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‘Everyone loses.’ An attempted carjacking and what gets left behind
Rob Mealey recounts his experience of an attempted carjacking that occurred in 2022 while he was driving his two young kids home in Baltimore. He got away, but the effect the incident had on him and his children still lingers, he said.
Second person dies a day after East Baltimore house fire
A second person has died following an early morning house fire in East Baltimore on Tuesday, the Baltimore City Fire Department said.
Truck 55 sits in the Baltimore City Fire Department station in Pigtown on Thursday, June 29, 2023.
Man on trial in killing of Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley denies pulling trigger
Assistant State’s Attorney Kurt Bjorklund played the remainder of the interrogation of Elliot Knox, 34, of Mount Holly, to the jury on Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court. He’s standing trial on two counts of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and related offenses.
Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley, a two-year veteran, was fatally shot in her patrol car in Curtis Bay on Dec. 16, 2021. She was 39.
Baltimore had big plans for helping incarcerated people. They’re not panning out
A city program funded by federal pandemic aid is running far behind its stated goals, even after expectations were tamped down
The exterior of the Baltimore City Central Booking and Intake Center on February 6, 2024.
HUD approves redevelopment plan for Annapolis public housing communities
Federal officials have approved a detailed redevelopment plan for two public housing communities and other areas. The next step is to seek implementation grant funds from HUD.
Eastport Terrace is one of several apartment and townhouse being considered for a gun violence prevention program in Annapolis..
Peruvian tall ship to sail by Fort McHenry, into the harbor
A Peruvian tall ship will soon make a dramatic entrance into Baltimore.
The BAP Unión being pulled by a tugboat in 2019.
Maryland psychiatric hospital CEO, accused of threatening staff, agrees to stay away
Dr. Scott Moran consented to a peace order without the judge ruling and without admitting to the allegations.
The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. is seen on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
Two Marines charged in hate incident at UMD
Two Marines were charged by the University of Maryland Police Department in a hate bias incident at a dorm.
Library and campus of the University of Maryland located in College Park, MD.
A driver forgot to put her vehicle in park. Baltimore Fire officials say it rolled into the Inner Harbor.
The Baltimore Fire Department sent divers into the Inner Harbor after they say a woman forgot to put her vehicle in park and it drifted into the water.
Crews pulled a car out of the Inner Harbor on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Baltimore Fire Department officials say a woman had forgotten to put the vehicle in park before it rolled into the harbor.
An artist took liberties with Frederick Douglass. Some on the Eastern Shore question the art.
The mural in Easton opened a contentious debate that has yet to resolve.
An enlarged print of “Frederick Douglass Liberty," featured on the side of a building in Easton, has drawn controversy.
Commentary: With child interrogations, parents can’t take the place of lawyers
Maryland must reject legislation that would allow parents, instead of lawyers, to act as legal advocates for interrogated children, three psychology professors say.
(l to r) Erika Fountain, Ph.D.  Youth Justice and System Innovation Program Manager at OJJDP,  Jeff Kukucka, Associate Professor of Psychology Towson University and Johanna Hellgren, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of New Haven.
Maryland promised to give more cash to poor families last year. It still hasn’t.
Maryland social services said it would end a policy that reduced cash assistance for recipients who live in subsidized housing. A year later, it hasn't happened.
Illustration of family with children standing in door of row home in background. In front of them are large hands snipping a corner off a check with massive scissors.
Maryland Judiciary opposes bill that would grant more tenant protections
The Tenant Safety Act aims to increase rent escrow filings, which allow renters to withhold rent until repairs are made.
Records show Baltimore nonprofit housing provider stopped paying tenants’ rents and hasn’t accounted for the money.
Prosecutor describes ‘two executions’ on day Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley was killed
Holley, a two-year veteran of the Baltimore Police Department, was fatally shot inside her patrol car in Curtis Bay on Dec. 16, 2021. She was 39.
Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley was fatally shot inside her patrol car on Pennington Avenue near Hazel Street in Curtis Bay on Dec. 16, 2021. She was 39.
MTA goes green with first zero-emission buses, but larger transition to take longer than expected
The state transit agency plans to fully electrify its fleet of passenger buses as part of an ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but budget cuts could delay the full transition.
A man stands at a brown podium in front of a blue and white bus that reads "zero emissions bus" on it inside a large bus depot.
Maryland Attorney General, Baltimore Police say local gang behind dozens of carjackings
The group, four adults and two juveniles, are accused of committing at least nine commercial robberies and 35 armed carjackings throughout the Baltimore area, mostly from April 2022 to March 2023.
Maryland Attorney General Organized Crime Unit Chief Paul Halliday, center, talks about an investigation that led to six people being indicted in connection to dozens of carjackings and a murder. Also pictured, from left: Attorney General Anthony Brown, Assistant Attorney General Katie Dorian, ATF Assistant Special Agent Joseph Persails and Mayor Brandon Scott.
Transition of unhoused from Wyman Park Dell to hotels not smooth for everyone
Some see the move to a hotel as a chance for a new start. The city plans to clear out the park by March 6.
Several unhoused people previously staying in Wyman Park Dell have opted in for services and been placed in hotels ahead of the March 6 clearing of the site.
Fire in Southeast Baltimore leaves one child dead, two hospitalized
Baltimore City firefighters pulled three people from a burning dwelling fire in the the 3400 block of East Lombard Street.
Baltimore City Fire Service Vehicle
Hilton Grows Best: No more ice cubes, fish or milk for plant care
Baltimore plant stylist and author Hilton Carter talks about all the ways your should not care for your plants.
Historic church with ties to the Underground Railroad gets new life
A 150-year-old church in Columbia founded by formerly enslaved people was awarded a state grant worth almost a quarter-million dollars to preserve African American history.
Locust United Methodist Church located in Columbia, Maryland, with ties to Harriet Tubman, received a $233k state grant to preserve history.
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