Maryland lawmakers on Monday voted to prohibit the use of hotels and other unlicensed settings for children under state care, part of a series of foster care reforms.
The monthslong search for missing Baltimore boy Tristan King ended Friday morning in the Curtis Bay neighborhood, several people familiar with the case said.
Tristan King ran from a caseworker in Baltimore and has been missing since September. Brooklyn residents have seen him, but authorities can’t find him.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore called it “tragic.” Mayor Brandon Scott said the situation has him “pissed.” Baltimore Schools CEO Sonja Santelises is “heartbroken” because of the Tristan King story.
State policy allows Maryland schools to unenroll students when they miss more than 10 consecutive days of class. That’s what happened to Tristan King — and it’s not uncommon.
The parents of Zona Byrd, who weighed just 17.5 pounds when she died nearly two years ago, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of child abuse resulting in death.
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Baltimore was on lockdown for over an hour on Wednesday after a report of a gun inside the school, according to school officials.
With inches of ice on top of snow and freezing temperatures, what is now left is snowcrete — an impenetrable coating of white that doesn’t easily yield to a snow shovel. Baltimore City students are left struggling getting to school.
Greater Grace World Outreach should fire four top pastors and distance itself from controversial founder Carl Stevens, according to a report by an independent faith-based organization.