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Ex-leader of Strong City pleads guilty to fraud connected to COVID-19 funds
Reginald Davis, a former CEO of the defunct nonprofit manager Strong City Baltimore, has pleaded guilty to one count of federal misdemeanor bank theft.
Exterior of the Edward A. Garmatz United States Federal Courthouse in Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
Baltimore sheriff probes courthouse employee for allegedly inviting ICE to detain someone
ICE agents detained a man at the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse last week, sparking an investigation of a corrections department employee.
6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
Today’s Maryland traffic nightmare? A giant wind turbine blade
The truck struck the guardrail, causing the blade to slip from the truck, cross the median and go into the eastbound lanes.
Screenshot of MDOT traffic camera showing a wind turbine blocking lanes along I-70 on Monday, June 30, 2025.
Maryland’s real-life Lorax keeps the search for big trees alive
A Maryland program to spot and document its biggest trees started a century ago. John Bennett is the man who keeps the mission alive.
John Bennett, chair of the Maryland Big Tree Program, stands with a Japanese snowbell tree in Port Deposit.
Your lease will come with a ‘bill of rights.’ Here’s what that means.
The bill of rights in Maryland will include new protections in the 2024 law, such as capping security deposits at one month’s rent and more.
The law that mandated the tenants’ bill of rights also allows evictions to be postponed out of medical necessity or during extreme weather.
Black women with cancer die at higher rates. To heal them, we have to hear them.
The American Cancer Society’s VOICES of Black Women survey is seeking 100,000 participants' stories and experiences to close disparities.
Dr. Tonya Webb, left, is a part of the American Cancer Society's VOICES of Black Women project, which hopes to survey 100,000 Black women about their medical and life experiences in hopes of eliminating disparities.
Letter: Matthew Schlegel case coverage should include science of false accusations
Maggie Bruck, a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, says the science and history of false accusations should be considered.
Protesters stand holding signs outside of the Anne Arundel County Courthouse on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, ahead of the bail hearing for Matthew Schlegel.
Broken sprinkler pipe displaces 74 residents at Ellicott City senior facility
Fire and rescue units moved the residents to other facilities overnight while relocating dozens of others within the campus.
Howard County officials transported residents of a senior healthcare facility in Ellicott City to other locations after a late-night flood caused by a broken sprinkler pipe.
Two historic Catholic churches in Baltimore are merging. Parishioners are holding their breath.
Two of Baltimore’s oldest Catholic churches, St. Vincent de Paul and St. Leo, are set to merge Tuesday. A lot of questions remain for parishioners.
Monsignor Nicholas Amato, temporary pastoral administrator for St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church, closes the church doors before delivering Mass this month.
Severe storms forecast through Tuesday, then sunny and mild Fourth of July
Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and into the early evening.
A bolt of lightning is seen as an afternoon thunderstorm rolls over eastern Baltimore County, Sunday, June 29, 2025.
Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run on I-95 in Harford County
A 33-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 95 north of Baltimore early Sunday, according to Maryland State Police.
The Maryland State Police logo.
BGE investigates cause of Saturday’s underground fire in downtown Baltimore
A fire that sparked underground in downtown Baltimore on Saturday is under investigation.
Truck 55 sits in the Baltimore City Fire Department station in Pigtown on Thursday, June 29, 2023.
New laws that kick in July 1: Boosting the number of teachers, opioid treatment oversight and more
Dozens of bills passed by Maryland lawmakers earlier this year will become law come July 1.
An American flag is caught on top of a lamppost in front of the Maryland State House dome in Annapolis, Md. on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
Letter: Catonsville armory development process needed early community input
Baltimore County Councilman Izzy Patoka says the development of the Catonsville armory as a cannabis incubator was backwards, and that community engagement should come before plans are in place.
Maryland is planning to convert the Catonsville Armory into a state-run cannabis incubator. It is pictured here on June 20, 2025.
Gavin Knupp’s family files lawsuit in his hit-and-run death against Tyler Mailloux and others
The family of Gavin Knupp, a 14-year-old killed in a hit-and-run accident in 2022, has filed a civil suit against several named co-defendants, including Tyler Mailloux, two of his family members and his former employer.
Tyler Mailloux, 23, leaves Worchester County Courthouse in Snow Hill, MD on August 18, 2023. Mailloux was charged with 17 counts in the deadly hit-and-run of 14-year-old Gavin Knupp, who was struck on a road outside Ocean City on July 11, 2022.
Maryland swelters again: Heat, humidity and fireworks ahead
Strong to severe thunderstorms will break the heat Tuesday bringing us some spectacular weather for the 4th of July. 
Dozens of people were seen enjoying the cool water at Druid Hill Park Swimming Pool in Baltimore, MD on June 23, 2025.
Annapolis 12-year-old heads to Vegas to fight in national martial arts championship
Mason Des Jardins, a 12-year-old from Annapolis, will be the among the fighters competing in a national Brazilian jujitsu competition in Las Vegas this weekend.
Mason Des Jardins (center) with his father, Paul Des Jardins, (left) and his coach, Guilherme Neves, (right) at the 2025 IBJJF New Jersey Spring Kids International Open in Secaucus, New Jersey. Photo courtesy of Paul Des Jardins
A Baltimore rec center is using TikTok but not how you think
“It’s our way of meeting them where they are at and allowing them to be themselves,” Baltimore's Farring Baybrook Rec Center Director Bertha Mae Coleman said.
From left, Kennedy Young, Jakyra Herring, and Brailyn Knight pose for a photo under the decorations at a TikTok party at the Farring Baybrook Recreation Center on June 13, 2025.
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Baltimore Police waited for medics who never came. The man they detained is now dead.
A 911 dispatch call revealed that Baltimore Police requested a medic at least twice to treat a man they detained amid a mental health crisis.
The intersection of W. Franklin and North Franklintown Road in Baltimore on June 28, 2025
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