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‘The school’ a Georgetown educator built in her East Baltimore neighborhood
A woman's home in East Baltimore is helping heal her block in the McElderry Park community. Arrealia Gavins, a Georgetown University educator, has run a summer tutoring program and parent to child counseling.
Arrealia Gavins in her living room during a session at Realia Early Care and Education in Baltimore.
Lightning strike sparks Pikesville apartment fire that displaced 6 families, killed dog
Lightning struck a Pikesville apartment building, sparking a three-alarm blaze that caused a partial roof collapse, displaced over a dozen people and killed at least one dog, fire officials said.
The Baltimore County Fire Department responds to a 2-alarm apartment fire on the 1800 block of Rambling Ridge Lane in Pikesville on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
Baltimore’s Mr. Trash Wheel is calling on his biggest fans for a new project
Baltimore’s world-famous aquatic trash interceptor, Mr. Trash Wheel, is inviting friends and fans to appear as extras in a music video for The Mr. Trash Wheel Song.
If you’ve ever wanted to be in a music video — and are obsessed with Baltimore’s trash-collecting water wheels — now’s your chance.
Sharp Leadenhall Apartment tenants file suit alleging dangerous conditions
More than a dozen tenants of Sharp Leadenhall Apartments in South Baltimore filed a lawsuit against their landlord, alleging a multitude of severe and pervasive issues.
Betty Bland-Thomas stands at the front with staff from Maryland Legal Aid and another speaker at the press conference on Wednesday, August 13 in Sharp Leadenhall..
Make a bee-line to these events celebrating National Honey Bee Day
Here’s the buzz on bee events around the Baltimore region celebrating National Honey Bee Day.
Maryland has a long history of beekeeping.
Baltimore will accept opioid deal that cuts lawsuit winnings nearly in half
Baltimore decided to accept court winnings of $152 million from a pair of drug distributors in its opioid lawsuit, a little more than half of what a jury awarded the city late last year.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said Thursday the city’s law department chose to accept court winnings of $152 million from a pair of drug distributors in its opioid lawsuit.
Van Hollen urges feds to address 24/7 noise from massive military ships in Locust Point
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen is pressing federal officials to address Locust Point and Fells Point residents’ complaints over noise, fumes and lights from two docked military ships.
A pair of huge Navy ships, the USNS Charlton, left, and the USNS Pomeroy, docked near residential homes at North Locust Point on June 5. Since then, residents say that the ships have never turned off the engines -- meaning that they are always making tons of noise, shining bright lights into people's windows, and making the air all smelly with diesel.
Baltimore’s hottest spot for Maryland Dems is... a Residence Inn rooftop?
Why are Maryland’s Democratic glitterati flocking to an extended-stay hotel whose other primary clientele are hospital patients and their families?
The Residence Inn Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus, located at 800 N. Wolfe St., had its grand opening in October 2017.
Don’t let tariffs get you down: How to save on back-to-school shopping
This year, Maryland parents may have to say no more often as they crunch shrinking back-to-school budgets.
From the streets to second chances: How Roca is changing the lives of Baltimore’s young men
Baltimore City is on track to see another year of historic declines in homicides. Here’s one organization contributing to that work.
Roca youth worker John Young, center, and member Lamontae Royster serve hot dogs to Baltimore Police officers Dennis Gillespie and Stephanie Uruchima at Roca’s National Night Out cookout on August 5 outside the Waxter Center in Baltimore.
I met the queen, and she sent me in search of a watermelon dream
If you could interview the watermelon queen, what would you ask? I did, and they sent me in search of meaning in the ubiquitous fruit of summer. First off, it's not a fruit, and second, growing watermelons is no dream.
Watermelon is one of the most popular fruits, except it's a gourd.
Central Marylanders avoid major flooding as storms bring heavy spurts of rain
Central Maryland was spared major flooding Thursday, with storms bringing moderate rainfall and minor high-water reports before moving south by evening.
Seen reflected in a car mirror, a woman crosses St. Paul Street in Baltimore with an umbrella during a thunderstorm on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
Pets killed in Baltimore County apartment fire that leaves 16 people displaced
Several pets were killed and 16 people displaced when a three-alarm fire tore through a Baltimore County apartment building Thursday afternoon.
The Baltimore County Fire Department responds to a 2-alarm apartment fire on the 1800 block of Rambling Ridge Lane in Pikesville on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
A Black woman’s remains were found in a Baltimore home last year. Now police seek her identity.
The bones of a Black woman who ranges between 35-50 years old were found in a vacant property in the 1600 block of McKean Avenue last year.
Baltimore Police released a sketch on Thursday, August 14, 2025, as they continue to seek information about skeletal remains located on August 13, 2024, in the 1600 block of McKean Avenue.
Man killed in hit-and-run near downtown Baltimore, police say
Baltimore Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run that took place early Thursday at the intersection of North President Street and East Baltimore Street.
A yellow and white road sign telling drivers to yield to pedestrians.
‘Indefinite lockdowns’ are keeping prisoners in nearly 24-hour confinement, group says
The Prisoner Rights Information System of Maryland put the state on notice over constitutional violations it's attributing to "indefinite lockdowns" at state prisons.
A guard tower and barbed wire are seen outside the Maryland Correctional Institution in Hagerstown on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.
Baltimore pushes to sell Sisson Street dump as developer closes in
Legislation authorizing the disposal of the Remington property, technically known as the Northwest Citizens Convenience Center, is due to be introduced to the Baltimore City Council next week.
Aerial view of the Sisson Street Residential Recycling Center in Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
What to do in Baltimore this weekend, from Katy Perry live to a coffee festival
Whether you want to indulge your inner barista at a coffee festival, sing along to Katy Perry or try your hand at a Mr. Boh lookalike contest, we’ve got you covered.
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JULY 15: Katy Perry performs at the Kia Forum on July 15, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
Grieving ‘And Just Like That...,’ the show that could’ve been
‘And Just Like That...’ could have been a relatable, aspirational look at middle age if it didn’t get in its own way.
Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker
HBO Max
And Just Like That...

Season 3 - Episode 7
Storms dump 4 inches of rain in Baltimore County, disrupt transit and delay Orioles game
Heavy downpours swept through Maryland on Wednesday, triggering flash flood warnings, toppling trees and delaying the Orioles game at Camden Yards.
The storms Wednesday hit hardest in Northern Baltimore County, where about 4 inches of rain fell in just a few hours.
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