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Scenes from the aftermath of a shooting at a playground adjacent to Patterson High School on March 6, 2023.
Patterson High School student fatally shot during school day in East Baltimore park
Baltimore Police are investigating the shooting, which took place in Joseph E. Lee Park, a short distance from the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
Loch Raven girls basketball Jerome Ragsdale.
DPW supervisor accused of sexually assaulting subordinate is Loch Raven’s girls’ basketball coach
The supervisor, Jerome Odell Ragsdale, is charged with second-degree assault and fourth-degree sexual contact.
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Camera found in bathroom of Enoch Pratt Free Library’s Hamilton branch
The library’s security team has since conducted sweeps of every bathroom at all of its locations, a spokesperson said.
A still image from aerial footage filmed in July 2022 shows the scale of the sinkhole on North Avenue.
Homeowners want city to compensate them after losing homes damaged by sinkhole
They say the city was negligent because it had not inspected the storm drain in 23 years.
Gov. Wes Moore, right, and his kids Mia, left, and James hold Tucker the dog.
Maryland’s first family has a new puppy named Tucker Balti Moore
The governor and his children, Mia and James, arrived at the Maryland SPCA to pick up the newest resident at Government House.
Seller's Mansion, which caught fire early on February 24, 2023, is torn down that same afternoon.
Sellers Mansion torn down after three-alarm blaze
The Second Empire brick house with a mansard roof was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 and included on the 2006 inventory of endangered buildings by Preservation Maryland.
Credit: Howard County Library System
Two Howard County Council members call for termination of auditor over controversial library report
Critics question why the audit singled out the race of attendees attending a sorority function at a library branch.
County Executive Johnny Olszewski, BCoPD Chief Dennis Delp, and Towson Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Nancy Hafford hold a press conference with police officials and Towson-area stakeholders before doing a public safety walk down York Road and Allegheny Avenue, visiting businesses along the way on February 22, 2023.
Olszewski pledges additional security in Towson after fatal shooting of 17-year-old
County and police leaders outlined next steps for increasing security in the area.
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Baltimore gets $2 million to help plan for redevelopment of Highway to Nowhere
The controversial road displaced over a thousand residents of West Baltimore when it was built decades ago.
Snow shovels at Ace Hardware in Waverly on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023.
Where’s all the snow? Weak winter wreaks havoc on some businesses, creates opportunity for others
The region has seen a gray, dreary, mostly snow-free winter, with the first measurable snowfall just a few weeks ago.
A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
17-year-old killed near Towson Town Center Monday evening
Tre’shaun Harmon was found on East Joppa Road and Delaware Avenue, less than half a mile away from the shopping center.
STUDIO CITY, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 03: In this image released on February 7,   Mike E. Winfield attends "America's Got Talent: All-Stars" Red Carpet at Radford Studio Center on November 03, 2022 in Studio City, California.
‘America’s Got Talent’ stand-up Mike E. Winfield says being from Baltimore makes him stand out
Winfield is only the second comedian to get a golden buzzer on the show.
A water main break on York Rd. has left Broadmead Assisted Living Center without water for several days in Towson, Md., February 15, 2023.
DPW lifts precautionary boil-water advisory in northern Baltimore County
The agency has confirmed the water is now safe to drink.
Police respond to Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle School after a teenage girl was shot on school grounds.
15-year-old girl in critical but stable condition after being shot on school grounds
The girl is at least the fifth teenage gunshot victim in the last 24 hours.
Each September, thousands of chimney swifts spend the night  in Hampden's old bookbindery as they journey from Canada to South America. This year, could be the last as the building has been purchased and possibly slated for demolition.
Developer has abandoned plans to demolish former Hampden bookbindery and bird roost
Segall Group is no longer interested in the building “at this time," a representative for the property told Councilwoman Odette Ramos.
Exterior of Gilman School, an all-boys independent school in the Roland Park neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
Broken boundaries: How private schools like Gilman handle sexual abuse by teachers
Like many independent schools, the all-boys school in North Baltimore fosters close relationships between students and teachers that have at times been exploited by abusers.
A SWAT team investigates a house on Warren Rd near Loch Raven Reservoir during a manhunt for 24-year-old Cockeysville resident David Emory Linthicum.
Following manhunt, David Linthicum apprehended, charged in shootings of 2 officers
The 24-year-old Cockeysville man faces a total of 11 counts in connection with the recent shootings of a police officer and a detective in separate incidents.
Baltimore County police officers set up at Sherwood Episcopal Church after they say a 24-year-old man shot an officer.
Man ‘in crisis’ on the run after shooting cop in Cockeysville, police say
Police are looking for David Emory Linthicum, a 24-year-old white man.
A student walks through metal detectors that were installed in the dorms at Morgan State.
Morgan State University adds metal detectors in dorms
Several students questioned the effectiveness of the metal detectors and said the devices made them feel criminalized.
Snail Mail's Lindsey Jordan.
A conversation with Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan ahead of Valentine Fest
From Feb. 10-14, Snail Mail will put on a music festival called “Valentine Fest” at the Ottobar.
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