East Baltimore neighborhoods

The parents of a 5-year-old girl who died in East Baltimore Monday afternoon have been arrested and charged with first-degree child abuse.

Tensions had escalated between neighbors in the Oliver community and the bikers who rode in to the old brick warehouse.

Greater Grace officials announced that they had selected an evangelical nonprofit, GRACE, to lead an independent investigation of sexual abuse in the church.

Former members of Greater Grace World Outreach were shunned after leaving the controversial megachurch. For many, it took decades to build a new life outside.

A reader says the ballot measure to cut the size of the Baltimore City Council will diminish the political participation of Black citizens.

The five fires, which all broke out in the afternoons or evenings in late July, exclusively erupted at elementary/middle school facilities, according to incident reports.

Grocery stores targeting youths with curfews sends the harmful and inaccurate message that young people are primarily responsible for crime and shoplifting, says Hannah Stommel, a Zubrow fellow at the Juvenile Law Center.

Police confirmed the fire last week at the East Baltimore motorcycle club was arson.

Here’s what I imagined: an active construction site, heavy machinery, dusty air and loads of dirt with caution tape and signs. And, of course, the infamous sinkhole, swallowing soil into a dark cavern with little space to breathe.

The Sunday night shooting near the building killed one person and wounded seven others. Law enforcement is investigating if the group is involved after noise complaints from the community earlier that night.

Annie Milli is leaving Live Baltimore to become the sole program officer at the Goldseker Foundation, the nonprofit’s “longest supporting and largest philanthropic partner,” according to the press release.

More than 2.6 million commercial passengers flew through BWI in June, an increase of 11% compared to the same time in 2023. This fiscal year also marks a new record, with about 27 million passengers in the busiest airport in the Washington, D.C., area, according to a press release.

A reader says the mayor must fix the “deplorable, inhumane” working conditions at the Department of Public Works sanitation yards after a worker died while on his route.

Brian Barrio didn’t know that the university knew about serious misconduct until earlier this year when the United States Department of Justice released a report that Chad Cradock sexually assaulted, harassed and discriminated against student athletes on the swim team.

The heat-related death of a Baltimore sanitation worker has prompted City Council members and city worker unions to demand more stringent safety-measure for municipal workers. The city Department of Public Works paused trash and recycling collection Tuesday to focus on heat safety training sessions.

Johns Hopkins University released finalized policies and procedures for its private police force, an initiative that has faced pushback from campus residents and neighboring communities.

In the two weeks since 14-year-old Cortez Lemon Jr. was fatally stabbed on an MTA bus in Baltimore July 10, multiple vigils have been held to remember the young man they called “Bubbles.”

“She didn’t bother nobody. She was sweet, quiet and respectful,” her grandmother said after a vigil Monday evening. “My heart hurts so bad for her.”

A Baltimore Police Department spokesperson said in an email a child was shot in the 500 block of North Kenwood Avenue.

A new, brightly colored, floral mural was unveiled in Fort Worthington by Maryland State Sen. Cory V. McCray and Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore.