Community issues

Aberdeen Mayor Patrick McGrady says the IronBirds will likely leave his city’s Ripken Stadium amid a long-simmering battle over costs.

The Social Security Administration could lose thousands of employees under President Donald Trump's revived reclassification policy.

Tradepoint Atlantic, the company behind the redevelopment of the former Bethlehem Steel site at Sparrows Point, is expanding into Howard County that is expected to create 500 jobs.

Today’s Catch, a longtime destination for fresh seafood in Howard County, has closed its Columbia storefront after 47 years in business.

To avoid President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on imported cars, some manufacturers are stockpiling inventory at ports.

The board's ruling is likely not the last word on a saga nearly four years in the making.

Workers for bus company Martz Gold Line have been seeking higher wages that the union says would put them on par with other area transit companies.

A dispute over pollution concerns from construction work at the site of a World War II-era manufacturing plant in Eastern Baltimore County has fizzled quickly.

The Maryland Department of Emergency Management warned of “moderate” air quality issues and areas of “light” visible smoke from a wildfire in New Jersey.

From a talk on Maryland’s mythical beasts to free jazz music at Merriweather’s Chrysalis stage, here are seven things to do in Howard County for April 24 through May 1.

Ten years ago, I wrote a column for a Florida paper about what I was seeing during the Freddie Gray uprising. I didn’t get it all right.

The Banner exposed the pastors’ misconduct in a series last year about decades of child sexual abuse and coverup within the evangelical church.

A dentist was under investigation for installing a hidden camera in an employee bathroom when he died, locking his victims into a legal battle.

The Dundalk Heritage Fair is back on for July 4–6, organizers announced Wednesday.

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.

Tim Hortons, the Canadian coffee chain, is searching for 10 locations to open in Maryland, according to a news release.

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.

To sell or not to sell? That is the question for Tesla owners who oppose CEO Elon Musk’s unprecedented role in the federal government but still love the company's electric vehicles.

The Baltimore County Public Library is taking a page from the Pratt library’s playbook and engaging the public with lively talks, much-needed services and even some parent-and-me desks so you can take your child to the library and get some work done.