With young designers and paid models, Baltimore Fashion Week flips the script
Baltimore Fashion Week founder — and former model — Sharan Nixon looks to her own experiences in the industry to incorporate needed changes.
Models wear designs at last year's Baltimore Fashion Week. This year, Baltimore Fashion Week is flipping the script with young designers and paid models.
Kihn of rock and roll: Baltimore native Greg Kihn of ’80s ‘Jeopardy’ song fame dies at 75
Greg Kihn was born on July 10, 1949, in Baltimore and moved to the San Francisco area in the 1970s. He was signed to Beserkley Records. With a songwriting style that blended folk, classic rock, blues and pop, his Greg Kihn Band had its first hit with “The Breakup Song,” released in 1981.
Baltimore native Greg Kihn performing at Celebrity Theatre.
Hopkins officials to advise Mayor Scott as Baltimore seeks new health commissioner
Dr. Joshua Sharfstein and Michelle Spencer, both with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will advise the Scott administration in a part-time capacity, effective immediately, while retaining their roles at the university.
The exterior of Baltimore City Hall as seen on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.
Baltimore’s lawsuit against opioid companies can proceed to trial, judge rules
Baltimore Circuit Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill said he's confident that the case will eventually reach the Maryland Supreme Court.
Almost 6,000 people have died from overdoses in the last six years in Baltimore, the worst drug crisis ever seen in a major American city.
High school student dies after medical emergency as student-athletes return to campus
The death came as students were on campus for practices and tryouts for nine sports at the school. Afternoon practices were canceled Wednesday, according to a Franklin High School Athletic Boosters page on social media. Tryouts and practices resumed Thursday.
City Council to hold hearing probing heat-related death of DPW worker
The hearing, scheduled for Aug. 22, comes as the Department of Public Works is facing new scrutiny over the conditions of its workplace.
The children of Ronald Silver II, the DPW worker who died of hyperthermia Aug. 2, wear shirts reading “We Love You Dad,” coupled with family photos, at a press conference outside City Hall.
WHO declares mpox a global health emergency. Here’s what Marylanders need to know.
Marylanders are safe for now as the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the increasing spread of mpox in Africa is a global health emergency, warning the virus could cross borders.
A vial of smallpox/monkeypox vaccine is seen during a vaccination event at the Pride Center on July 12, 2022 in Wilton Manors, Florida. The center is offering the free smallpox/monkeypox vaccinations from the Florida Department of Health in Broward County as South Florida leads the state in the number of people infected.
Betty Cooke, Baltimore’s beloved jewelry maker, dies at 100
While working as an apprentice for a local jewelry maker, Cooke found her unique minimalist style, utilizing lines and geometrical shapes.
Betty Cooke, wearing jewelry of her own design is photographed on July 1, 2004, in The Village of Cross Keys in Baltimore.
After seven years under federal oversight, Baltimore Police aren’t exiting anytime soon
The Baltimore Police Department continues to make slow and steady progress in a wholesale reform effort mandated by its agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and a federal judge, but hopes of exiting that oversight anytime soon remain dim at best.
A Baltimore Police vehicle blocks off Regester Street in Fells Point on April 14, 2024.
Man faces 178 animal cruelty counts in ‘Cakes’ case after animals seized from home
Most of the animals seized from a rowhome in Baltimore this year have been adopted or placed with rescues.
Most of the animals seized from a rowhome in Baltimore this year have been adopted or placed with rescues.
Baltimore Sun Guild sees ‘distressing changes’ under new owners, rallies to push back
The union gave the company a week to respond to its concerns, including story quotas and the publication of "questionable" stories, both of which make work harder, the guild said.
Unionized Baltimore Sun journalists and supporters rally outside the newspaper's downtown office building.
‘We’ve come a long way in 11 years.’ 10 questions with Live Baltimore’s departing leader.
Annie Milli is leaving Live Baltimore to become the sole program officer at the Goldseker Foundation, the nonprofit’s “longest supporting and largest philanthropic partner,” according to the press release.
Annie Milli is leaving Live Baltimore to become the sole program officer at Goldseker Foundation. Milli had led Live Baltimore for 11 years.
Raygun’s terrible Olympic breakdancing bordered on the disrespectful
I was always a bad dancer. Australia’s bad breakdancer, Professor Rachael “Raygun” Gunn, got to go to the Olympics.
B-Girl Rachael “Raygun” Gunn competes for Australia at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 9.
How to prepare for the first day of kindergarten? Play pretend.
Educators say a smooth transition to “big-kid school” is all about practice. Here are five ways to prepare.
Soon-to-be kindergarteners practice following instructions at a Kindergarten Here We Come! class at Glenwood Branch Library in Howard County.
Inner Harbor’s Fogo de Chão sued over rat droppings and salmonella outbreak
The Inner Harbor’s Fogo de Chão — a staple spot for Baltimore work events and celebratory dinners — is being sued over allegations that rodent feces and other health violations contributed to a salmonella outbreak last year.
Symptoms of a salmonella infection include diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dispute over Baltimore’s ‘baby bonus’ ballot initiative headed to state Supreme Court
A dispute over the Baby Bonus Fund, a Baltimore ballot initiative that would provide $1,000 payments to new parents, is headed to the Maryland Supreme Court.
The Baltimore Baby Bonus Fund is a proposed city charter amendment that will  be on the ballot in November. If passed, it would give parents $1,000 upon the birth or adoption of a child.
Everything you need to know about the Maryland State Fair
The Maryland State Fair returns in August. Here’s what you need to know.
Crowds start to head for the exit around closing time at the Maryland State Fair on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. The 2024 State Fair is scheduled for for three weekends in late summer this year: Aug. 22-25, Aug. 29-Sept. 2, and Sept. 5-8.
Kevin Spacey won’t leave Baltimore mansion, buyer says
Investor Sam Asgari said he’s had to negotiate with Kevin Spacey’s lawyers to compel the actor to leave.
Kevin Spacey arrives at Southwark Crown Court as the jury deliberate on his sexual assault trial on July 26, 2023, in London, England.
Why is the sky hazy? Canadian wildfire smoke returns to Baltimore region
Unlike the situation in June 2023, the wildfire smoke is not expected to create serious air quality concerns in Baltimore.
Canadian wildfire smoke lingering over the region is expected to create hazy skies. Unlike the situation in June 2023, pictured here, the wildfire smoke is not expected to create serious air quality concerns in Baltimore.
More Maryland schools are locking up cellphones and banning them from class
Across the Baltimore region, schools are joining a national trend cracking down on kids’ phone use.
Eighth grader Bria Shah slides a cellphone into a Yondr pouch, a device Hampstead Hill Academy uses to lock up students’ phones during the school day.
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