A Chasen-owned Harbor East building failed to sell at auction Friday, returning to the lender. The outcome clouds plans for apartments and ground-floor retail at The Whitney.

After sharp backlash, Howard County reversed layoffs and restored 55 library shelver jobs with emergency county funding to carry them through the fiscal year.

The Maryland House approved HB1341 to stop school security from assisting ICE and sharing student or staff records. The bill now heads to the Senate for review.

Ship's Cafe, Catonsville’s longtime crab house, is expected to close after a pending sale; the buyer proposes an Asian/sushi concept and a March 9 hearing will review the license transfer.

County commissioners approved a $1,200 annual stipend and a retirement plan for volunteer firefighters as officials scramble to blunt a steep recruitment shortfall.

A two-alarm commercial fire broke out on the 2000 block of N. Rose Street at about 10:45 a.m.; crews are working to contain the blaze.

Baltimore police arrested 41-year-old Samuel Partlow in connection with a Feb. 18 Southern District shooting; authorities released few details.

A Baltimore judge dismissed the trial of a man accused in a July 2023 West Baltimore double shooting that killed Cordy Shaw, court records and local reporting show.

Peter Chang’s Annapolis outpost at 918 Bay Ridge Road is taking reservations while the team finishes work and awaits city inspections.

The Brewer's Art, a 30‑year Mount Vernon brewpub, closed suddenly and its owner filed for Chapter 7 — a trustee will now liquidate assets amid liens and unpaid claims.

ICE says it deported Ruben Alonso Hernandez‑Lainez after a Jan. 20 removal order; ICE says the transfer used a jail‑based 287(g) handoff as Maryland moved to ban those agreements.

Late-night gunfire left cartridge casings scattered across the 4900 block of Reisterstown Road as investigators searched the Langston Hughes neighborhood.

An unidentified pedestrian was struck and killed early Sunday on southbound MD‑295 near Route 32 at Fort Meade. Lanes reopened midmorning while U.S. Park Police investigate.