Christina Tkacik
1,152 stories by Christina Tkacik
- Nearly a century and a half after Baltimore's Eutaw Manor went up in flames, a married couple would rediscover the homeās foundation. On Sunday, the couple presented their findings from an archaeological dig at the site.
- During pothole season, driving becomes a high-stakes game of dodge the hole. And some experts are reporting that things are even worse than usual in Maryland.
- The Maryland Transit Administration has released additional details about what caused the recent system-wide shutdown of Baltimoreās Metro.
- A 2000 Jeep Cherokee, crashed head-on into a tree on Tufton Avenue near Dover Road just before 4 p.m.
- Last Sunday, around 5.7 million gallons of wastewater mixed with rainwater poured into the Jones Falls, and 36 thousand gallons overflowed into the Western Run, according to the Baltimore Department of Public Works.
- Towson Town Center was closed Tuesday due to a power outage that occurred at around 5 p.m., according to Baltimore County Police.
- The second day of the $2.2 million ābus bridgeā meant to replace the Baltimore areaās metro system while itās shut down for emergency repairs seemed to go more smoothly than the first, though many riders reported their commutes taking a half hour or more longer than normal.
- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a reward of up to $1,000 each for information leading to the arrest of three men allegedly involved in a Cherry Hill gang.
- A man who died last year from injuries sustained in 2008 has become theĀ 342nd homicide victim for 2017, according to Baltimore police.
- According to Baltimore police, Mykia and Sean Dyer were both shot and killed in the 1300 block of Division St. in Baltimore's Upton neighborhood.
- On Sunday, both the organ and the music director at First Unitarian Church marked a milestone: Jim Houston celebrated 50 years with the church, and the churchās organ, recently restored, turned 125.
- Clarence Tyler, a member of the Accohannock tribe near Crisfield, said that for centuries his people concealed their native identity in Maryland, āhiding in plain sightā from the white man. In December, the tribe was formally recognized by the state with an order from Gov. Larry Hogan.
- Born in East Baltimore Feb. 7, 1883, Eubie Blake started taking piano lessons at age 6, and practiced on a pipe organ at home. Over his churchgoing motherās objections, Blake got hooked on ragtime. And the rest was history.
- The National Weather Service is warning drivers to be extra careful on roads.Ā
- A pedestrian was hit by a car and killed in Columbia on Wednesday evening, according to Howard County police.
- A man who jumped on the hoodĀ of a school bus last fall was sentenced in Baltimore County Court on Tuesday.Ā
- The University of Maryland's College Park campus is about to get greener, with $21.5 million in building upgrades by Baltimore-based company Constellation.
- Police have identified the names of 11 people killed in Baltimore since Jan. 21.
- A woman was shot in the rear Sunday afternoon just north of Patterson Park, police said.
- Last in New York's High Line, Zoe Leonard's poem 'I want a president' comes to Baltimore's Old Goucher neighborhood.
- Its spooky aura earned Sand Hill Antiques & Refinishing a spot as the subject of a new TV show pilot. A television crew for āThe Undepartedā brought in cameras and clairvoyants to the shop.
- A Fells Point pilot participated in a "catlift" over the weekend, helping fly cats from Tangier Island.
- Throughout the 19th and early 20th century, few foods were more synonymous with fine Maryland cuisine than the diamondback terrapin, served at some of the worldās finest restaurants.
- Extremely low tides combined with sustained freezing temperatures are posing what one Maryland oyster farmer calls a potential ādoomsday scenarioā for the harvest of farm-raised oysters.
- here a kebab shop and nail salon now stand on Route 108 not long ago was farmland, and so was the rolling plain now dotted with single-family homes. In those days, Clarksville was synonymous with St. Louis Catholic Church, says Monsignor Joseph L. Luca.
- The Prohibition years from 1920-1933 saw a glut of doctor-prescribed alcohol across the United States.
- This year, a few stories of unexpected generosity and strangers going out of their way to bring a smile to people theyād never met found their way into the headlines.
- Families who lost sons in a pair of collisions this year between Navy ships and commercial vessels are questioning the Navy's accounts of what happened
- The Ellicott City jail has the musty aroma of an old stone building thatās lain vacant for 30 years, collecting layers of mold.
- Jane D. Diefenbach, a retired Baltimore County guidance counselorĀ who took an innovative approach to dealing with a schoolyard bully, died of complications from liver cancer Nov. 17 in Mays Chapel.
- Lights Out Baltimore aims to rescue birds that have flown into buildings, advocates for owners to turn down lights that may disrupt migratory patterns.
- Two men were shot, one fatally, Thursday night in Baltimore, according to police.
- The Maryland Department of Transportation pulled a brochure from their website down after several people pointed out that a graphic contained within it resembles a swastika.
- Steven Stawara, 25 and Derrick Carter Carter, 47, pleaded guilty in the death of James Herget, 83.
- Two African penguin chicks were born at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore on Oct. 13 and 14th, according to zoo spokeswoman Jane Ballentine.
- Jeffrey Roger Forwood, 49, of Bel Air, has been charged with possession and distribution of child pornography, according to Maryland State Police.Ā Ā
- Baltimore Robbery Detectives are lookingĀ forĀ a man who they say tried to robĀ a CVS and then stabbed an employee.
- Smoke in the cockpit of a four-person plane forced an emergency landing Wednesday night at Carroll County Regional Airport, according to the Westminster fire department.
- A man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection with the shooting of two women on his block Oct. 14, police said.
- A bus driver was on his way to pick up students at a Queen Anneās County public school when he was arrested for driving under the influence,Ā according to state police.
- Two men were killed in Baltimore Tuesday afternoon, police said, bringing the total number of homicides this year to 289.Ā
- A man and a woman were arrested and charged MondayĀ in connection with a robbery at a SunTrustĀ Bank branch on BelairĀ Road in Perry Hall, Baltimore County police said.
- A Laurel man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a man from Reisterstown while stuck in traffic last week onĀ I-95,Ā according to Maryland State police.
- Two men were shot in the legĀ about a minute apart Monday night in Baltimore, according toĀ police.Ā
- The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory, with possible gusts of up to 50 mph, enough power to damage power lines and trees.
- Nathan Dennies tells the history of the mills that once lined Baltimore's Jones Falls.
- A man and a woman were shot near the 800 block of West Pratt Street Thursday night around 11 p.m., according to Baltimore police.
- Jose "Oscar" Hidalgo Romero was one of three killed Wednesday at his workplace in Edgewood.
- Remembering the Division Street of Thurgood Marshall's day.
- Police have confirmed the identities of three people killed in a workplace shooting in Edgewood Wednesday morning: