State Sen. Catherine E. Pugh, the Democratic nominee for Baltimore mayor, plans to push to strengthen a state law that allows civilians to be put on police trial boards. A new state law, taking effect Oct. 1, allows civilians to join internal police disciplinary panels for the first time, but police...
An annual audit of Baltimore's finances found three "significant deficiencies," including in how the city handles water billing and grant money, according to City Auditor Robert L. McCarty. McCarty, who reports to Baltimore Comptroller Joan M. Pratt, presented the audit's findings to the Board...
A City Council committee plans to vote today on amendments to a proposal to raise Baltimore's minimum wage to $15 an hour — part of an effort to try to pass the legislation before year's end. Councilman Robert W. Curran, chairman of the labor committee, said he expects to pass amendments to the...
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...
Outgoing City Councilman James B. Kraft announced Tuesday withdrew as a candidate for Baltimore Circuit Court judge. He was facing a slate of sitting judges — Shannon E. Avery, Audrey J.S. Carrion, Michael A. DiPietro, Karen Chaya Friedman, Wanda Keyes Heard and Cynthia H. Jones — for one of six...
For a few brief moments as he began his sermon, the Rev. Patrick D. Clayborn paused, leading some at Bethel AME Church to think he was nervous and to shout out words of encouragement. Instead, the 41-year-old pastor launched into a service so energized a few in the congregation became overcome with...
The Baltimore inspector general's office saved the city about $9 million in the last year by preventing waste, avoiding unnecessary expenses and recovering money, according to a report released Thursday. Inspector General Robert H. Pearre Jr. outlined the work his office performed during the 2016...
Baltimore voters will be asked in November to approve the creation of a trust fund to develop and maintain housing that extremely low-income residents can afford. But that is only a first step. If the fund were approved, advocates still would have to persuade city officials to put money in it. A...
State Sen. Catherine E. Pugh, the Democratic nominee for mayor, has nearly 100 times more campaign cash on hand than her general election rivals. Pugh has $280,670 in her campaign account, according to finance filings due Tuesday at the State Board of Elections. Republican nominee Alan Walden has...
Baltimore residents will pay about 33 percent more for water and be charged two new fees under a three-year plan to help pay for repairs to the city's crumbling infrastructure and fix an error-prone water billing system. Baltimore's spending panel approved the city water rate increase on Wednesday...
Baltimore's spending board is expected on Wednesday to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the city-owned Royal Farms Arena charged concertgoers unlawful ticket fees. The proposed $420,000 cash settlement would end a two-year fight over the suit brought by John G. Bourgeois of Perry Hall. Bourgeois...
Baltimore's Board of Estimates will hear public testimony Wednesday about a proposed double-digit, multiyear water bill rate increase. The hearing will take place at 9 a.m. at City Hall. Under the proposal, Baltimore residents would pay about 33 percent more for water and be charged two new fees...
A proposal to amend the Baltimore city charter to set up a trust fund for low and extremely low income households will appear on the general election ballot in November, after an affordable housing advocacy group submitted more than 18,100 signatures in support of it. The Baltimore City Board of...
Baltimore officially has had 200 homicide victims in 2016 after an autopsy confirmed a 42-year-old man found dead Friday just west of downtown had been fatally stabbed. The victim, identified Monday as Franswhaun Smith, was found Friday about 7:50 a.m. in the 700 block of Murphy Lane, in the Heritage...