Is the Bay Bridge safe? Key Bridge collapse has engineers taking a closer look
Protecting the piers holding up the Bay Bridge will likely be costly but necessary.
See a close-up photo of the support pier that brought down the Key Bridge
The image, taken by amateur photographer and plumber-by-day David Sites, contains clues of bridge vulnerabilities that experts say could have been addressed.
2 more men die in Baltimore jail system, 1 after surgery: ‘We have to do better’
The deaths of Edward Bentley and Stephon Martin are putting a spotlight on the state’s ongoing challenges with providing adequate medical and mental health services in the jail system in Baltimore.
Hundreds of bridges in Maryland are ‘fracture critical.’ Does that mean they’re unsafe?
Engineering experts say the design of the Key Bridge likely accelerated its fall, but did not cause it.
Could huge concrete barriers have averted the Key Bridge collapse?
Some engineers believe adding protective structures around the bridge’s support columns could have prevented the tragedy that killed six construction workers.
35,000 used the Francis Scott Key Bridge daily. What will they do now?
Commuters and residents who use the bridge are figuring out how the collapse of the bridge after being hit by a ship will personally affect them.
Was Key Bridge designed to withstand impact of a cargo ship crashing into it? Engineers raise doubts.
After a container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, causing it to collapse, engineering experts questioned why the bridge was not strong enough to withstand the impact.
‘Shameful and insulting.’ Baltimore police union rejects city’s contract offer
More than 99% of members casted “no” votes, marking the culmination of weeks of an impasse in negotiations, according to the union president.
A man accused of stealing snacks was jailed. He died while in custody.
Louis Maurice Mason, 67, died recently in the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center. He struggled with homelessness and substance use issues.
Baltimore’s new $1 billion jail will be most expensive state-funded project in history
The proposed 854-bed facility will be a hybrid jail, hospital and mental health and substance use treatment facility for people facing criminal charges.
Her son is in a coma after a severe prison beating. Now, she’s fighting for change.
Maryland’s corrections department says Dominetreous Anthony was assaulted by two prisoners. His mother believes there is more to the story.
Maryland to extend contract with troubled prison health provider — again
Maryland is proposing to spend nearly $125 million to continue having YesCare provide medical care to the 20,000 people in state-run jails and prisons through the end of the year.
Maryland’s prison health care provider could be in big trouble
A proposed settlement in a Texas bankruptcy case with ties to the Maryland prison system is in critical condition.
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
2 officers, 200 prisoners: Maryland’s prison population grows amid staffing shortage
The staffing crisis in Maryland prisons dates back to 2015. But it’s is getting worse.
Are Maryland prisons out of bounds with federal requirements for trans prisoners?
The Maryland Department of Correctional Services says transgender prisoners are “housed according to physical genitalia.” Advocates say that’s illegal.
Maryland psychiatric hospital CEO on leave, accused of threatening staff
A restraining order was issued against the top official at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center.
Why is the suicide rate so high at this Maryland jail?
A Baltimore Banner investigation revealed disturbing patterns and policy failures underlying a series of deaths by hanging at the detention center
System failure: How a man killed himself on suicide watch in the Harford County jail
The Harford County Sheriff’s Office says it has changed medical providers since a spate of suicides in its detention center.
The Baltimore Police Department just cleared its first hurdle in exiting federal oversight
A court filing shows that the U.S. Department of Justice agrees that BPD is now fully compliant on two sections of its consent decree with the federal government.