Harford County

An attorney representing Brandon Keith Heffner, a Harford County Proud Boy who went to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is asking a federal judge to delay his case until President Donald Trump’s term begins in hopes the federal case against him will be dropped.

Seven Salisbury University students were arrested and charged with first-degree assault and other offenses in an attack on a gay man in mid-October. The incident is being investigated as a hate crime.

A former Army biologist was sentenced Monday to 51 months in federal prison for conspiring to commit bribery at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County.

Howard County voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure to create a new inspector general’s office.

Democrat Sarah Elfreth won the race for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District, a heavily Democratic area that includes swaths of Howard and Anne Arundel counties.

See the 2024 election results from Harford County's ballot question that addresses county councilmembers' term limits.

The shooting that killed a 14-year-old high school football player in Harford County came after a Halloween party, according to charging documents.

The Maryland Department of the Environment issued a Code Orange and Code Yellow air quality alert for Baltimore and its surrounding counties.

Jai’den Alexander Winchester was pronounced dead at the scene.

Testimony in Brian Delen’s murder trial in Harford County focused on forensic experts who questioned Delen’s claim that he shot Meghan Lewis in self-defense last December.

Some Maryland Drivers are facing thousands of dollars in E-ZPass tolls and fines dating back to the pandemic. But they say they can’t get answers about their bills or help resolving them.

Councilman Dion Guthrie, 86, a Democrat, is charged with one count of theft between $1,500 and $25,000 from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1501.

A Harford County boy was found safe Monday hours after authorities issued an Amber Alert stating he was believed to have been abducted near an elementary school.

Harford County ballot questions are listed as they will appear on the ballot, with Banner staff providing an explanation of what the question would do and what a ‘for’ or ‘against’ vote means.

Harford County Circuit Judge Yolanda L. Curtin on Friday granted a request from Victor Martinez-Hernandez’s attorneys to postpone his trial until April 1, 2025. Martinez-Hernandez is charged with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree rape, third-degree sex offense and kidnapping.

A man admitted on Tuesday to killing his cellmate at a Baltimore jail in a case that raised questions about how prisoners with disabilities are housed.

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

Two Harford County school employees were arrested and charged with failing to report a rape allegation after a student told school staff they were assaulted, the Aberdeen Police Department said.

The funeral was just days after the suspect in the shooting, a 16-year-old classmate, was indicted by a grand jury.

Maryland school districts have invested in more staff and more weapon-detection technology to prevent violence.