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Dunbar football Lawrence Smith talks to his team after a win last season over Calvert.
Dunbar football coach Lawrence Smith, a school police officer, arrested on alleged $215k overtime fraud
FBI agents visited the school headquarters a year ago, probing timecard irregularities and overtime fraud, sources said at the time.
The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.
Archdiocese of Baltimore warns sexual abuse lawsuits under new law could lead to bankruptcy
In a letter addressed Tuesday to “Friends in Christ,” Archbishop William E. Lori said he plans to consult in the coming days with various ordained and lay leaders about how the archdiocese should respond to the new law, which goes into effect Oct. 1.
“Betrayed: The True Story of Roy McGrath.”
Feds connect mystery author ‘Ryan Cooper’ to fugitive Roy McGrath in newly unsealed search warrants
Judge unseals federal search warrants, sheds light on the Roy McGrath books mystery.
Roy McGrath FBI wanted poster.
‘So much for resting in peace’: Feds seek to claw back $119K from the late Roy McGrath
Federal prosecutors want to seize more than $100,000 from a stock account belonging to the late Roy McGrath, alleging the money traces to a fraudulent severance payment.
Acting Commissioner Richard Worley speaks at a press conference Thursday to give an update on two new arrests made regarding the Brooklyn Homes fatal shooting in July.
Baltimore Police charge student and jailed teen in Brooklyn Homes mass shooting
Baltimore Police charged two more people, a 14-year-old boy and 18-year-old man, in the July 2 mass shooting at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes housing project of South Baltimore.
Kevin Plank, founder of Under Armour, speaks to students inside of Edmondson-Westside High School on Feb. 24, 2023. Each student-athlete in attendance at the Q&A received a pair of Slip Speed Under Armour shoes.
A misplaced whiskey glass? How Kevin Plank explained recording an Under Armour employee
Maryland has one of the strictest laws in the country when it comes to recording private conversations. It’s a felony crime to record a conversation with someone without their knowledge and consent.
Roy McGrath FBI wanted poster.
Records present fuller account of FBI shooting of former Maryland official Roy McGrath
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee has cleared the FBI agents of any criminal wrongdoing in the shooting death of McGrath.
Archdiocese of Baltimore
Baltimore judge lifts redactions of 43 names in report on sex abuse within Archdiocese of Baltimore
Baltimore Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor ordered the attorney general’s office may release a copy of the report with the redactions lifted next month.
The loved ones of Rachel Morin taped photos of her on trees and laid flowers on the grounds of the Ma and Pa Trail where she was found deceased.
Rachel Morin murder: DNA links suspected killer to Los Angeles home invasion
The Harford County Sheriff’s Office recovered DNA from Morin’s body that was matched through the national law enforcement database to evidence from a crime in Los Angeles.
James “Mac” Finney, a cameraman who's worked at WBAL-TV for 40 years.
Escaped inmate caught after walking past WBAL-TV news crew during manhunt
“I just happened to look up at the time and there he was, walking across a grassy area that a few hours before was crawling with police.“
A woman peers through the door of Shalom Art Gallery.
Artscape squashes Hampdenfest; organizers blame BOPA for scheduling snafu
The annual offbeat street festival, scheduled for next month, has been canceled.
SNAP honored 4 reporters at the Baltimore Banner for OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM.
Survivors of priest sex abuse honor The Baltimore Banner for naming accused clergy
A series of investigative news stories identified church figures whose names were redacted from the investigative report.
Baltimore Banner reporters and spouses Tim Prudente and Christina Tkacik pose for a portrait in-front of a Flohom in Baltimore on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023.
I tasted yacht life aboard Baltimore’s Flohom. Is the harbor rental worth it?
The floating hotel room promises a transformative overnight stay.
Baltimore judge Melissa Phinn threw out Adnan Syed's murder conviction in light of new evidence that someone else could have strangled Hae Min Lee, ordered the release of  Syed.
In new pleading, public defenders ask Maryland Supreme Court to keep Adnan Syed free
The defense team for Adnan Syed submitted legal arguments to Maryland’s highest court Wednesday, asking the justices to reverse an appellate decision that reinstated his murder conviction in the killing of Hae Min Lee.
Roy McGrath speaks during a coronavirus press conference at the Maryland State House on April 15, 2020. McGrath, who eventually became Gov. Larry Hogan's chief of staff, is facing state and federal criminal charges related to a "severance" payment he received from the Maryland Environmental Service when he left to join Hogan's office.
Fugitive Maryland official Roy McGrath shot simultaneously by self, FBI, prosecutor finds
McGrath, the former top aide to Gov. Larry Hogan, skipped his federal fraud trial in Baltimore and evaded authorities for weeks before FBI agents tracked his car to a Costco Wholesale store outside Knoxville, Tennessee.
Courtesy: Dark Seas Project
Capsized sailboat confirmed as racing yacht of missing Baltimore sailor Donald Lawson
The U.S. Coast Guard has rerouted its Cutter ACTIVE to join rescue operations off Mexico’s Pacific Coast.
Donald Lawson. Courtesy: Dark Seas Project
As Mexican Navy spots a capsized boat, wife of missing Baltimore sailor holds out hope
A Mexican search plane spotted a racing yacht believed to belong to the missing Baltimore sailor Donald Lawson 275 nautical miles off the coast of Acapulco.
Victoria Lawson, right, stands with her brother Donald Lawson’s wife, Jacqueline Lawson, during a press conference in Eastport on July 24, 2023 regarding Donald’s disappearance during a recent sailing trip. Donald’s family hasn’t been able to reach him for more than a week as of Monday during the presser.
Mexican Navy searches for pioneering Black sailor from Baltimore missing at sea
The U.S. sailing community is holding out hope that Donald Lawson turns up safely.
Roy McGrath FBI wanted poster.
FBI concludes investigation into shooting death of Roy McGrath and refers case to prosecutors
A spokesman for the FBI’s Knoxville Field Office confirmed Thursday that agents concluded the investigation and referred the findings to local and federal prosecutors for review.
A row of two story brick buildings stands in the background. In the foreground is police tape. A U-Haul truck and police vehicles are visible.
Hearing will examine city failures around mass shooting in South Baltimore
City Council members will have a chance for answers during a public hearing today to examine the failures of communication and action around the mass shooting in South Baltimore.
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