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Julie Scharper

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Julie Scharper is an enterprise reporter for The Baltimore Banner. Her work ranges from investigations into allegations of sexual harassment and abuse to light-hearted features. Baltimore Magazine awarded Scharper a Best in Baltimore in 2023 for her series exposing a toxic work culture within the Maryland Park Service. A Baltimore native, Scharper worked at the Baltimore Sun for nearly a decade as a City Hall, enterprise and features reporter.

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Views of the U.S. Social Security Administration Headquarters in Woodlawn.
She spent her final months trying to prove she was alive. Now her family is suing Social Security.
Seven months after she descended into the Kafkaesque situation, Joyce Evans was dead.
In 2023, loved ones of Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, taped photos of her to trees and laid flowers on the ground of the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air where her body was found.
Emotions run high as Rachel Morin’s family set to face man charged in her killing at trial
Victor Martinez-Hernandez, 24, is set to stand trial starting on Tuesday in Harford County Circuit Court on charges of first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree rape, third-degree sex offense and kidnapping.
Martha Midgette and her husband buried the two vultures in the forest, side-by-side.
Vulture who appeared to mourn its mate has died
A Maryland vulture that appeared to be mourning its long-time mate last month has also died, according to the property owner who has been observing the birds for years.
The sidescraper found at Piney Grove.
Buried under a Reisterstown churchyard: A 13,000-year-old tool
The fragments uncovered were clearly produced by human hands using the distinctive techniques of the Clovis people.
This pair of black vultures were regular visitors to Martha Midgette’s rural Southern Maryland home.
Vultures in mourning? Bizarre bird behavior captured in Prince George’s County
Vultures are intelligent and complex birds who form lasting relationships, according to one vulture expert.
A love letter to my chaotic joyful life with three kids
This is life with three children: chaotic, messy, sticky.
The NFL is in Baltimore investigating Justin Tucker accusations
NFL investigators were in Baltimore this week interviewing massage therapists who have accused Ravens kicker Justin Tucker of inappropriate sexual behavior.
Justin Tucker’s accusers: 16 massage therapists from 8 spas
The women, most of whom do not know each other, detailed similar experiences at Baltimore-area spas. They told people close to them around the time the incidents occurred.
7 more massage therapists accuse Ravens’ Justin Tucker of inappropriate sexual behavior
The new accusers provided similar details about Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker that The Baltimore Banner had not previously reported.
Ravens’ Justin Tucker faces new allegations from 3 massage therapists
Three additional massage therapists are accusing Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker of sexually inappropriate behavior.
Ravens' Justin Tucker accused of inappropriate sexual behavior by six massage therapists
Women say Justin Tucker repeatedly exposed his genitals and, in three instances, apparently left ejaculate on tables after massages.
Development Director at the Women's Health Center Ramsie Monk stands in a procedure room.
Western Maryland has become an abortion care haven for red state residents
In September 2023, exactly one year after West Virginia’s abortion ban took effect, the new clinic opened its doors in tiny Cresaptown in Allegany County
An emu loose on the Eastern Shore.
There’s an emu on the loose on the Eastern Shore
Yes, that’s an emu running along Route 50.
Santa Wayne has been the mall Santa at Marley Station Mall for 35 years - nearly as long as the mall has been open. With much of the mall vacant, Santa Wayne has seen hardly any children this year.  To his excitement, the Shelley family came to see him. The children's grandmother used to take their mother to see him when she was a girl.
Bringing joy to the lonely Santa of Marley Station Mall
Santa Wayne has held court at Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie for 35 years — nearly as long as the mall has been open. But, with much of the mall vacant, Santa Wayne has seen hardly any children this year.
The iconic red shed at the 2000 block of St. Paul Street caught on fire.
Fire destroys ‘iconic’ red shed in Station North, unsettling a community of unhoused people
Red Shed Village’s eponymous structure burned down on Thanksgiving. The community of unhoused people who live around it, and the unusual church that supports them, is working to build back.
The theme of their holiday photos? Awkward. Very awkward.
Aesthetically pleasing photo shoots are out and awkward is in.
Luigi Mangione in a photo from the University of Pennsylvania 2020 yearbook.
Isolated and disengaged: Piecing together Luigi Mangione’s lost year
Earlier this year, Luigi Mangione disengaged. His mother filed a missing person report and friends pleaded with him to return their messages.
Baltimore City Fire Service Vehicle
Chunk of crumbling railroad bridge injures driver in East Baltimore
Photos of the scene show a mangled dark Ford SUV with a shattered windshield.
The Rev. Martin Demek prepares for the second-to-last Sunday mass at the Corpus Christi church in Baltimore on Nov. 17.
Saying goodbye to a Catholic church — and a link to my family’s past
There are places that become part of us, and places where part of us of remains. Corpus Christi, one of dozens of Baltimore-area Catholic parishes set to close at the end of the month, is that kind of place for my family.
10 Maryland-made gifts that put Amazon to shame
Jeff Bezos doesn't need your money, but local artists, artisans and shopkeepers do.
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