Get your morning news in your e-mail inbox. Get all the top news and sports from the baltimoresun.com.
 Wednesday, Sep 5 To prevent destructive flooding in the future, Howard County officials have decided to buy up some buildings along Main Street in historic Ellicott City with plans to demolish them. But what is fair market value for property some consider rather unique. |   | |
| The Baltimore Children and Youth Fund announced its first grant winners, who will share in a $12 million pot. The fund is designed in part to back organizations that might otherwise struggle to raise money. |
|
| |
| When John Minadakis saw the PETA billboard urging Baltimoreans not to eat crabs, he didn’t see any humor in the campaign. Minadakis, who owns Jimmy’s Famous Seafood restaurant in Dundalk with his family, felt attacked. |
|
| |
| Baltimore City will close more than 60 schools three hours early on Wednesday, and the county will keep eight schools and two centers closed for the day. |
|
| |
| More than most NFL players, even rookies, the 21-year-old Lamar Jackson seems in touch with the wonder he felt when he first picked up a football as a grade schooler in Florida. |
|
| |
| Orioles players and coaches will wear first-of-their kind big league jerseys with their names spelled in Braille on National Federation of the Blind Night on Sept. 18 at Camden Yards. |
|
| |
| Gov. Larry Hogan’s campaign announced Tuesday that it is spending more than $1 million to launch a series of three education-focused television ads, continuing to deploy its significant fundraising advantage over Democratic challenger Ben Jealous. |
|
| |
| At an inner-city stable in one of the grittiest areas of Baltimore, a vanishing breed of urban horsemen prepares for its weekly visit to Pennsylvania Dutch. |
|
| |
| The third season of the popular “Serial” podcast, which returns Sept. 20, will take on the criminal justice system. |
|
| |
| For more than 40 years, the Maryland Renaissance Festival has been a celebration of all things 16th century, with the 27-acre playground serving as a stage with more than 100 performances... |
|
| |
|
