky is retiring from public service.

Like other jurisdictions in Maryland, Baltimore City has a Police Accountability Board and a five-person administrative charging committee, both of which are run by citizens.

Marriott said the Sheraton Inner Harbor provided advance notice to employees that it will cease operations with the brand by Dec. 31.

Phillips Foods Inc. and other Maryland seafood companies had faced the prospect that they would no longer be allowed to import millions of pounds of crabmeat from Southeast Asia.