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    After 50 years, the pedestrian bridge over Little Patuxent Parkway is coming down
    The concrete walking bridge spans 172 feet across six lanes of Little Patuxent Parkway.
    Wednesday, July 30, 2025 — The Little Patuxent Parkway pedestrian bridge in Columbia is slated to be demolished on August 11.
    Baltimore County councilman endangered police and his family, police and court records say
    Todd Crandell’s struggles with alcoholism are well known, but what has not been public is that while under the influence of alcohol, he has allegedly threatened local law enforcement and his family.
    District 7 Councilman Todd Crandell at a Baltimore County Council work session on Tuesday.
    Howard County Council cracks down on paid house parties. But which ones?
    The Howard County Council raised penalties on for-profit house parties but acknowledged the emergency legislation had revealed weaknesses when it comes to short-term rentals.
    Lynn Lascola testifies to the Howard County Council during an emergency vote on Wednesday about raising the penalties for paid house parties.
    Bit by bit, what’s left of the Key Bridge is coming down
    Sixteen months after the bridge’s main span was knocked down by a massive container ship, killing six construction workers, demolition of the remaining structures has begun.
    An excavator lifts a slab of roadway as work continued on demolishing the southwest ramp to the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Wednesday.
    Inspectors general save taxpayers millions. Maryland needs more of them.
    OIG is an acronym that should cheer advocates of good government. But only a handful of the biggest Maryland counties and cities have them -- inspectors general.
    Isabel Cummings poses for a portrait with her arms crossed in her office. Clockwise, the original courtroom sketch of the Jacqueline McLean case she worked on, a Baltimore Sun clipping reading "Wrath of Isabel," a blue and orange "Baltimore" skateboard and a black and white "Charm City" skateboard hang behind her.
    Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier’s inspector general nominee faces hurdles
    Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier’s Inspector General nominee faces hurdles, as a majority of the County Council said they would not confirm her.
    Khadija Walker.
    Maryland pastor arrested by ICE has been transferred to Louisiana, family says
    Daniel Fuentes Espinal, who had been living in the U.S. since arriving in 2001 from his native Honduras, was apprehended by ICE agents in Maryland. He is now in a Louisiana detention center.
    Pastor Daniel Fuentes Espinal, 54, who was arrested by ICE Monday morning in Easton. Espinal leads a congregation of 70 at Iglesia del Nazareno Jesus Te Ama (Church of the Nazarene Jesus Loves You).
    New ‘Infrastructure Academy’ will train workers for city jobs in critical trades
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott celebrated the new workforce development initiative, launched Thursday in the Park Heights neighborhood where he grew up, as a means to train workers to fix the city's aging infrastructure.
    Baltimore's new Infrastructure Academy aims to create a pipeline of skilled workers for both public- and private-sector jobs maintaining critical infrastructure.
    Baltimore County executive names new inspector general, and it’s not Kelly Madigan
    Khadija E. Walker has spent much of her career at the EPA in Chicago.
    Khadija Walker.
    With paid house parties raging across the suburbs, Howard and Montgomery counties crack down
    For-profit house parties are raging in suburban Maryland, prompting Howard and Montgomery county officials to crack down on the practice.
    A house at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Columbia that has been attracting revelers to for-profit pool parties.
    Baltimore expands flagship anti-violence program to Southern District
    Baltimore partners with leaders in the community to identify and intervene with people at the highest risk of experiencing or committing violence.
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, along with representatives from Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE) and other public officials held a press conference on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Cherry Hill to announce the expansion of the City's Group Violence Reduction Strategy (GVRS) program. Speaking at center is Termite, or Kin Brown-Lane, a community leader who works with the strategy to reduce violence in her community.
    ICE arrests Maryland pastor, a father of 3 with no criminal record, family says
    Although his VISA had expired, Pastor Daniel Fuentes Espinal was attempting to obtain a green card.
    Pastor Daniel Fuentes Espinal, 54, who was arrested by ICE Monday morning in Easton. Espinal leads a congregation of 70 at Iglesia del Nazareno Jesus Te Ama (Church of the Nazarene Jesus Loves You).
    As Baltimore’s massive permit backlog persists, City Council’s patience runs thin
    Weeks after Baltimore leaders sounded the alarm about massive backlogs in the city’s newly instituted permitting system, housing and building permits continue to lag well behind previous years.
    Baltimore City Council listened to residents and developers during a hearing on permit backlogs on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
    Why is underground Baltimore burning? City Council hearing yields no answer.
    City leaders hope third-party investigator can figure out why Baltimore’s manholes keep exploding.
    Stephen Salsbury, Deputy Solicitor, speaks before council members Mark Conway, left, and Zac Blanchard at Tuesday's hearing on underground fires.
    Buy a $3.45M Chesapeake Bay paradise, get a boatload of politics for free
    There’s only one buyer for Discovery Village that makes any sense — Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman. Yeah, that guy.
    Discovery Village in Shady Side is on the market after Anne Arundel County withdrew from its lease.
    Council chair Liz Walsh joins the race for Howard County executive
    Howard County Council chair Liz Walsh is running for County Executive in 2026, joining two other Democrats in a contested race for Calvin Ball's seat.
    Howard County Council chair Liz Walsh is running for County Executive in 2026, joining two other Democrats in a contested race for Calvin Ball's seat.
    The rain keeps coming. That means more bacteria in the Chesapeake Bay.
    It has rained every Wednesday for the last eight weeks. It washes garbage and leaves and dead animals and poop into the Chesapeake Bay.
    Knowing where and when to swim on the Chesapeake Bay requires understanding what's in the water.
    One year later, residents still oppose ‘70-mile extension cord.’ Some things to know.
    Del. Nino Mangione this week hosted his third town hall on a proposed 70-mile power line project. One year after residents started to learn about the plan, many remain vehemently opposed to the project that would cut through rural Maryland.
    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.
    Baltimore’s 19th-century underground pipes are literally bursting into flames
    The 19th-century pipes underground in Baltimore City are bursting into flames, and the city and BGE are pointing fingers instead of finding a solution.
    The site of the an underground fire on the morning of July 2, 2025. At this point, South Street was still closed and Baltimore Street was restricted to one lane.
    An entrepreneur had big plans for a West Baltimore grocery store. Then rent came due.
    Mario Minor, a former concert promoter with no experience opening a grocery store, sold Poppleton residents in Baltimore City a dream.
    An unopened grocery store in the La Cite development in the Poppleton neighborhood of Baltimore on February 26, 2025.
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