Baltimore County

The Baltimore County Council has approved the nominations of Joseph W. Dixon as fire chief, and of C. Scott Holupka and Emily Brophy to be Planning Board chair and vice chair, respectively.

Following the string of shootings during homecoming celebrations in recent years, campus police departments are implementing additional security measures and protocols.

“Do we send checks to dead people?” Council chair Izzy Patoka asked.

In the days leading up to the first anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, locals with ties to both Israel and Gaza assembled peacefully across Maryland.

Brendan Gieron, 65, leaves behind his family and third grade students.

The team, composed of first responders from Harford, Montgomery, Howard, and Baltimore counties, arrived in Western North Carolina on September 27 and immediately got to work.

Few dishes Shelley Lev Wiseman Kelly made compared to the brisket she sold at Edmart, her Pikesville deli.

For a decade, Baltimore lost more Black than white residents from 2010 to 2020, according to a Baltimore Banner analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.

Baltimore County Police obtained an arrest warrant for the teen accused of shooting the Rodgers Forge resident Sept. 13.

A bus meant to carry dejected Orioles fans south to Cromwell Station went the wrong way. A “mutiny” ensued.

All 14 Metro SubwayLink stations between Owings Mills and Johns Hopkins Hospital will close at 8 p.m. Friday and reopen 4 a.m. Monday.

Some Baltimore County residents are expressing concern about County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.’s efforts to shape the makeup of the Planning Board shortly before voters head to the polls to consider term limits and City Council approval for planning board members.

In Baltimore County, people who show signs of mental illness are being criminally charged for repeatedly calling 911 and crisis hotlines.

Wade Kach’s current term ends in December of 2026. He said he won’t run again, citing his health.

Junius Wilson, the outsider artist, shows off his work in Egyptian garb as he prepares for show at the American Visionary Art Museum.

Archdiocese of Baltimore has made official the closure of more than half the Catholic churches in city, nearby suburbs.

More than 100 people gathered along outside marine terminals at the Port of Baltimore after midnight, calling for higher wages and to stop automation at the ports.

Voters are being asked to game the future of the U.S. Senate when picking Ben Cardin’s successor. Will Democrats take the upper House? Or will Republicans hold on?

The 2nd Congressional District includes most of Baltimore County, a portion of Carroll County and a small piece of Baltimore.

The 1st Congressional District includes the entirety of the Eastern Shore, Cecil and Harford counties and a portion of northeast Baltimore County.