Baltimore Police say Stephanie Ordonez, a 25-year-old reported missing after last being seen on June 14, was found dead in Texas.

The Maryland Senate has approved a bill gradually increasing the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour, putting the measure one step closer to a possible showdown with Gov. Larry Hogan. The Republican governor has offered a counter-proposal of increasing the minimum wage to $12.10 by 2022,

A battle is shaping up in Annapolis over whether — and by how much — to increase Maryland’s minimum wage. Advocates want a bill passed that will raise it to $15 for everyone. Opponents, including groups representing small businesses, hope to block an increase — or at least soften its impact.

Maryland hospitals were safer for patients this fall than they were six months ago, according to the latest assessment from the Leapfrog Group.

'It's almost equal to Lenny Bias,' interim regents chair Barry Gossett says of University of Maryland turmoil.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

Judge John C. Eldridge, who retired from the state Court of Appeals after a nearly three decade career, died July 27 from congestive heart failure at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The longtime Annapolis resident was 84.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

The damage to the home was so extensive that it’s likely to be declared a total loss, said Lt. Michael Mayo, another fire spokesman. Two adults and and one child were displaced from the home.

A moment by moment account of the rampage that left five Capital Gazette staff members dead.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A Crofton man has been charged with sending threatening messages to social media accounts of U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris on the day of the March for our Lives rally in D.C., according to an indictment unsealed this week.

John W. Rietz, a retired architect who was known for designing medical facilities and his work with the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, died April 17 from complications of pulmonary fibrosis at his Hunt Valley home. He was 73.

Medical student from Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland learn where they will do their residencies during the annual right of passage known as Match Day.

Several people were hurt, four with possibly life-threatening injuries, in a Churchton crash on Sunday night, according to Anne Arundel County police.

Notable Marylanders who died in 2017.

The American College of Radiology and the American Heart Association earlier this month set the first new comprehensive set of blood pressure guidelines since 2003.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland

Melivin Hirshman, longtime bar counsel to the Attorney Grievance Commission, died Monday form lymphoma at Anne Arundel Medical Center. He was 85.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Maryland

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Maryland

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Maryland

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Maryland

MDICS changed its name to Adfinitas Health as it seeks to expand

In an escalating feud, two of Republican Gov. Larry Hogan's cabinet secretaries have sued Democratic Attorney General Brian Frosh and State Treasurer Nancy Kopp over their unpaid paychecks.

Calendar of outdoors and recreational events in Maryland

If Gov. Larry Hogan really believes Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller acted unethically, he needs to follow through.

Calendar of outdoors and recreational events in Maryland