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Baltimore City firefighters contain 2-alarm fire at St. Paul business
Baltimore City Fire personnel contained a two-alarm blaze in the St. Paul neighborhood Thursday night that sent black smoke plummeting over the city.
MARCH 12, 2026 - Baltimore City firefighters battle 2-alarm fire near downtown at 2121 Wicomico Street.
The Oceanaire Seafood Room plans to close at the end of March
This Harbor East eatery will close March 26, becoming the latest Oceanaire location to shutter as the struggling nationwide chain attempts to find its feet.
The Oceanaire Seafood Room at 801 Aliceanna Street near Harbor Point in Baltimore.
Man dies after being hit by box truck in Southeast Baltimore
A 28-year-old man died Thursday morning after a box truck struck him in Southeast Baltimore, police said.
A Baltimore City Police car sits parked on North Calvert St.
Mom accused of destroying evidence after 14-year-old hit Baltimore officer in stolen car
Yolanda Wilkes, 42, of Hampden, is charged in Baltimore Circuit Court with accessory after the fact, concealing physical evidence and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley, left, joins State’s Attorney Ivan Bates during a news conference Thursday to discuss charges against Yolanda Wilkes.
Yes, it’s snowing. Welcome to false spring in Maryland.
The same cold front that brought severe thunderstorms and power outages to the region Wednesday night is sticking around through early next week.
A woman walks across the Johns Hopkins Hospital campus in East Baltimore as a snowy winter storm moves through the area on Thursday afternoon.
Authorities ID man and SWAT sniper who killed him during Baltimore hostage situation
Jonathan Ingram, 33, of Baltimore, was shot and killed by a SWAT sniper Tuesday after officers responded to a home in the 6200 block of Park Heights Avenue for a burglary and were met with gunfire.
Officers responded to a home in the 6200 block of Park Heights Avenue for a burglary and were met with gunfire, according to a preliminary investigation by the Maryland Attorney General’s Office.
A missing boy was unenrolled from school in Baltimore. Here’s why.
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.
Tristan King, who has been missing since Sept. 24, was unenrolled from Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary/Middle when he stopped showing up.
Judge orders competency evaluation for alleged Zizian cult leader
A Maryland federal judge on Thursday ordered a psychiatric evaluation to determine competency to stand trial for Ziz LaSota.
In this image from video, Jack LaSota, also known as Ziz, who is at the center of a cultlike group known as Zizians and linked to several deaths across the U.S., is escorted into court for a pretrial hearing on trespassing, gun and drug charges in Cumberland, Md., Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)
The latest plan to save downtown Baltimore? Tax breaks.
The bill would allow for PILOTs lasting as long as 25 years and would set the payment at a property’s current tax bill.
Properties in downtown Baltimore collectively lost $326 million in assessed value last year, according to Mayor Brandon Scott.
Baltimore parents fear kids aren’t safe riding transit to school, survey finds
The small survey is the first time in at least a decade a Baltimore City schools group has asked families for transportation feedback.
Commuters and students wait for buses at the Mondawmin Transit Hub on May 6, 2025.
Baltimore takes aim at online casinos ‘dressed up as a children’s game’
Mayor Brandon Scott's legal team, fresh off a lucrative settlement, hired more litigators. Now the city is taking aim at online casinos “dressed up as a children's game.”
In a court filing, the city’s legal team has targeted various operators of online and mobile blackjack games and slot machines, writing that operators like Pulsz Casino and Fortune Coins "employ videogame-like design" in advertisements and online to target young people.
What to do in Baltimore this weekend, including St. Patrick’s Day events
Whether you want to attend the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, see a rising artist’s works or celebrate trailblazing civil engineer Olive Dennis, we've got you covered.
Bag pipe players play traditional Irish music while they march down Pratt St. in the annual St. Patricks Day Parade in Baltimore City, MD., on March 12, 2023.
Donald ‘China’ Waugh, last of a breed of Baltimore arabbers, dies at 90
Donald “China” Waugh, a fixture on the Baltimore arabbing scene for decades, died recently at age 90.
Donald ‘China’ Waugh.
Nearly 12K without power after tornado warning in Baltimore and surrounding counties
Tornado warnings, severe thunderstorm threats and a statewide hazardous weather outlook blanketed Maryland on Wednesday evening.
Baltimore City and Baltimore County were under a tornado warning until 7:45 p.m., the National Weather Service and state emergency management officials shared on social media.
Pepper spray discharged on Baltimore County school bus, 14 students hospitalized
Fourteen students were sent to the hospital as a precaution on Wednesday morning after a student accidentally discharged pepper spray on a school bus, police said.
Baltimore County Public Schools are installing cameras on all its buses to catch cars who pass by when students are getting on and off the bus.
They covered up a prison beating. Now 6 correctional officers have been convicted.
Samuel Warren, a correctional officer who initiated an attack and cover-up at Eastern Correctional Institution, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.
Eastern Correctional Institute, in Westover, Somerset County, Maryland, on Dec. 8, 2020.
From Issa Rae to Debbie Allen, Lena Waithe attracts celebs to Baltimore for ‘trinity’
Since arriving in Baltimore to debut her play “trinity,” Lena Waithe has put her Hollywood Rolodex to work.
Lena Waithe, left, and actress Issa Rae hang out at the “trinity” after-party at Bloom’s in Mount Vernon on Feb. 18, 2026.
3 Baltimore Police officers face theft, misconduct indictments
Lt. Welai Grant, Sgt. Mark Rutkowski and former Officer Harrison Brandon are facing charges in Baltimore Circuit Court, including theft and misconduct in office.
Bishop L. Robinson Sr. Police Administration Building on East Fayette Street
Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Melvin ‘Mickey’ Steinberg dies at 92
Former Lt. Gov. Melvin “Mickey” Steinberg, who served in state government for nearly three decades and later pursued a career as a lobbyist, died Tuesday after a short stay in hospice. He was 92.
Melvin Steinberg.
One of Baltimore’s biggest hotels auctioned off in 47 seconds
The Renaissance Harborplace Baltimore Hotel — once a part of downtown’s rebirth — will soon be owned by its lender, DR VII REIT Holdings, a subsidiary of New York-based Torchlight Investors.
Bill Hudson of Atlantic Auctions Inc. conducts the auction of the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, which entered foreclosure last year.
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