Community issues

Attorney General Anthony Brown is asking a court to stop work at a Washington County immigration detention center until a separate legal challenge is decided in court.

Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a 31-year-old man who was jailed at Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover.

Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman told the County Council on Tuesday that a development moratorium covering part of northern Anne Arundel County is a “five-alarm fire” that he wants to move quickly to resolve.

Unique Thorne, 27, of Johnston Square, pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to second-degree murder and use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence.

A 17-year-old Gaithersburg High student was arrested Tuesday after he was found with a loaded handgun on campus.

The FBI on Tuesday increased to $1 million the reward for information leading to the capture of one of its “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives,” a man suspected of killing his wife in 2015 at a doughnut shop in Anne Arundel County.

A Maryland commission that investigates wrongdoing by judges recommended that the state’s highest court remove Anne Arundel County Orphans’ Court Judge Marc Knapp from the probate bench.

Two construction workers were buried in a collapsed trench on Tuesday afternoon in Bethesda.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown sued DHS, alleging it blocked a state probe into immigrant detention conditions at Baltimore’s Fallon Federal Building.

Temperatures will near record highs in Central Maryland on Tuesday and Wednesday, then quickly drop by the end of the week, according to the National Weather Service.

While Baltimore County has many chain standbys — think Panera, Chipotle — you can often find better fare and save money by going local

The visit follows a federal judge’s Friday order to limit the number of detainees in the Baltimore facility to 56 across all five holding rooms.

Tax sale nightmares are avoidable. Here are some tips for new and established homeowners to ensure your property stays off the auction list.

A review of public contracting records by The Banner reveals details about the private companies that are helping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement turn a massive Washington County warehouse into a detention center.

A lawsuit alleges the Berkshires at Town Center Apartments knew about fire safety problems at the building long before a January blaze and failed repeatedly to correct them.

Maryland will pay for businesses within a half-mile of the Purple Line track to upgrade their facades under a $3 million proposal from Gov. Wes Moore.

COLUMN | The pursuit and crash that killed Dimeka Thornton started shortly after midnight on April 8, 2024, in a hotel parking lot in Windsor Mill.

Carlo Yaque del Cid was found guilty of first-degree murder on Monday in the fatal 2022 shooting of a man in Silver Spring.

The explosion occurred after a pressure valve went off that handled carbon monoxide, a Baltimore City Fire Department spokesman said.

Col. John Ripley, a Naval Academy graduate known for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War, has been posthumously recommended for the Congressional Medal of Honor