Howard County announces new program to address mental health needs during 911...
Through the new Communications Initiated Referral to Crisis program, Howard County 911 dispatchers will now divert certain calls to certified crisis hotlines run by Grassroots Crisis Intervention...
View ArticleSavor tonight’s strawberry moon, the last ‘supermoon’ of the year. Here’s the...
Keep your head in the clouds Thursday evening so you can gaze at tonight’s strawberry moon — the first full moon of the summer solstice and the last supermoon of the year.
View ArticleTowson University removes names of slave-owning Marylanders from dorms;...
Towson University has removed the names of two prominent slave-owning Marylanders from dormitory buildings after years of mounting pressure from students to rename the dorms. The University System...
View Article‘Queen of the bulletin boards’: Woman killed in Annapolis Saturday was...
The Annapolis woman who was found dead inside an apartment Saturday was an assistant teacher at the St. Matthew’s Early Education Center in Bowie.
View ArticleNaval Academy midshipman hurt in aircraft crash near Easton Airport
A Naval Academy midshipman was sent to the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center after crashing a plane.
View ArticleOrioles on deck: Pitching matchup, lineups and how to watch Thursday’s game...
Here's everything you need to know before the Orioles' road game Thursday night against the Toronto Blue Jays.
View ArticleLawsuit challenges Gov. Hogan’s decision to end federal unemployment benefits
The Unemployed Workers Union announced a lawsuit Thursday challenging Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s decision to end several pandemic unemployment programs early. The class-action lawsuit in Baltimore...
View ArticleDemolition begins on Perkins Homes, making way for East Baltimore...
Dust rose among the debris of Perkins Homes in East Baltimore Thursday as demolition began on one of the affordable housing development’s six remaining buildings, the latest step in the city’s plan to...
View ArticleSeven people charged with running ‘CashApp’ drug trafficking ring in West...
Baltimore police have arrested five people and are seeking two more still at large for allegedly being part of a West Baltimore drug trafficking organization that sold heroin and cocaine in the city’s...
View ArticleCharles Shird, correctional officer, veteran and avid reader, dies
Charles Shird, a retired city correctional officer, veteran and avid reader, died May 20. The West Baltimore resident was 80.
View ArticleFormer Baltimore DPW supervisor sentenced to one year and a day in prison,...
A former Baltimore Department of Public Works supervisor was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison Thursday and will have to pay back the $64,000 he gained from his extortion scheme,...
View ArticleOrioles shut out again in 9-0 loss to Blue Jays, tie second-longest road...
Dean Kremer got a rude welcoming to Buffalo, recording only one out while allowing the first six runs of a 9-0 defeat. It's the Orioles’ 20th straight loss on the road, tied for the second-longest...
View ArticleResource officers will remain in Howard County schools next year, Board of...
The Howard County Board of Education voted 5-3 in a board meeting Thursday night to keep school resource officers in public schools next year.
View ArticleOne killed, two hurt in shooting outside mall diner in Prince George’s...
One person is dead and two others are injured following a shooting late Thursday outside a restaurant at a mall in Glenarden, police said.
View ArticleMaryland leaders have used emergency authority to spend nearly $1.5 billion...
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration has leaned heavily on emergency government spending powers to purchase nearly $1.5 billion in services and supplies during the coronavirus pandemic, covering...
View ArticleStatue of Negro Leagues baseball player Ernest Burke to be unveiled in Havre...
A statue honoring Ernest Burke, who played in the Negro professional baseball leagues in the 1940s, is set to be unveiled in Havre de Grace on Saturday, on what would’ve been his 97th birthday.
View ArticleCarroll County Public Schools appoint plethora of new, but familiar,...
Carroll County Public Schools Board of Education appointed a plethora of new principals and assistant principals this year, all of whom are no strangers to the system, and, in some cases, to the school...
View ArticleRenovated Baltimore arena: Not a game-winner, but a nice assist | COMMENTARY
A remodeled arena won't solve the city's problems. But just as there are other hopeful trends, from the renovation of Penn Station to the revival of Lexington Market, every new investment is welcome.
View ArticleAnne Arundel police announce former spokesman returns to department in...
Anne Arundel County Police Chief Amal Awad announced Thursday that a familiar face is returning to the department as the Executive Assistant and Director of External Affairs.
View ArticleAs the first woman to serve as Orioles public address announcer, Adrienne...
Despite being an outlier, Orioles public address announcer Adrienne Roberson never viewed herself as someone trying to break a barrier. “I’ve done it based on I love what I do,” she said. “And that...
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