Authorities said Shelia Jones, 54, died following a stray dog attack in West Baltimore on Friday. Police said three people were attacked by two pit bull terriers.
State agencies and the Morgan Park Improvement Association hosted a dedication ceremony on Wednesday to unveil a new historical marker along East Cold Spring Lane that commemorates the founding of Morgan Park.
The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore on Monday said the first public swim event in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in decades will be held on June 23. Registration for “Harbor Splash” begins next week.
Angela Alsobrooks won the Democratic primary for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday night and will face off against Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan in the general election.
Markis Russell, 22, pleaded guilty in Baltimore City Circuit Court to second-degree murder and use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, according to the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office.
Helena Hicks was widely known as a lead organizer of Morgan State University students who participated in lunch counter sit-ins that desegregated Read’s Drug Stores in 1955. She died this month at age 88.