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How a small team in the Baltimore mayor’s office hopes to better serve crime victims
After years of poor treatment, one small team in the mayor's office is trying to better help crime victims in Baltimore.
Tierra Morales, Social Services Coordination Supervisor, and Mark Mason, Associate Director of Victim Services, go down a checklist of people on January 24, 2024.
Ravens fans wanted this to be the year. It wasn’t, but they’re still proud.
After a tough loss to the Chiefs, Ravens fans said they still count the season a success.
A dejected Ravens fan buries their head in their hands as hope for the Ravens victory starts to slip away.
Ravens game weather forecast: Some showers, but most rain has passed
For the Ravens-Chiefs game at 3 p.m., expect scattered, wind-whipped showers with temperatures in the mid-40s.
Young fans wave Ravens flags before the game against the Houston Texans at M&T Bank Stadium last week. Temperatures were in the 20s. The weather should be milder Sunday, with light showers.
Owner’s withdrawal from offshore wind project hobbles Maryland’s clean energy plans
Danish energy company Ørsted has exited an agreement with Maryland to sell electricity from an offshore wind farm it plans to build off the coast of Ocean City.
A wind turbine spins and generates power for the U.S. electric grid at the South Fork Wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean, 35 miles east of Montauk Point, New York, in 2023.
Commentary: Moore-Miller administration commits to meeting needs of military families
The administration is moving to help Maryland’s military families overcome a variety of challenges they face regularly, Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller and first lady Dawn Moore say.
Maryland first lady Dawn Flythe Moore (left) and Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller.
More than 40 vehicles crash on Bay Bridge, span shut down for about 6 hours
The crash Saturday morning closed the Bay Bridge’s westbound lanes as police sorted out what happened.
A multivehicle crash Saturday morning closed the Bay Bridge’s westbound lanes as police sorted out what happened.
Non-profit partnership focused on crime reduction along Eutaw Street opens first office
A program that used social workers, peer supporters and other wraparound services to work with police to help reduce crime along the Eutaw Street corridor near Lexington Market officially opened its first office space Friday.
Marvin Garner, a peer recovery specialist, talks about the importance of community-based violence prevention programs.
Banner quiz: How closely did you follow the news this week?
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Navy agrees to get pollution discharge permit for weapons testing on Maryland side of Potomac
The Navy has acknowledged that the missiles and other projectiles it had been firing into the Potomac River could have an impact on water quality and aquatic life, including threatened species such as the Atlantic sturgeon.
Fishing communities often catch spent cannon shells, missiles and rockets settled in the riverbed as a result of weapons testing in the Potomac River by the Naval Support Facility in Dahlgren, Virginia.
Want to plant a tree in Baltimore? It could cost you.
Nonprofit tree-planting groups say the Department of Transportation is charging them permit fees that it did not used to — and that will will reduce the number of trees they're able to plant.
A crew works to cut out a piece of the sidewalk to be replaced with a tree well.
Baltimore woman charged in stabbings, hit-and-runs in Prince George’s County
The woman suspected of striking people with her car and randomly stabbing others in the Maryland suburbs of Washington was charged Friday with attempted murder.
Anne Arundel County’s register of wills charged with theft, misconduct stemming from cashed $6K check
The Maryland state prosecutor, Charlton T. Howard III, alleges that Anne Arundel County Register of Wills Erica Griswold cashed a $6,645 check intended for her office and hasn't repaid the state. She could not be reached for comment.
Erica Griswold, the Anne Arundel County register of wills, was indicted by a county grand jury on Jan. 26, 2024 on multiple charges, according to the Maryland state prosecutor.
Man pleads guilty in fatal beating of Brooklyn Park father in family’s front yard
Christopher Michael Wright, a 43-year-old father of three, was fatally beaten after refusing a request to produce his teenaged son to continue a school fight earlier in the day, according to police. The uncle of the other boy involved in the school fight pleaded guilty to manslaughter and fighting in public in Wright’s death.
Family and friends gather at a vigil for Christopher Wright, 43, on May 26, 2023.
Underground fire in downtown Baltimore interrupts traffic, suspends some light rail service
Baltimore City utility and fire crews are working Friday morning to restore power to portions of downtown after an electrical fire broke out overnight beneath North Charles Street.
Baltimore City utility and fire crews are working Friday to restore power to portions of downtown after an electrical fire broke out overnight beneath North Charles Street.
School employee in Howard County charged with sex abuse faced similar allegations in 2021
A Howard County private school employee who was charged with sexual abuse of a minor now faces similar charges in Baltimore County related to incidents that were first investigated in 2021, court records show.
6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby takes blame for tax debt at ex-wife’s fraud trial
Marilyn Mosby, who served two terms as Baltimore state’s attorney from 2015-2023, is standing trial in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt on two counts of making a false statement on a loan application.
Nick Mosby leaves the Federal Courthouse in Greenbelt at the trial of his ex-wife Marilyn Mosby, Jan. 24, 2024.
Sinclair exec, Sun owner David Smith behind lawsuit against Baltimore schools
Fox45 says reporters didn’t know their station’s owner is financing high-profile suit and station will add disclosure to stories.
Sinclair Broadcast Group President and CEO David Smith testifies before the legislature’s Joint Government Oversight Committee meeting in this 2007 file photo.
Crowd fills courtroom in case of man accused of killing trans woman in Bel Air
Brian Delen is accused of shooting Meghan Lewis in December.
Signs honoring Meghan Lewis' 'sparkle' are held during a memorial in Bel Air, MD on Jan 2, 2024.
Man arrested, charged in fatal stabbing at McCormick & Co. logistics center
Homicide detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department arrested the man accused of fatally stabbing a logistics center employee last week.
Police tape seen at the intersection of Pennsylvania Ave and Lauren Street.
Baltimore’s HONfest is coming to an end
The annual gathering is retiring after 30 years, according to an email shared Wednesday night by Wendy Sites, a HONfest vendor and logistics coordinator.
Julie Sharp, right, adds additional hairspray to Sydney Sharp’s hair at HONfest on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
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