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Maryland releases three potential Red Line routes, each with rail and bus options
One alignment includes construction of a new downtown tunnel, while the other two routes are surface level.
The Maryland Transit Administration is relaunching the planning process for the proposed Red Line east-west route in Baltimore.
Baltimore Police defend actions in hunt for suspect in Pava LaPere’s killing
Jason Dean Billingsley, 32, of Baltimore, was taken into custody late Wednesday after multiple law enforcement agencies tracked him to a train station in Bowie.
Baltimore acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley, U.S. Marshals Chief Deputy Mathew Silverman, Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott, and Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan J. Bates host a press conference at police headquarters on the arrest of Jason Billingsley, the suspect in the killing of Pava LaPere, on Sept. 28, 2023. Billingsley was apprehended at a train station in Bowie late last night. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
Parasite in Baltimore-area drinking water may harm elderly, children, immunocompromised
Portions of Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Howard County are affected, and those with compromised immune systems should filter or boil water before drinking, officials said.
A woman fills a glass with water from the tap of a kitchen sink.
Suspect Jason Billingsley apprehended by U.S. Marshals in killing of Baltimore tech CEO
The registered sex offender was taken into custody after 11 p.m. at a train station in Bowie, U.S. Marshals confirmed.
Mugshot of Jason Billingsley.
Tech CEO Pava LaPere described as a ‘force of nature’ at vigil
Police found Pava LaPere’s partially clothed body with signs of blunt-force trauma on the roof of her apartment building in the 300 block of West Franklin Street in the Mount Vernon neighborhood late Monday morning.
Frank LaPere, father of Pava LaPere, honors her life at a vigil held at the Washington Monument in Mt. Vernon on September 27, 2023.
Why Jason Billingsley and other Maryland inmates earn early release from prison
The man now being sought for the killing of tech CEO Pava LaPere was sentenced to a prison term of 30 years. So how did he get released last fall?
State's Attorney for Baltimore City Ivan J. Bates, Baltimore Police Commissioner Rich Worley and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott hold a press conference about the killing of Pava LaPere at BPD headquarters on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. A photo of the suspect, Jason Billingsley, is displayed on the TV.
Morgan State U. will lead a national research network to curb deaths of Black moms
Black women are more than three times as likely as white women to die from pregnancy-related causes.
Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, center, a researcher and an associate professor in the public health program at Morgan’s School of Community Health and Policy, will lead a research network designed to reduce disparities in maternal health.
Suspect in LaPere killing was also accused of rape, setting pair on fire a week earlier
The circumstances of the killing resemble a “scenario single women worry about,” one woman said.
Mugshot of Jason Billingsley.
This program helped Native American students graduate. Its future is now uncertain.
This school year will be the first in decades where there will be no funding dedicated to Native American students.
A Native American student walks forward, holding two books, with two large floating hands pointing out the way. In the background are check marks and X marks, a star sticker, a sticker that says great job, a medicine wheel, a feather, and a beaded headband.
Convicted sex offender wanted in killing of rising tech star Pava LaPere
Acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley said he was not aware of any connection between Jason Dean Billingsley and Pava LaPere.
Pava LaPere. Credit: WJZ-TV
Two people extradited, charged in theft of $3 million worth of jewelry, Frederick sheriff says
The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said two people stole millions of dollars of jewelry, including expensive luxury watches, from a house in Frederick before driving to Las Vegas.
A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
Maryland AG names 8 alleged abusers hidden in Archdiocese of Baltimore sex abuse report
Baltimore Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor Jr. last month ruled that redactions could be lifted for 43 of 46 names that were blacked out in the interim report, which came out on April 5.
Photo collage showing statue of man cradling infant in arms next to image of priest and boy sitting in pews reading Bibles, overlayed with variety of short and long white redaction boxes.
Commentary: Marylanders among those hit hard by student loan debt crisis
Federal student loan payments are due to resume Oct. 1, and an additional burden confronts some borrowers, including some Marylanders, because of inequities in student loan programs, says Ian Williams, a consumer protection paralegal at the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service.
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 12: Student loan borrowers gather near The White House to tell President Biden to cancel student debt on May 12, 2020 in Washington, DC.
After soaking through Ophelia, turn your attention to the trees
As the water from Ophelia recedes, my attention turns to the trees, particularly 12 mature trees surrounding my house at the end of Annapolis Neck jutting out into the Chesapeake Bay.
At 141 feet tall, the yellow poplar at the edge of Brewer Hill Cemetery may be the tallest tree in Annapolis.
8 surgeries, 10 blood transfusions: Baltimore vet continues to recover 1 year after shooting
On Aug. 29, 2022, Dr. John Trujillo, 67, of Harford County, a veterinarian at Pickles Light Street Animal Hospital, was working when his brother, Bobby, shot him in the right leg with a 12-gauge shotgun.
Dr. John Trujillo, 67, of Harford County, a veterinarian who opened what’s now called Pickles Light Street Animal Hospital more than 20 years ago in Baltimore, poses for a portrait in front of a large mural made on the side of the medical facility on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. The frog is painted in memory of his son, John Jr., who died in 2017. Trujillo is continuing to recover more than one year after his younger brother, Bobby, shot him in the right leg on Aug. 29, 2022.
15-year-old fatally shot near elementary school in West Baltimore
The teen was found at the intersection of Laurens and North Gilmor streets outside of Gilmor Elementary School with numerous life-threatening gunshot wounds.
A Baltimore Police car and crime scene tape remains on 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.
Family, friends remember former Morgan State basketball player after deadly nightclub shooting
Former teammates, coaches and friends say Blake Bozeman had an impact on and off the court.
Morgan State University, in Baltimore, Monday, October 17, 2022.
U. of Maryland law school launches Center for Race and the Law in Baltimore
“The Center is for Baltimore and of Baltimore,” newly named Director Michael Pinard wrote in an open letter.
The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law announced the launch of the Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law. From left are professor Larry Gibson, Dean Renée Hutchins, professor Taunya Lovell Banks, and professor Michael Pinard.
Man found guilty of first-degree murder for shooting and killing Mervo student
On Sept. 2, 2022, Jeremiah Brogden, a junior who was a running back on the Mustangs varsity football team, was shot and killed as classes let out at Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School. He was 17.
In this submitted photo, Jeremiah Brogden, 17, a junior at Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School, is pictured. He was shot and killed on Sept. 2, 2022.
Baltimore Police officer caught on camera stealing envelope of cash from business
Officer Eric Payton is charged with theft and misconduct after he was seen on video kicking an envelope, then picking it up and putting it in his pocket.
A Baltimore Police car and crime scene tape remains on 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.
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