Community issues

Eric Anderson, 81, who once led the Baltimore megachurch’s Bible college, was facing two counts of indecent assault and battery of a child for misconduct that allegedly happened nearly 50 years ago.

Erin Batton Bull, a pediatric hospice nurse who comforted hundreds of dying children and their families, dies at 44 of breast cancer.

Anthony Lechner, 56, of Monkton, fatally stabbed his wife, Kimberly Lechner, inside their home on Maplehurst Lane on Sept. 29, 2025.

A pediatric hospice nurse, Erin Bull, has guided hundreds of families through the uncertain territory between life and death. After a Stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis, Bull faces her own mortality while caring for her two young sons.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why a plane was allowed to take off as President Donald Trump’s helicopter was approaching Reagan National Airport.

Dion Thompson, 27, of Gwynn Oak, was found guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court of first-degree murder and related crimes in the deadly shooting of Metropolitan Police Sgt. Tony Mason Jr. on Nov. 4, 2017.

Baltimore raises BGE conduit rental fee, prompting concerns of $10 monthly bill hikes for city customers. The utility is weighing legal action.

Police said a 13-year-old boy was the driver of a reportedly stolen car carrying six other children that crashed into a second vehicle in Germantown, killing a man.

The rest of the week will be just as wet, with chances of showers and thunderstorms increasing in the afternoon hours, according to the National Weather Service.

The state attorney general’s office released the names of a Maryland-National Capital Park Police officer and the man he shot in Fort Washington Park on July 31.

Nostalgia beckons at Maryland’s sole drive-in theater, a Middle River mainstay.

The Maryland Sierra Club said its study shows that reusable bag use has risen by 23% since the law went into effect on Jan. 1.

A worker at the Dundalk Marine Terminal died after being struck by a piece of equipment Monday morning, officials said.

Amazon withdrew its proposal to build data centers near Constellation Energy’s Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant in Southern Maryland, county officials announced on Tuesday.

State health officials have confirmed another measles case in Maryland, bringing the total so far this year to 13.

A 36-year-old motorcyclist died after being struck Monday night by a man who police say was driving while impaired.

The recent arrests of the two Baltimore academics by federal immigration enforcement officials have roiled two university systems in Maryland that have robust networks of international faculty, researchers and students.

The incident happened near University Boulevard West and Colesville Road and involved a vehicle that rolled into a tree, trapping two people.

A two-vehicle crash early Tuesday in Germantown killed a man and sent seven children to area hospitals, two of whom were in critical condition, authorities said.

Sumser’s next Spirit Women Doll-making class is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. on Friday at Poolesville’s Riverworks Art Center. It costs $20 and is open to anyone — including men.