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Floyd Roger Myers Jr., a former child actor known for roles in “The Fresh Prince of Belair” and “The Jacksons: An American Dream,” was 42.

Bidding for the painting, called “Lake With Cabin & Trees,” started at $10,000 on Friday, the auction website said.

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Maryland families who depend on SNAP benefits are unsure what November will bring as they potentially face a month without food aid.

Baltimore County is no longer a “sanctuary jurisdiction” after local and federal personnel came to an agreement on immigration enforcement, officials announced Friday.

Prosecutors called the second-degree murder conviction for Jorge Rueda Landero a “perfect verdict.”

The driver whose car flipped down I-695 killing six construction workers in 2023 agreed to accept a plea deal on Friday that would find her guilty on six of her original 28 charges.

Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier announced she will provide $4 million from the county coffers to assist furloughed federal workers and those set to lose their SNAP benefits as the Trump Administration continues to cut spending.

A dispute over a proposed Denny's in the Shops at Perry Hall stirred over an hour of debate during a recent Baltimore County Council meeting.

When neighbors on Farragut Avenue heard of the two Black churches moving into the lot behind their backyards, they pointed to the two churches on their street and the Maryland law stating that a dispensary could not be within 500 feet of a worship site. The county inspected the churches and found they were not properly permitted, issuing them a notice of violation — and a stop-work order for the dispensary for having violated state law. Both churches have left, and on Thursday the county lifted the dispensary’s stop-work order.

Baltimore boxing star Gervonta “Tank” Davis is facing new allegations of violence from another ex-girlfriend who claims he physically attacked her a number of times during their relationship.

A low-pressure system brought upward of 2 inches of rain to the Baltimore region Thursday, weather officials said, causing flooding in some areas.

Former Laurel Park jockey Bryson Butterfly was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for his role in the killing of a Baltimore County high school student.

The world’s largest sailing cargo ship crept up the Chesapeake Bay in the quiet, rainy hours of Thursday morning, squeezed under the Bay Bridge and berthed at the Dundalk Marine Terminal.

A jury found Jorge Rueda Landeros guilty in the second degree for the murder of American University Professor Sue Marcum.

The new Key Bridge will soon be 70% designed, a key checkpoint. As part of the process, engineers have generated more than 25,000 pages of calculations and reports.

Robert A. Parks, who has been on the force since 2020, is the officer under investigation, confirmed Lindsey Eldridge, a Baltimore Police Department spokesperson.

Hundreds of thousands of Marylanders who rely on federal assistance for their food will be left in a lurch starting this weekend.

In the early 1960s, developer James Rouse quietly cobbled together 14,000 acres of land in Howard County, telling few and using a number of shell companies to keep prices low. People speculated that the land was being used for a research lab or a giant compost pile.

The jury in the first-degree murder case of Jorge Rueda Landeros, who is accused of killing Sue Marcum in 2010, is deliberating his fate. He faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.