Shayla Colon

Across the United States, police departments have been augmented by new community partners that play a role in keeping the peace.

The number of emergency room and urgent care visits due to heat-related illnesses spiked from 55 to nearly 500 the week of the July Fourth heat wave, according to state data.

A driver crossed into oncoming traffic, setting off a chain-reaction crash that sent a school bus carrying students from the Maryland School for the Blind into a Parkville pharmacy Tuesday, according to Baltimore County Police.

Rounds of thunderstorms are expected to move through the region and Maryland’s coast, with frequent lightning posing the biggest threat through much of the week.

The man, a performative artist that goes by the name Hamb, reappeared on a pedestal in the Mount Vernon neighborhood Sunday.

Nineteen people were hospitalized Sunday after a cluster of illnesses at an Anne Arundel County youth academy prompted a mass casualty response.

This year, organizers contracted a new ticket vendor, Big Tickets, that has streamlined the process in a fashion that seems to be paying off.

The National Weather Service put out an advisory early Sunday morning warning of a “marginal risk” for severe weather with pending thunderstorms and damaging winds posing a serious threat throughout the state.

The next Powerball drawing on Monday will be for $748 million, an estimated cash value of $325.1 million.

Two men were pulled from Baltimore waters in unrelated incidents Sunday afternoon. A 37-year-old man died after being rescued from the Patapsco River in Harbor East.