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    Law enforcement on Leeds Avenue in Arbutus investigate a shooting on Wednesday.
    Man allegedly armed with bow and arrow shot dead by police in Arbutus
    Baltimore County Police fatally shot a man Wednesday morning after officers responded to reports that he was armed with a bow and arrow in a residential neighborhood in Arbutus, officials said.
    OAKVILLE, CANADA - AUGUST 26:  An exterior view of a Tim Hortons Restaurant in front of the Tim Hortons Corporate Headquarters on August 26, 2014 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.  Burger King has agreed to pay $11 billion to buy the Tim Hortons chain.
    Tim Hortons plans Maryland expansion in Howard, Carroll counties
    Tim Hortons, the Canadian coffee chain, is searching for 10 locations to open in Maryland, according to a news release.
    An existing set of transmission lines crosses over Old York Road near the start of the proposed route of the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP) in northern Baltimore County.
    Sheriff’s office won’t cooperate with Maryland power line developer ‘under any circumstance’
    The Carroll County Sheriff’s office said it would not “force” a landowner to comply with a civil access order.
    Maryland is seeking bids to construct a towering five-story, approximately $200 million building in Annapolis to relocate the state’s two appeals courts.
    Maryland seeking bids for ‘world-class’ appeals court building in Annapolis
    Maryland is seeking bids to construct a towering five-story, approximately $200 million building in Annapolis to relocate the state’s two appeals courts.
    The side of a bus is shown. Words on it say "CHARM CITY CIRCULATOR" and "FAST. FRIENDLY."
    Man fatally struck by Charm City Circulator bus in downtown Baltimore, police say
    A 63-year-old man died after he fell into the street and was struck by a Charm City Circulator bus Tuesday evening in downtown Baltimore, according to police.
    The Baltimore Ravens, The Stephen and Renee Bisciotti Foundation and Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore unveiled a new Ravens-themed look for Mr. Trash Wheel.
    Mr. Trash Wheel joins the Ravens flock, gets ‘bodacious’ California cousin
    The Waterfront Partnership wasn't involved in the Newport Beach trash wheel, but said they’re very excited to see it.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia and one of his children in an undated photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, in April 2025.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia: Key events in saga of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
    Here’s a timeline of what we know about Kilmar Abrego Garcia and what has happened since he was deported.
    The Maryland State Police logo.
    Owings Mills man killed in hit-and-run on Baltimore Beltway while changing tire
    Junior Dunkley, 67, of Owings Mills, was changing a flat tire when he was struck by another vehicle on I-695 in Baltimore County.
    Leonor and Jose Rivera hold each other as they pay respects and mourn at a portrait of Pope Francis after a Mass at The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in North Baltimore on Monday evening.
    Archbishop Lori urges Maryland Catholics to remember Pope Francis by serving the less fortunate
    Baltimore Archbishop William Lori encouraged area parishioners to learn from Pope Francis’ legacy by embodying light and hope through service to those in the margins.
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball briefs the County Council on his proposed fiscal year 2026 budget on April 21, 2025.
    How Calvin Ball proposes to tighten Howard County’s belt amid federal, state cuts
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball unveiled a $2.3 billion operating budget proposal for the fiscal year beginning in July, recommending $100 million be trimmed from the county’s books.
    The Oyster Habor Private Beach looks out on the Chesapeake Bay on Oct. 11, 2024. Oyster Harbor is a private community in Annapolis, Md.
    Former Annapolis beach community president gets two years’ probation for embezzlement
    Eric Epstein, 64, was accused of pilfering more than $18,000 from the beachfront neighborhood of Oyster Harbor in Annapolis. His case has divided residents of the neighborhood.
    Residential properties abut the Perdue Agribusiness factory in Salisbury.
    The state knew about toxic chemicals in Perdue’s wastewater. Residents had no idea.
    Perdue and Maryland state officials found "forever chemicals" in the wastewater at the Wicomico County facility more than a year before telling the plant's neighbors, emails show.
    EDMONTON, AB - JULY 26: Pope Francis arrives at Commonwealth Stadium to give an open-air mass on July 26, 2022 in Edmonton, Canada. The pope is meeting with Indigenous communities and community leaders in Canada in an effort to reconcile the history of physical and sexual abuse of Indigenous children in the country's Catholic-run residential schools, as detailed in a 2015 Canadian-government-funded commission report.
    For Maryland Catholics, Pope Francis opened doors: ‘People found this pope different’
    Maryland Catholics, whether they had disagreements with the Catholic Church or not, remember Pope Francis as a humble priest who lifted up the needs and suffering of common people above all else.
    A Freddie Gray mural visible through a memorial wreath on the corner of N. Mount and Presbury Streets in Sandtown-Winchester.
    These charts show how Baltimore has changed since Freddie Gray’s death
    Baltimore is markedly different than it was then years ago — and, in some ways, exactly the same.
    Letter: A doctor asks, ‘Who will care for sick children in Maryland?’
    Scott Krugman, senior associate dean for LifeBridge Health/George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, says it is important to find a sustainable solution for ensuring access to care for sick children.
    Archbishop William E. Lori in 2023. The archdiocese has spent $13.2 million on survivors since the 1980s, Lori has said.
    Archdiocese of Baltimore invokes ‘charitable immunity.’ Survivors say it’s justice delayed.
    Attorneys for sexual abuse survivors ask a judge to rule on the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s claim that its insurers should cover the cost of payments to any of the sex abuse claims filed in its bankruptcy case.
    Residents clean up after quick, intense storm in Northern Baltimore and Carroll counties
    Some residents of Northern Baltimore County and Carroll County spent Sunday cleaning up around their homes after a quick, intense storm overnight rocked their neighborhoods.
    U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, in a portrait in Baltimore on Thursday, March 20, 2025.
    Van Hollen says US faces constitutional crisis as Trump defies courts
    The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Trump administration must facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return.
    Gertrude Hodges.
    Gertrude Hodges, first Black graduate of Johns Hopkins nursing school, was a trusted leader
    Gertrude “Trudy” Hodges, the first Black graduate of Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School for Nurses, died March 28 of stroke complications. She was 88.
    The Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse is the only screw-pile lighthouse in the bay which stands at its original site.
    A decoy coyote’s grand adventure is helping raise funds for an iconic Annapolis lighthouse
    Since the children's book “Drew’s Grand Adventure” was published in December, it has amassed more than $2,000 in sales, which will go toward upkeep of the historic Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse.
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