Community issues

Roughly a third of Baltimore residents don’t have a car in a city where getting around without one can be an exercise in planning ahead or a serious barrier to work and life.

After losing 544 residents to COVID-19, Howard County on Monday unveiled a memorial to the victims of the pandemic in Meadowbrook Park.

Columbia-area residents reported feeling rumbles from a magnitude 2.5 earthquake Monday.

Baltimore County wasted more than $125,500 in traffic-calming funding on projects riddled with errors, policy violations and conflicts of interest, according to a report released by the inspector general.

U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis issued a preliminary injunction in August that the Salvadoran native and Beltsville resident not be deported while he challenges the legality of his re-detention with ICE.

Human Services Secretary Rafael Lopez issued the new directive last Wednesday, exactly one month after a 16-year-old girl living in an East Baltimore hotel was found dead.

A man was shot and his dog was killed by officers who responded to a call for a reported animal bite in Baltimore on Sunday, according to police.

A man died in a single-vehicle crash after attempting to flee a traffic stop on Sunday, according to the Howard County Police Department.

Shaina A. Hernandez will become CEO and president of the Baltimore Public Markets Corporation.

A bitter fight in Howard County between Manor Hill Brewing and its neighbors has lasted nearly a decade.

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

The Somerset County school board voted Monday to part ways with its superintendent after months of turmoil in the school system.

Eric Greene of Annapolis says Trump has directed the military to use the nation’s cities as practice grounds and regularly disregards the Constitution.

Black drivers make up most of the traffic stops in Baltimore County, despite being 30% of the population — disparities police have known about for years but have failed to fix.

A city-funded grant program will help cover down payment and closing costs for residents who live in East and West Baltimore.

With guns drawn, Baltimore County Police surrounded a group of students after the Omnilert AI Gun Detection System warned school leaders that a student had a gun. 

David Kennedy, the government affairs manager at BoatU.S., writes that keeping the Discovery Village boat ramp in Anne Arundel County open would provide affordable access to the Chesapeake Bay for boaters, anglers and families.

Jim Frazetti of Anne Arundel County is the 26th person to be named a Maryland Master Angler by catching 10 out of a list of 60 qualifying fish species found in the state.

An adult male was killed and a young boy passing by in a vehicle was wounded during a shooting incident in West Baltimore on Saturday night.

A South Dakota company is recalling more than 2.2 million pounds of Korean barbecue pork jerky sold at Costco and Sam’s Club stores because the product may be contaminated with pieces of metal, federal health officials said Friday.