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From $3.7M to $9.9M: Federal probe focuses on 42 Baltimore homes sold again and again
Federal prosecutors have charged an attorney in connection to a 2021 real estate investment scheme that centers on 42 rowhomes in East Baltimore owned by a group of New York investors.
The scheme under investigation by federal prosecutors includes this vacant property at 521 N. East Ave.
Streeter: Pastor Jamal Bryant apologized for implying the Target boycott was over. It never was.
OPINION | Baltimore native Pastor Jamal Bryant declared his part of the Target boycott over. We still aren’t going back.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 05: Dr. Jamal H. Bryant speaks onstage during WayMaker Men's Summit Presented By BET Experience – Day 1 on June 05, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
Anne Arundel man charged in 3 highway shootings across Prince George’s County
A 44-year-old Anne Arundel County man confessed to carrying out three nonfatal shootings along highways in Prince George’s County, court documents show.
Baltimore Police crime scene tape sits unused on a police vehicle at the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
11 students evaluated after pepper spray discharged again on Baltimore County school bus
For the second time in a week, pepper spray was discharged on a Baltimore County school bus, prompting 11 students to be evaluated by emergency responders Wednesday afternoon.
yellow school buses
19-year-old pleads guilty to murdering Edgewater koi pond store owner
A 19-year-old man has admitted that he killed Edgewater koi pond store owner Edward Steven Koza, whose body was discovered inside his scorched pickup truck in May.
Edward Stephen Koza, 67, was the owner of a Koi pond business in Davidsonville. Koza was found dead in his vehicle on May 24, 2025; two 18-year-olds have been charged in his killing.
2 more tornadoes confirmed in Maryland from Monday’s storm
The National Weather Service confirmed two more tornadoes touched down in Maryland during Monday’s storm.
A large tree lies across power lines on Walker Avenue in Towson on Tuesday morning. A tornado watch was in effect Monday night as high winds moved through the area.
Trombone emoji designed by Maryland students will soon land on iPhones everywhere
The trombone emoji was submitted for approval by a group of students from the Science and Mathematics Academy at Aberdeen High School in 2019.
The new trombone emoji, designed by a group of Maryland students, has been adopted by the Unicode Consortium.
Baby girl dies month after Pikesville crash that killed her mom
A 1-year-old girl has died after injuries she sustained in a Pikesville car crash last month that also killed her mother, Baltimore County Police announced.
Baltimore County police at the intersection of Middle River Road and Bird River Road after a suspicious package was reported at Freedom Church Middle River on Saturday, July 12, 2025.
Anne Arundel library CEO Skip Auld to retire, prompting search for replacement
Charles M. “Skip” Auld, the longtime CEO of Anne Arundel County Public Library, is retiring next year, and a national search is underway to find his successor.
Charles M. “Skip” Auld, CEO of Anne Arundel County Public Library, is retiring next February. The county is launching a national search for his replacement.
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek to delay his state and federal trials
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers asked a judge on Wednesday to postpone his federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson until early next year.
Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in New York.
Washington County reveals meeting with feds about planned ICE facility near Hagerstown
County commissioners detail their DHS meeting on the Williamsport ICE facility that could hold up to 1,500 detainees — including job projections and who would pay for infrastructure upgrades.
New SUVs are parked outside the warehouse in Washington County that was purchased by the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.
Howard County Police charge 3 men in fatal shooting in Columbia parking lot
Howard County Police have charged three Baltimore men Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a Salisbury man in a Columbia parking lot in August.
The Howard County Police logo seen outside their headquarters on January 25, 2024.
Prosecutors seized his legal notes. Now he wants a Baltimore judge to throw out his rape case.
Natalie Finegar, Dwayne Elliott’s attorney, argues that her client’s constitutional rights have been violated.
The exterior of the Baltimore City Central Booking and Intake Center on February 6, 2024.
Musically promiscuous: Pikesville jazz musician bends the clarinet to his will
Pikesville klezmer musician considers himself musically promiscuous, blending traditional Jewish klezmer music with jazz, big band and blues with an often humorous twist.
Pikesville musician and clarinet virtuoso Seth Kibel plays at Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah last month.
When ICE shows up, a new group comes to the aid of immigrant families
A volunteer group formed last year uses GoFoundMe to raise money to help families whose loved ones have been detained by ICE.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2026 - Representatives from the Montgomery County Immigrant Rights Collective (MoCo IRC) join Montgomery County Council members Will Jawando and Kristin Mink at a press conference at the Montgomery County Council office building in Rockville on two bills that aim to restrict ICE activities in the county.
Months after the Castle fire, is the rebuild underway?
The Castle in Hampden was badly damaged by a three-alarm fire in November, and rebuilding could take years. Meanwhile, tenants have had to find new homes.
Scaffolding covers The Castle, a historic building in Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood, earlier this month.
The Iran war is spiking fertilizer costs, just as Maryland farmers look to plant
Price spikes and uncertainty are hitting Maryland farmers just as spring planting season begins.
Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025 — Soybeans catch the first light of the day on David Burrier’s Frederick County farm. Last year he had 35 orders of his soybeans being exported to China by Oct. 1. So far this year he has none.
Man pleads guilty to killing woman and her grandmother in their Middle River home
Bryan Cherry, 38, of Middle River, admitted in Baltimore County Circuit Court that he killed Autumn Harvey, 29, and Iona Sellers, 75, whose bodies were discovered inside their house on Taos Circle on July 7, 2024.
Photographs of Autumn Harvey are displayed at Tavern in the Quarters, Harvey's favorite local bar, during a vigil held in her honor on in Middle River on July 14, 2024.
Maryland State Police detain person of interest in 3 Prince George’s County highway shootings
Maryland State Police detained a person of interest just hours after announcing their search for a man accused of carrying out three shootings between Monday night and Tuesday morning, officials said.
The Maryland State Police logo.
Montgomery County partially lifts Potomac advisories spurred by sewage spill
The announcement comes after other health and environmental agencies lifted advisories in recent weeks as impacts have dissipated from the mid-January pipe rupture, which created one of the largest sewage spills in the country’s history.
Contractors work on the collapsed Potomac Interceptor sewer line as the rerouted sewage flows down the C&O Canal next to the Clara Barton Parkway in Cabin John last month.
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