School employee in Howard County charged with sex abuse faced similar allegations in 2021
A Howard County private school employee who was charged with sexual abuse of a minor now faces similar charges in Baltimore County related to incidents that were first investigated in 2021, court records show.
6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
Man arrested, charged in fatal stabbing at McCormick & Co. logistics center
Homicide detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department arrested the man accused of fatally stabbing a logistics center employee last week.
Police tape seen at the intersection of Pennsylvania Ave and Lauren Street.
Catonsville woman dies after house fire as union raises staffing concerns
The union for firefighters in Baltimore County said the Fire Department has been removing engines from service each day because of staffing issues. A woman died after a house fire in Catonsville just hours after an engine in the suburb was taken offline yesterday, the union said.
The Baltimore County Fire Department responding to a fatal fire in Catonsville.
First responders resuscitate woman pulled from Inner Harbor water near Pier IV
Emergency responders were on scene Monday morning to pull a person out of the water near Pier IV.
Baltimore police pull a body from the Harbor near the 600 block of E Pratt street.
Former Anne Arundel Co. planning director indicted in hit-and-run that killed cyclist
The former Anne Arundel County director of planning and zoning was indicted in a fatal hit-and-run from January 2023.
An Annapolis police officer watches the St. Patrick's Parade Sunday, March 5.
New Baltimore Sun owner on tape bashing city schools, local politicians and more
With his immense media holdings, Smith is one of the most influential figures in American journalism. Yet he rarely gives interviews, in part because of the contempt he feels toward mainstream media
Sinclair Broadcast Group President and CEO David Smith testifies before the legislature’s Joint Government Oversight Committee meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, in this 2007 file photo.
New Baltimore Sun owner insults staff in meeting, says paper should mimic Fox45
Baltimore businessman David Smith told Sun staff he had not been a regular newspaper reader for decades.
The current newsroom of The Baltimore Sun is located in St. Paul Plaza. (Dylan Segelbaum/The Baltimore Banner)
Baltimore Police officer who fatally struck man on scooter pleads guilty, but will not serve jail time
Baltimore Police Officer Alexis Acosta, a more than three-year veteran of the department, fatally struck Terry Harrell, who was riding a scooter on the way home from a therapist appointment, on June 21, 2022. Harrell was 58.
Vernia Lee Harrell, left, stands with Candice Holden, right, and their attorney Alex Binder following a news conference about the death of Terry Harrell, a 58-year old man who was killed by Baltimore Police Officer Alexis Acosta while Harrell was riding his scooter through a green light at an intersection in the East Broadway area.
The Baltimore Sun media group sold to local businessman David Smith
Maryland's oldest newspapers are now back in local hands after nearly four decades.
Exterior of the former Baltimore Sun building in South Baltimore seen in 2022.
School employee in Howard County charged with sexual abuse of a minor
Howard County Police arrested an employee of the Glenwood Country Day School and charged him with multiple counts of sex offenses involving contact with an 11-year-old child.
Howard County Police sign, courtesy CBS News Baltimore.
Death of Pikesville man in Frederick County investigated as homicide
Officials identified the man as Brice Wendell Boots and said they had made next-of-kin notifications.
The Frederick County Sheriff's Office shut down part of a road to investigate after finding a man's body in a vehicle. The incident is now being investigated as a homicide.
Video shows man throwing a knife at police before being shot by Baltimore Police
The Baltimore Police Department Thursday released body-worn camera footage of a police shooting that happened in late December. The footage shows a man attacking officers with multiple handheld weapons and an officer shooting him in the leg.
A screen grab from camera footage released by the Baltimore Police Department shows a man with a large knife moving toward police officers.
AG identifies man fatally shot by Baltimore County Police, officers not named
Officials with the attorney general’s office identified the man killed by police in Pikesville this week as Sha-Kim Akil Webley.
Police tape seen at the intersection of Pennsylvania Ave and Lauren Street.
Pedestrian struck by subway in Baltimore, taken to hospital in critical condition
A pedestrian who was struck and trapped by a Metro SubwayLink train has been rescued and transported to an area hospital, a Baltimore City Fire Department spokesperson said.
Interior of Charles Center Station as a subway train arrives and a rider waits to board on 8/11/22.
Howard County man arrested for sexual solicitation of a minor in undercover investigation
A detective was posing as a 13-year-old girl online when the man initiated communication with her on a mobile messaging app, according to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office.
Police respond to reports of a shooting at the corner of S Catherine St. & Frederick Ave. on May 11, 2023.
Submerged streets and stranded cars: Heavy rains, wind leave mess across the area
Heavy rains and tidal flooding submerged roadways, stranded vehicles and downed power lines and trees Tuesday as a storm plowed through the Baltimore region.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott monitored heavy rains and flooding across the city on Jan. 9, 2024, from the city's Office of Emergency Management.
This storm should be a blizzard: Baltimore’s last ‘average snowfall’ was 2016
It’s early January, but instead of a blizzard, the Baltimore region is bracing for floods and strong winds. What gives?
A person walks through Fells Point on a rainy Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.
Man arrested in killing of estranged wife at a Frederick County grocery store parking lot, deputies say
Officers responded to a fatal shooting Saturday evening at a Giant grocery store in a shopping center on Sugarloaf Parkway.
Baltimore Police 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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What happened to offshore wind in Maryland?
Maryland officials have bet big on using offshore wind to meet renewable energy goals, but industry trends are making that difficult.
A wind turbine spins and generates power for the U.S. electric grid at the South Fork Wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean, 35 miles east of Montauk Point, New York, in 2023.
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