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The latest from Alissa Zhu
Will the winter storm close schools for a whole week? This NBC4 weatherman thinks so.
NBC4 Washington weatherman Chuck Bell has a prediction that may send kids and teachers jumping for joy, but strike terror into the hearts of parents.
YouTuber Nick Shirley came to Baltimore to talk about fentanyl. People weren’t happy.
YouTuber Nick Shirley is known for both prank videos and conducting man-on-the-street-style interviews on politically charged topics.
Drug overdose deaths plummeted in Maryland, Baltimore again last year
Preliminary state numbers show a more than 45% decrease in drug overdose deaths since 2023.
Layoffs and confusion at Pride Center of Maryland after federal grants cut, reinstated
Pride Center of Maryland is one of thousands of groups nationwide that reportedly received letters late Tuesday from the Trump administration notifying them that their mental health and addiction grants had been terminated, effective immediately.
Baltimore ballroom ‘icon’ survives a life of grit with glamour
Revlon is a queer Black artist who lives in Baltimore's Penn North neighborhood and has been recognized as one of the pioneers of Baltimore's ballroom scene, a subculture built by LGBTQIA+ Black and Latino communities.
Why the animal sedative behind a Baltimore mass overdose is so hard to quit
Doctors are also reporting an increasing number of patients in Maryland who are dangerously sick with drug withdrawal.
New report details mixed progress in Maryland’s push for better addiction treatment
A new MDH report details delays and hurdles officials are facing as they attempt to overhaul Maryland’s faulty drug and mental health addiction treatment system and root out fraud.
For hungry people in Baltimore’s Penn North, Love & Cornbread is there
Love & Cornbread, the nonprofit is doubling efforts in a new era of food insecurity in Baltimore City.
Anxious? Depressed? Psychedelics researchers want to give you LSD — for science
Scientists are studying how LSD’s potent mind-altering properties could help disrupt troubled patterns of thinking, such as constant worrying or hopeless thoughts, by rewiring the human brain.
Heads up, Key Highway closed in Federal Hill for emergency repairs
A portion of Key Highway is closed Monday while crews make emergency repairs, according to the Baltimore City Department of Transportation.
Baltimore health commissioner links powerful animal sedative to mass drug overdose
A powerful veterinary sedative called medetomidine was detected in two drug samples collected after the latest mass drug overdose in Baltimore City's Penn North community this month.
Here’s Baltimore’s latest plan to start spending millions to combat drug overdoses
As Baltimore witnessed another mass overdose this week, the city is moving ahead with plans to fund community groups that help people who struggle with drug addiction.
Police respond to 11 overdoses in Penn North; no fatalities reported
Eleven people overdosed in Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood on Wednesday, just over two months after a “bad batch” of drugs hospitalized more than two dozen people.
In Baltimore’s ‘hope desert,’ mass overdoses overshadow residents’ struggle for survival
To Baltimore Penn North neighborhood residents, it felt like the beginning of a familiar cycle: Crisis strikes, troubling woes are in the spotlight and then the cameras and immediate attention are gone.
Matthew Williams, who overdosed in a vacant building, was known for his hard work and humor
Matthew Williams was a meticulous, hard worker and customer favorite at Big O’s Hand Car Wash.
One dead after 2-vehicle collision in Owings Mills, police say
Baltimore County Police and paramedics responded to the crash at Newtown Boulevard and Middle Mill Drive around 11:20 a.m. They found a victim trapped inside a car.
Baltimore neighborhoods worry about the influx of low-quality drug treatment
As of last year, there were more than 670 Medicaid-funded addiction treatment locations in Baltimore, state data shows — up 50% from 2021.
Mass overdose in Baltimore may be tied to new illicit drug mixed with fentanyl
A federal testing program found the synthetic opioid fentanyl mixed with other new drugs may be to blame for the mass overdose in Baltimore.
A week after mass overdose, Baltimore groups implore city to fund services in Penn North
Baltimore groups ask for more funding for drug treatment services in the Penn North neighborhood in West Baltimore.
Baltimore’s wake-up call: How the mass overdose unfolded
Audio from emergency dispatches show a single call for help for a 27-year-old woman quickly spiraled into a much larger crisis.
