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Officials announced the cancellation of the Dundalk Heritage Fair due to declining patrons and poor weather conditions for the past few years. The fair has been part of the community since 1976.
Dundalk fair’s fate: Organizers need 100 new volunteers and $30K for event to return
The Dundalk Heritage Fair will have a chance for revival at a public meeting next week.
Commentary: Freddie Gray’s tragic death exposed inequities, sparked change
The senior center at Pastor Donté Hickman's church was set ablaze after Freddie Gray’s death, but he says the young man's lost life became a seed that started to germinate into a harvest.
The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore announced its next cohort of the Black Owned and Operated Storefront Tenancy program Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring Downtown Partnership President Shelonda Stokes, center.
5 more Black-owned businesses to move into Baltimore’s downtown amid DEI backlash
The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore announced its third cohort of five businesses that will open storefronts in downtown Baltimore late this year.
Sheriff Chuck Jenkins at the Utica Mills Covered Bridge in Thurmont. When he launched his first campaign announcement, he used a photograph of himself here.
A red stalwart in blue Maryland: Are these the last days for Chuck Jenkins?
As an elected Republican in a rapidly changing place that gets more liberal with each election, Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins is something of an endangered species.
A streetlight in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore on Thursday, April 10, 2025.
Why does Baltimore struggle to fix downed streetlights?
A Baltimore City Council committee on Thursday delved into the question of why it's so difficult to get toppled street lights repaired?
Man charged in 2020 cold case killing of pregnant woman and her baby in Columbia
Nearly five years after Rabiah Ahmad was shot and killed in Howard County, police have arrested a suspect.
Law enforcement agents escort Victor Martinez-Hernandez into a Harford County Police car at Martin State Airport after his extradition from Oklahoma on June 20, 2024.
How family members helped detectives capture man charged in Rachel Morin’s death
Jose and Tania Hernandez, Victor Martinez-Hernandez’s cousins, testified against him as he continues to stand trial on charges, including first-degree murder in the killing of Rachel Morin, 37, a mother of five, on Aug. 5, 2023, on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air.
Vicki Brick-Zupancic.
Vicki Brick-Zupancic, CEO of Brick Bodies Fitness, was a natural athlete who never quit
Vicki Brick-Zupancic, CEO of Brick Bodies Fitness Services chain and a former University of Maryland basketball player, died Tuesday morning of ovarian cancer. She was 43.
The exterior of Lutherville Laboratory, an elementary school in Baltimore County, on April 8, 2025.
Baltimore County mourns 2 third grade girls killed in I-695 crash
The children, Bailee Brooks and Serenity Gross, were described as bright, happy, joyful and beloved members of the school community.
Fredricka Gray, twin sister of Freddie Gray, in front of a mural of her brother on April 7, 2025.
It’s been a decade since Freddie Gray died. His twin reflects on her brother, not a martyr.
Ten years ago, Freddie Gray died at the hands of Baltimore Police. Now, his twin sister, Fredricka Gray, talks about his death.
Annapolis will celebrate the life of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Saturday with a parade and festival.
7 things to do in Annapolis: From the Army band to Bacharach, it’s a musical week
What a crazy week in Annapolis. A parade, a military band, opera arias, a rock trio, a Mutt March and the unexpected combination of Todd Rundgren and Burt Bacharach. Get out and have some fun.
Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods Howard County is hosting another Holi Color Run/Walk. Participants in the 2024 event, pictured, enjoyed throwing colored dye at each other, creating a kaleidoscopic scene.
7 things to do in Howard County, from Holi color run to Easter EGGstravaganza
Here are 7 things to do in Howard County for the week of April 10 through 16, 2025.
Demonstrators hold signs during a weekly protest in opposition to President Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk and the DOGE federal workforce cuts on the Gorman Road I-95 overpass in Laurel.
Federal workers are frustrated. Some feel better shouting from an I-95 overpass at rush hour.
Frustrated with the Trump administration, some federal workers and family members said they came to the Gorman Road overpass of I-95 looking for catharsis, community and a form of validation.
The loved ones of Rachel Morin taped photos of her to trees and laid flowers on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail where she was found dead.
From Wawa to the woods: Rachel Morin’s final hour traced through technology and witnesses
Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, was killed on Aug. 5, 2023.
Prospective job seekers speak with recruiters during a Federal Workers Career Fair hosted at Howard Community College in Columbia on Tuesday.
Condensing resumes and other job hunt tips for former Maryland federal workers
Career counselors and employers offer advice to Maryland federal workers, some of whom are returning to a crowded job market as Trump's administration dramatically scales back the size of the government.
A video captures Westminster woman arrested by ICE agents on her way to work.
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
Kevin Guy, 32, is accused of using his position of authority to commit third- and fourth-degree sex offenses between January 2018 and September 2024, according to charging documents.
Youth ministry leader faces more than 70 charges after sexual abuse allegations surface
A Catonsville youth ministry director was indicted Monday on more than 70 charges, stemming from allegations of sexually abusing minors.
Shannetta Griffin, the incoming CEO and executive director of the Maryland Aviation Administration.
BWI’s new top official comes from the Federal Aviation Administration
Shannetta R. Griffin was named the administration’s new head at the end of last week.
Starting next week, blasting will begin for a flood-diversion tunnel that's being constructed under the homes and businesses lining Main Street in Old Ellicott City.
Explosions expected near Old Ellicott City for tunnel development
Blasts from ongoing Ellicott City flood mitigation projects are set to resume on or around April 14.
A white “x” marks the site of the new proposed transmission tower on Brandon and Marie Hill’s farmland in Parkton, MD on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024.
Facing wall of landowners, power line developer will seek court order to survey route
The line is part of a $5 billion portfolio of projects planned by the region’s grid operator, PJM Interconnection.
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