Baltimore County

• Maryland

Maryland national parks plan commemoration four centuries after first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia

Maryland’s national historic sites are planning Sunday a commemorative “Day of Healing” to mark the 400-year anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Africans in colonial America.

• Catonsville

Contentious, heated meeting to discuss homelessness in Arbutus ends without concrete solutions

• Environment

Proposal advances to deposit Port of Baltimore dredge spoils on Chesapeake Bay’s Barren, James islands

• Towson

Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson requests approval from state to begin $108 million expansion

• Obituaries

Lawrence Katz, retired electrical engineer and World War II veteran, dies

• Catonsville

Edmondson Avenue to close at I-695 bridge in Catonsville this weekend

• Towson

Rising Hereford junior takes plunge: From competitive swimmer to volunteer coach, Caroline Benda follows in mom’s footsteps

• Politics

Baltimore County state Sen. Salling to seek GOP nomination to challenge Democratic Rep. Ruppersberger

• Crime

Baltimore teen sentenced to life for murdering Officer Amy Caprio. The punishment is fitting, prosecutor says.