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Trash cans on North Chester Street are set out for pickup in the afternoon of Thursday, August 29, 2024.
Baltimore changes trash pickup time to protect workers from summer heat
Baltimore’s Department of Public Works is changing the trash pickup time for city residents in an effort to protect employees from the summer heat. 
Outfielder Dylan Beavers, right, has a .911 OPS with a .319 batting average and 10 home runs at Triple-A Norfolk.
Jon Meoli: With power galore, Orioles prospect Dylan Beavers is showcasing ‘a complete offense’
Beavers has been driving the ball all over and out of the park in Triple-A, a result of a tweak that seems to have been years in the making.
Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
New owner expected for Mount Vernon landmark church
The Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church has been searching for a financial lifeline to maintain its historic building.
Is owning a home better than renting? It’s complicated.
Past generations were led to believe that buying a home vs. renting was the ultimate sign of adulthood. Now, that line of thinking is shakier.
Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish has a 3.56 ERA in 325 2/3 innings in the major leagues.
The recovery from Tommy John surgery is a tedious grind. Just ask Orioles ace Kyle Bradish.
Bradish has spent a year undergoing long, monotonous days of rehabilitation, of soreness and isolation, as he progressed from learning to do basic life tasks with his new elbow to throwing a baseball.
6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
Change at Baltimore court could hurt immigrant children, advocates fear
A recent policy change at Baltimore City Circuit Court could lead to the separation of children from their parents or guardians.
The Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor has not made a single distribution payment back to the city’s general fund, despite projections that it would have paid out more than $39 million by now.
A city-owned hotel has been losing money since 2008. Here’s the cost to taxpayers.
By 2024, the city-owned Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor was supposed to have paid out $39 million, plus taxes, to Baltimore. Instead, it has cost the city millions to keep afloat.
Marvin Rodriguez and his mother, Maria Rodriguez, make pupusas together at El Paraiso on June 26, 2025. She says her son makes them very, very well.
Meet the Salvadoran family whose pupusas shaped Baltimore County
The family behind Reisterstown's El Paraiso eatery became the go-to spot for more than just the usual Salvadoran fare.
Frostburg State University, here in Western Maryland, has opened another campus at Hunan University of Technology and Business in China.
Struggling with enrollment, Frostburg State University doubles down on China
Despite rising geopolitical tensions between the United States and China, Frostburg State is working to expand a program where it educates Chinese students thousands of miles away.
People look at debris on the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas.
Death toll in Texas floods rises to 79 as sheriff says 10 campers remain missing
Kyle Stowers of the Miami Marlins was named an NL All-Star reserve Sunday.
No Orioles named to join Ryan O’Hearn for All-Star Game
Unless a player is named an injury replacement, O’Hearn, elected a starter in fan voting at designhated hitter, will be the Orioles’ only representative.
Orioles starter Trevor Rogers allowed no runs on four hits in 6 2/3 innings, striking out six.
Orioles complete sweep with 2-1 win against struggling Braves
Trevor Rogers pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings, and Jackson Holliday homered among his four hits.
Craig Smith.
Developer Craig Smith mixed hard-nosed business with generous heart, global curiosity
Craig Smith, a commercial real estate developer who also used to run a family trucking business, died June 7 of lung cancer. He was 82.
Orioles catcher Gary Sánchez tags out the Braves’ Matt Olson in the fourth inning Saturday before leaving the game because of pain in his right knee.
Orioles catcher Gary Sánchez hits injured list; team acquires catcher from Yankees
Sánchez was slow to get up after tagging Matt Olson out at home on Saturday. He was placed on the injured list Sunday for the second time this season.
Exterior of Fort Garrison in Pikesville, Md. on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
The 330-year-old fort a Baltimore County community doesn’t want forgotten
Fort Garrison Fort was built in 1692 to house rangers patrolling colonial settlements, but it is rarely open for people to learn its history.
A male summer tanager sits on a branch above the garden at the North Tract of the Patuxent Research Refuge in Laurel.
If a forest closes, does it make a sound?
Patuxent Research Refuge’s North Tract in Laurel has cut visiting hours. Could the Trump administration could close it entirely?
The search continued Friday, July 4, 2025 for the young man who disappeared in Liberty Reservoir while swimming with friends on Thursday.
Body of New York man missing after swimming in Maryland reservoir found
The body of a 20-year-old New York man who went missing after he went swimming with friends in a Maryland reservoir was recovered on Saturday afternoon.
Orioles outfielder Colton Cowser high-fives teammates in the dugout after hitting one of the team’s three home runs Saturday in Atlanta.
Ramón Laureano delivers go-ahead hit as Orioles win in extra innings
His double broke a 10th-inning tie and Jacob Stallings drove in two insurance runs as the Orioles beat the Braves 9-6.
Onlookers survey damage caused along the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas.
At least 32 dead in Texas floods as the search continues for people still missing
Rescuers scoured flooded riverbanks littered with mangled trees Saturday and turned over rocks in the search for more than two dozen children from a girls’ camp and many others missing after a wall of water blasted down a river in the Texas Hill Country. The storm killed at least 32 people, including 14 children.
The State Theater of Havre de Grace held an event called Lockdown Festival in 2020, where performances were live streamed during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Amid spat with mayor, theater owner wants another chance to bring historic Havre de Grace venue up to code
On July 1, Havre de Grace shut down the historic State Theater, saying the 300-seat venue had continued to hold events without a final permit.
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