Community issues

Lt. Raymond Vargas, who spent nearly 12 years with the Baltimore County Fire Department, died March 27 from complications related to leukemia. He was 42.

A jury was selected on Wednesday in the trial of a man who’s accused of killing Rachel Morin in 2023 on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air.

Worley had been living in Anne Arundel County as deputy commissioner when he was appointed police commissioner in 2023.

Officials said they removed 301 truckloads, or about 15,050 bags, of litter from Maryland’s highways between March 24-28.

Of Maryland’s 1 million immigrants, many are under a giant umbrella of temporary student or work visas, as well as humanitarian protections.

An 18-year-old will serve over a decade in prison for an attack he and another teenager were accused of committing that prompted debate about juvenile justice in Maryland.

Suggs, 42, played for the Ravens from 2003 to 2018, won Super Bowl XLVII and racked up 132.5 sacks, the most in team history.

A man who was smoking while using oxygen died after igniting a fire in his Annapolis apartment Tuesday afternoon, Anne Arundel County fire officials said.

Baltimore County Police Department officers who were investigating overnight property damage were met with gunfire Tuesday morning, police said.

The Trump administration now says the federal courts in the U.S. lack the power to have the man returned.

Mangione, a Baltimore County native, faces separate federal and state murder charges for the killing.

President Trump is imposing a 25% tariff on all imported cars. The auto industry's complex supply chain means even American automakers will be impacted.

Despite a planned protest and counterprotesters, attendees of the Trans Pride Party carried on unfazed.

The ethical charges filed by the Commission on Judicial Disabilities in February were made public last week.

A credit rating agency is taking a slightly dimmer outlook on the long-term health of Greater Baltimore Medical Center, or GBMC.

One mother of a former federal contractor who died while in PHA Healthcare’s housing said authorities should close the program permanently and punish its operators.

Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal Monday morning crash in Howard County.

Another round of federal health grant cancelations threatens kids' vaccines and other medical research.

In an opinion docketed Sunday, Circuit Judge Michael Malone ruled in favor of the Historic Preservation Commission of Annapolis.

Calvin Young III will replace Marvin James, Scott’s chief of staff of two years, who is stepping down next month