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Robert Lookingbill, 71, faces two felony sex abuse charges and two misdemeanor charges related to a March 1 incident in which he allegedly inappropriately touched a middle school student on the school bus he was driving.

The long-awaited move comes as violent crime has continued to recede in Baltimore following last year’s record drop in homicides — a trend Scott has credited in part to the success of his group violence reduction strategy.

Baltimore voters in the city’s 1st District got a taste of the three council candidates running to represent them Thursday night when the contenders met for a debate ahead of what may be Baltimore’s most competitive City Council election.

The Columbia Association board has selected a new leader after not having a permanent CEO for over a year.

Carroll County commissioners plan to withhold some additional funding to the public library because staff supported the Freedom to Read Act, they said in budget work sessions this month.

The debate will be conducted in a Q&A format in front of invited guests who have been asked to submit a question for the candidates.

A new ad from Mayor Brandon Scott criticizes former Mayor Sheila Dixon’s record, but those assertions need more context.

The influential public employee union has named Mark Parker as its choice in the competitive primary race to represent Southeast Baltimore on the City Council.

The debate, hosted by WBAL-TV on a tape-delay at Morgan State University, comes as the Democratic race for City Council president has entered its most competitive stretch.

The candidates generally stuck to the same pitches their campaigns have already been selling voters, who tuned in less than a month from the May 14 primary.

A lifelong Baltimore resident says five days of jury duty changed him and gave him a new understanding of how criminal justice is administered in the city.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball unveiled $2.4 billion operating budget request, including $1.14 billion for the Howard County Public School System.

The $50,000 check is a big donation for the national union, which has historically contributed much less to state and local races.

Learn about Nick Mosby, the Democrat who is running for re-election in the Baltimore City Council President's race.

The two have only appeared together publicly once this calendar year with the election bearing down.

The city’s announcement came the same morning that federal authorities raided the Dali, launching a federal criminal investigation into the Key Bridge collapse.

After an unusually rancorous appointment process, the County Council on Monday night approved D’Andrea L. Walker's appointment as county administrative officer, the second-highest position.

The Baltimore County Council chairman says he’s unhappy with the proposed budget from County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.

An idea floated by Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates to bring criminal charges against parents whose children have been arrested is cruel and misguided, say the faculty director and the executive director of the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts at the University of Baltimore School of Law.

Youth development programs are among the resources needed to address the social and economic causes of juvenile crime, says Lillian Bocquin, a fellow with the Center for Adolescent Health at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.