A study of 20 years of precipitation, pollution and water quality data has traced degradation of Baltimore's Gwynns Falls to frequent sewage leaks, and some environmental improvements to projects to clean up or reduce stormwater runoff.
New walls and a roof are part of the transformation of a pair of West Baltimore rowhouses into the first permanent base for a neighborhood group determined to make their community a better place. “We needed a place where we could attract young people,” said Edna Manns-Lake, president of Fayette...
Baltimore sewer inspectors recently had reason to believe the city’s century-old network of pipes had sprung another leak in an area of Woodberry near Clipper Mill. What they found was no ordinary crack or break in an old sewer line. A Department of Public Works crew found a 100-year-old sewage...
A 31-year-old man was shot Tuesday afternoon in Sandtown-Winchester, police said. The man was hospitalized, and police did not immediately release his condition. Officers responded about 4:30 p.m. to the 1600 block of Booker Ct. in West Baltimore for the shooting. Anyone with information can contact...
When local leaders announced an "extraordinary partnership" to revitalize Baltimore's depressed Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood in 1989, they said the construction and rehabilitation of hundreds of houses would serve as the foundation for a community-wide transformation unlike any before. The...
A man was shot in the head outside a West Baltimore deli, Baltimore police said. The shooting took place at 11:55 a.m. in the Rosemont Homeowners/Tenants neighborhood. The victim's name, age and condition were not released. Crime tape blocked off the short 600 block of Whitmore Ave., where detectives...
Baltimore police identified a man who was fatally shot in West Baltimore Sunday — the city's 200th homicide this year. Police identified the victim as Tymaine Sellman, 19. Police said he was shot multiple times shortly before 7 p.m. in the 500 block Edgewood Street. He was taken to an area hospital...
A man was shot in the hand in Reservoir Hill Monday night, police said. Officers responded to the 900 block of Whitelock Street after 9 p.m., police said. Police did not release any information on a suspect or motive. Central District detectives are investigating, and anyone with information may...
Gold carpentry screws, a Deckmate brand box and a thick pool of blood lay Tuesday morning on a Northwest Baltimore porch, where Baltimore police say a 35-year-old man was shot to death. A neighbor said the victim had purchased the rundown vacant house recently and was rehabilitating it. Two homicide...
Two men were injured in shootings in Baltimore Tuesday night, police said. At about 9 p.m., a 31-year-old man was shot in the back in the 1500 block of E. Ward Ct. in the Gay Street neighborhood of East Baltimore, police said. Across the city, roughly an hour earlier, a 34-year-old man was shot...
Baltimore Police homicide detectives are investigating the discovery of a body that had been set on fire in West Baltimore Monday morning. Police said in a statement that officers were called to the 2700 block of Presstman St., at the address of Rosemont Elementary/Middle School, where they found...
A man was shot dead in the middle of a street in Southwest Baltimore Wednesday night, police said. Officers were called just before 7 p.m. to the first block of S. Catherine Street in the Shipley Hill neighborhood, where they found a man who fire department paramedics pronounced dead from several...
A 29-year-old man was shot in the groin Monday afternoon in West Baltimore, police said. Officers responded at 3:21 p.m. to the 2500 block of Edmondson Ave. in the Rosemont Homeowners/Tenants section, where the man was found with a nonfatal gunshot wound, police said. He was taken to a hospital...
T.J. Smith, the Baltimore Police Department's chief spokesman, regularly holds news conferences decrying the violence that destroys lives nearly every day. He's spoken out against the tragic killings of children, women and the elderly — and so many young men. On Wednesday, Smith held another press...
A state and city lawmaker began drafting separate bills this week to make more publicly funded lawyers available for low-income tenants facing eviction in Baltimore, which spends more money ousting renters than trying to help them remain in their homes. Del. Sandy Rosenberg and Baltimore City Councilman...
Baltimore officials said Monday they are continuing their search for a contractor to provide psychological evaluations of police after encountering issues with several firms. The city plans to hire a firm to provide confidential counseling and support services to police for such issues as workplace...
Chris Hicks was lying in bed flipping through the television channels one night last December when he came across a program shot in Baltimore. The program, an episode of the Viceland series "Payday," featured footage of children taking pictures and playing video games at Kids Safe Zone, the after-school...
Baltimore will impose the second of three planned water rate increases on Saturday, driving up bills further and sparking fresh debate on how to ensure the poorest city residents still have access to affordable water. Rates will increase about 9 percent. For a typical home, that means the monthly...
Mayor Catherine Pugh said Wednesday she wants a newly appointed civilian oversight panel to recommend ways to improve the relationship between the Baltimore Police Department and the public, offer cultural diversity training and better recruit officers from within the city. Pugh named nine people...
Cycling advocates dropped their lawsuit against city government on Wednesday after Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh pledged not to demolish a protected bike lane in Canton. Both sides said they were working on a compromise that would preserve the bike lane and parking spaces and also ensure the narrow...
Baltimore officials are expected to approve a 15-year lease at the old Hebrew Orphan Asylum in West Baltimore, where they plan to open a center to help people addicted to heroin and other drugs so they're not taking up emergency room beds. The stabilization or sobering center at 2700 Rayner Ave....
Mayor Catherine Pugh appointed nine city residents Tuesday to a panel tasked with reviewing and recommending reforms to the current system of civilian oversight of the Baltimore Police Department. The creation of the Civilian Oversight Task Force was one of many police reform measures mandated under...
When Baltimore turns on a new set of speed cameras Monday, it will operate under new laws that officials say will make the system more reliable and less prone to errors than an old one that had to be shut down. The city will operate 10 portable speed cameras near schools throughout the city, the...