Maryland

Jamal Barney, who played basketball for Loyola University after breaking through as two-time Baltimore Sun All-Metro pick from Southwestern High School, was found dead Monday in a vacant home in Midtown-Edmondson, according to Baltimore Police.

U.S. Sen. Laphonza Butler, a recent Maryland resident, was sworn-in Tuesday to serve out the remaining term of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who died Friday at age 90.

Baltimore is rehiring its embattled former director of the Department of Public Works on a contract basis, according to an agenda for the city’s spending board.

Maryland Democrats in Washington voted on legislation to avoid a government shutdown over the weekend, but said the clock is ticking on a new deadline because Congress has not completed its funding responsibilities.

The trial for David Linthicum, who is accused of shooting two Baltimore County Police officers, will be postponed from November until May of next year, a Baltimore County judge ruled Tuesday.

A retired Baltimore Police officer shot by his wife last year after he was accused of sexually abusing children at her day care will be released on home detention before his May trial.

The Havre de Grace Maritime Museum will hold the Autumn Festival on Saturday, including a plant and mum sale and a concert. Admission is free.

The latest round of improvements at Huntington Park cost Howard County $500,000.