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Notre Dame of Maryland University names its first new president in 12 years
Abagail Van Vlerah will take the helm of the private Catholic college in North Baltimore.
Notre Dame of Maryland University has named Abagail Van Vlerah as its 15th president.
Police seize 9 dirt bikes from gathering at Northeast Baltimore park
Baltimore detectives seized nine illegal dirt bikes and ATVs from a gathering at Herring Run Park on Sunday and are seeking to pursue criminal and traffic-related charges against the operators.
Baltimore Police and the State's Attorney's office have announced a crackdown on riding dirt bikes on city streets.
Streeter: What justice can — and can’t — do for the families of the Key Bridge victims
COLUMN | The civil trial against the owner and operator of the Dali, which caused the fatal collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, was settled days before the trial. Does justice help with healing?
The remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge are seen before dawn on the one year anniversary of the collapse of the bridge after being hit by the container ship Dali.
Could Baltimore unearth the Jones Falls? An art project imagines it in 2076.
Curators behind a new exhibition ask Baltimore to picture the Jones Falls in 50 years. Does it have a highway on top? How about gondolas?
Co-organizers of “Confluence: Reimagining Baltimore’s Waterways,” from left, Bruce Willen, Anand Pandian, and Lee Davis at Area 405.
This Bolton Hill landscape architect filled her neighborhood with flowers and plants
Susan Van Buren, a landscape architect and longtime Bolton Hill resident who cared for a massive home garden, died April 15 of liver cancer. She was 78.
Susan Van Buren.
Reader callout: Why do you love living in and around Charm City?
How would you convince someone to move to Baltimore?
Members of the Downtown Sailing Center sail past the Domino Sugars plant during a late afternoon outing on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
Why Baltimore is stripping plywood off its vacant homes
The city is experimenting with clear boarding on its vacant homes to reduce fires and additional displacement.
Baltimore Department of Public Works employees prepare to replace plywood with a polycarbonate sheet on a vacant home in the Coldstream Homestead Montebello community.
2 dead, 3 wounded after shootings and stabbing within 24 hours in Baltimore
A violent 24-hour stretch in Baltimore left two people dead and three others wounded in a series of incidents, police said.
A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
11 of the Baltimore area’s best smashburgers
Smashburgers are having a moment in Baltimore. Here are some of the best places to find them, according to food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.
The Royal Blue's smashburger comes with bacon and the option to add a runny egg for brunch.
Hutzell: Can David bring down a Maryland Goliath? It’s happened before.
COLUMN | Maybe social media sensation Bobby LaPin can beat state Sen. Bill Ferguson in the Democratic primary for their South Baltimore district. Maybe not. But in Maryland’s usually predictable political landscape, an upset like this has happened before.
Bobby LaPin watches as Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson, his opponent in the upcoming election, speaks at a Locust Point Civic Association forum in Baltimore earlier this month.
‘Never seen anything like it’: Neighbors recount deadly fire as community mourns woman killed
A North Baltimore rowhome fire that killed a woman and displaced neighbors has left the tight-knit Barclay community grieving and grappling with the aftermath.
SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2026 - A Baltimore City fire truck at the site of the fatal house fire in the 2200 block of Guilford Avenue in Barclay. The three-alarm fire occurred on Thursday.
Ex-postal worker in Baltimore caught with $700K in stolen checks — and a plan to sell them
A former Baltimore postal worker pleaded guilty to stealing checks from the mail after investigators found nearly 200 stolen checks worth more than $700,000 and evidence he planned to sell them.
A United States Postal Service mail collection box is seen as a person walks in to the USPS building on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
For sale: Beautiful Butler stone home in Towson
This Towson estate situated on a spacious lot minutes from downtown and Cromwell Valley Park has 6 bedrooms, an updated kitchen, fireplaces and gym and home theater.
1 dead, 2 injured after separate Baltimore shootings hours apart
Two shootings within a span of about three hours left one man dead and two wounded across Baltimore early Saturday, according to police.
A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
Baltimore hired an accomplished city planner, but we can’t get past his hair
In his first several months in Baltimore, Tim Keane, the new city housing commissioner, has turned heads with his vintage polyester suits and fat kipper ties. He might have stepped out of Studio 54.
In his first several months in Baltimore, Tim Keane, the new city housing commissioner, has turned heads with his fashion.
This new cocktail challenge has Baltimore bars buzzing
To shine a spotlight on Baltimore’s creative bartenders, the Charm City Cocktail Club is challenging locals to try 12 bars around the city before its July deadline.
A local group of spirits enthusiasts recently formed the Charm City Cocktail Club to celebrate Baltimore’s cocktail scene — and its first foray is a challenge to fill up a passport by visiting a dozen Baltimore bars.
Superyacht tied to controversy over Justice Clarence Thomas’ travels slips into Baltimore
ProPublica reported in 2023 that Thomas, who joined the Supreme Court in 1991, regularly accepted trips from Harlan Crow on his yacht, Michaela Rose, and a private jet without reporting them.
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2026 - Billionaire Harlan Crow's superyacht, Michaela Rose, docks in the Inner Harbor Marina in Baltimore on Thursday. It is best known for taking Justice Clarence Thomas on well-publicized cruises.
Police seek public’s help finding people who shot 11-year-old in Upton
Baltimore Police released surveillance footage after an 11-year-old boy and a 26-year-old man were shot in Upton on Wednesday.
A still from surveillance video released by the Baltimore Police Department on Friday in an attempt to identify people in connection with a drive-by shooting on Wednesday in Baltimore's Upton neighborhood that injured an 11-year-old boy and a man.
Former Baltimore schools employee sentenced to 2 years in Iowa citizenship fraud case
A former Iowa school superintendent and Coppin State University graduate who previously worked for Baltimore City Public Schools was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen.
This photo provided by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts on Feb. 26, 2025. (ICE via AP)
Woman’s body recovered from Barclay rowhouse a day after 3-alarm fire
Baltimore City firefighters recovered a body in a rowhome burned by the three-alarm fire Thursday afternoon, officials said.
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2026 - Aftermath of the 3-alarm fire that ripped through rowhomes in the Barclay neighborhood of Baltimore on Thursday afternoon.
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