The Baltimore bank they hit Saturday afternoon made it a full dozen, and that’s not counting the unsuccessful attempt in the county hours before. According to the FBI, a single criminal crew of two men and two women is now suspected in 12 bank robberies across the Baltimore region since March.... […]

Four people were rescued from a boat that was in danger of sinking Friday night. The vessel, a 42-foot Chris-Craft, was in Maryland’s Herring Bay when it began to take on water, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Someone on board called for help using a cellphone, and two Coast Guard response teams... […]

Linda Carter-Ferrier, an “inspirational” voice for special education in Anne Arundel County, died Friday night along with her husband Brad Ferrier, after the vehicle they were in collided with another on Route 295, police said. Maryland State Police said the Honda CR-V the couple were in and a... […]

A recently unsealed federal indictment against members of transnational gang MS-13 provides a more detailed account of the 2017 killing of an Annapolis woman. The unsealed indictment implicates some two-dozen people as members of the notoriously violent Salvadoran gang known as Mara Salvatrucha... […]

Anne Arundel County resident taxes are officially going up after the County Council voted 4-3 Friday to approve County Executive Steuart Pittman’s $1.7 billion budget. The core of Pittman’s fiscal year 2020 budget was largely unchanged as the council opted to adopt smaller reductions totaling $1.3... […]

Students, faculty and staff celebrated the last day of school at Nantucket Elementary School and the start of summer vacation. […]

When drag queen Balena Canto read a story for 100 bouncing toddlers and smiling parents last summer at the Glen Burnie Regional Library, her Drag Queen Story Time sent shock waves through the library system and started a struggle for control of programming. For the last nine months, the Anne Arundel... […]

Savannah Teasley, 18, is a self-proclaimed people person. A recent graduate of Glen Burnie High School’s STEM Bio-Medical Allied Health (BMAH) magnet program, Teasley said she is eager to see the world and meet people. “She embodies the STEM values of empathy, curiosity, and integrity,” school... […]

A federal court dismissed on the last day of May an appeal of a 2016 excessive force lawsuit against the City of Annapolis and three white officers on its police force. After a week-long trial in May of 2018 a jury ruled in favor of the city and its officers — Sgt. Michael Kintop, Officer Ralph... […]

Propelled by water safety concerns at her son’s elementary school, Corine Frank started attending Anne Arundel County school board meetings in 2017. The Pasadena stay-at-home mom said the water at Bodkin Elementary School was “brown, dirty and disgusting.” “I dreaded sending him to school,” she... […]

A teen boy was flown to the Shock Trauma in critical condition Thursday evening after falling off his skateboard and hitting his head in Arnold, fire officials said. Firefighters responded around 8 p.m. Thursday to the area of Bay Green and Caddie drives after callers reported an injured person,... […]

Anne Arundel County police arrested a Baltimore woman early Friday after they said she robbed candy from a Royal Farms in Glen Burnie at knifepoint. Police responded around 6:20 a.m. to the Royal Farms at 7201 Baltimore and Annapolis Boulevard after a robbery was reported, the department said in... […]

Anne Arundel County police said they arrested a Dunkirk man Thursday after investigating an April robbery of a Lothian convenience store. Officers responded around 6 p.m. on April 19 to Discount Convenience at 5408 Southern Maryland Blvd. for a report of a robbery, police wrote in a release. The... […]

When walking over to the Severn Sailing Association on First Street, it’s easy to be mesmerized by the scenery — sailing boats gently wafting along the Chesapeake Bay on a sunny morning with the Naval Academy as a backdrop. A soft breeze blows, bringing with it a hint of smell of sea and, as of... […]

When Dominique Scurry’s ceiling caved in, she had to move. The Woodside Gardens resident asked management what to do about her lease. The ceiling had fallen in on her old unit and she needed a temporary place to stay. Don’t worry about it, she said she was told. Until she got an eviction notice... […]

An Edgewater man was arrested Thursday and charged with distributing and possessing child pornography, Maryland State Police said. Gregory Quick, 34, was the subject of an investigation by the state police’s central-south region, resulting in his arrest and charges of four counts of distribution... […]

County Executive Steuart Pittman has proposed adding 15 more firefighters, a limited English proficiency consultant and increasing grant money for the Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center, among other increases, to his fiscal year 2020 budget. The supplemental amendment requests are drawn from the $1.3... […]

Annapolis resident Sara Aiken will serve as the city’s first Ambassador of Pickleball, Mayor Gavin Buckley announced Wednesday — and the longtime evangelist of the sport’s social and health benefits couldn’t be more thrilled. “I’m absolutely over the moon,” she said. “It’s quite an honor.” Now,... […]

Amid an increased number of hate and bias related incidents in Anne Arundel County, the school district’s policy committee is considering guidelines that directly address acts of discrimination among the county’s youngest residents. The school system’s bullying, cyberbullying, harassment and intimidation... […]

A plan to swap city land as part of a redevelopment project sparked extensive discussion at the City Council meeting Monday, where the council split a vote to stymie the project. Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley pitched the project more than a year ago, and envisions trail extensions, pedestrian footbridges... […]

Prosecutors in the Capital Gazette shooting case have requested the court grant them permission to review the defendant’s tax records. According to court records, prosecutors said tax documents for the man accused of fatally shooting Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, Rebecca Smith, Wendi Winters and... […]

Jim Burns, who has refueled airplanes at BWI Marshall Airport for nearly two decades, says he no longer feels safe at work. Half of the fuel trucks leak — sometimes within feet of the aircraft — he says, and when workers report the leaks and other problems to Menzies Aviation, the ground-services... […]

The 2019 graduates from the Center of Applied Technology North’s Culinary Arts Program are an elite group. The Severn campus had just three seniors in culinary arts this year and all graduated with distinction. The seniors — Caden Burton, Jordyn Mustin and Trevyn Whipple — had little in common... […]

Annapolis police on Tuesday completed the second round of alcohol compliance checks in as many weeks and cited almost two dozen businesses for serving alcohol to minors. Police said at the beginning of the month they’d received complaints of underage drinking, prompting an alcohol compliance operation... […]

Every night, before 2nd Lt. Richard Collins III went to sleep, he looked up at the American flag hanging above his bed. Collins, an ROTC student at Bowie State University, was so dedicated and passionate in his love for his country, his father told the crowd that had gathered Tuesday evening for... […]

Annapolis police said an officer on foot patrol Tuesday near a public housing community along Forest Drive led to a man being arrested for stealing a car and illegally possessing a handgun. Officers were walking in the 700 block of Newtowne Drive when they saw a man familiar to them driving a vehicle,... […]

Tuesday, April 9 was just another soccer game for the 9U Leeds United team, until their beloved Coach Walter Kelly collapsed on the field just moments after the game ended. Kelly’s wife, Kyra Kelly, thought her husband had simply dove for the ball on the ground in some type of silly way to hit... […]

It took the greater rap world until almost 2017 to figure out what Edward Montre Seay’s family and friends had known for decades: The guy could rhyme. Better known as rap artist Tre Da Kid, Seay’s star began to rise when he emerged from thousands of contestants to reach the final of the national... […]

The most recent federal inspections of Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis properties from 2018 showed poor scores of most properties with some, including Newtowne 20 and Morris H. Blum, showing no improvement from prior inspections. According to the physical inspections conducted by Housing... […]

DuClaw will be raising its last pint at Arundel Mills on Wednesday. The brewery — known for the wacky titles that populate its menu — announced on Facebook Monday that its location in the mall will be closing for “a variety of circumstances, most outside of our control.” “Unfortunately, the Mall... […]