Schools, recreational departments and more have been cancelling outdoor events due to poor air quality spurred by winds carrying wildfire smoke from eastern Canada.

Sports betting companies asked Maryland regulators to drop rules that protect bettors from misleading promotions.

A two-alarm blaze at a strip of businesses on the 10800 block of York Road in Cockeysville was under control Wednesday evening after an hourslong battle with firefighters from numerous localities.

The second driver charged in the deaths of six construction workers in a March Baltimore Beltway crash will remain in jail, a Baltimore County District Court Judge ruled Thursday.

The crash occurred around 10:52 p.m. near the intersection of Route 140 and Dede Road in Finksburg.

Donald David Brown, a biologist at Carnegie Institution for Science in Baltimore, died May 31 at his home in the Woodbrook section of Baltimore County. He was 91.

Maryland State Police arrested Lisa Adrienne Lea, one of two drivers charged in a Baltimore Beltway crash that resulted in the deaths of six construction workers.

A jury convicted a 30-year-old Baltimore City man of first-degree murder in the 2022 shooting of a 33-year-old woman, according to the Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Stanley Pianowski, a department store buyer and Baltimore County Liquor Board administrator, died May 28. He was 87.

The Baltimore County Council voted unanimously Monday to overturn a prior approval for land development at the former LaFarge Quarry.

Constellation Energy was the only Baltimore-based corporation to make the annual Fortune 500 list after its first full year as an independent company. The energy company, with $24.4 billion in revenue last fiscal year, came in 162nd on Fortune magazine’s annual ranking of the largest U.S. corporations by revenue.

The two drivers in the Baltimore Beltway crash that killed six construction workers were indicted Monday on charges including negligent manslaughter.

State regulators have ruled in favor of four Baltimore-area insurance brokers who accused Erie Insurance more than two years ago of discriminating by engaging in insurance “redlining” of predominantly Black neighborhoods in the city. Erie unlawfully canceled or rejected business from brokers based on race or other discriminatory or arbitrary reasons, the insurance administration said.

Attending university as an immigrant mother of two, Atika Syed struggled to feel seen. Now, she represents students from the Asian American, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern and Desi American communities at Towson University.

Clare Leon Milton Jr., a chemical engineer who was among the founders of classical music programming on WBJC-FM, died Thursday. He was 104.

The parent of a student at Oldfields School has sued officials of the Baltimore County institution, which announced in April it would close next school year, in an attempt to keep it open.

A minor is expected to survive after being shot Monday afternoon in Parkville, according to Baltimore County police.

A barricade situation in Essex that placed two schools on lockout status Monday afternoon as a precaution has been “peacefully resolved,” Baltimore County police said.

Two minors were arrested and charged in connection with a Friday shooting in front of Sandalwood Elementary School in Essex, Baltimore County Police said.

Pictures from the commencement exercises for Catonsville High School held at Towson University's SECU Arena on Saturday, June 3, 2023.

Western Tech sophomore Ogechi Uzoukwu suffered the tragic loss of her younger sister on Feb. 23rd and became a regional outdoor track champion in four events, including three which she just started competing in this year.

Frank R. Cutko, a referee and umpire who taught physical education, died May 20 at his son’s home in Bowdoinham, Maine. He was 90.

A Baltimore County District Court judge on Friday ordered a man accused of fatally shooting a 25-year-old woman, who was set to testify in a murder trial in 2018, held without bail.

Students at Dulaney High School, Ridgely Middle School, Pot Spring Elementary school and several area schools wrapped up spring with science and environmental programs.

Anna Mae Small, a Westinghouse clerk who changed careers and became a successful dog groomer, died May 9 at Oakcrest, a retirement community. She was 81.

When former Loyola Maryland teammates watch Michael Malone coach the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals, they see the same intense, funny, brilliant guy who played point guard for Greyhounds three decades ago.

Some members of the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission say the organization has “deviated” from its intended role of presenting eligible candidates to help lead the school system.