Christina Tkacik
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- The chairman of the city councilās budget committee expressed disappointment that Baltimore Stateās Attorney Marilyn Mosby didnāt show up for a budget hearing Tuesday night
- A manās body was found in the Patapsco River on Tuesday, days after flooding devastated Ellicott City and the surrounding region, according to Howard County Police.
- A whale was spotted off Ocean City this year, but decades ago, one made an appearance in BaltimoreāsĀ harbor.
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- The storm that hit historic Ellicott City and nearby areas Sunday is likely worse than the storm that caused flooding in 2016, according to meteorologists.
- Dana Vickers Shelley will be the first African American woman to lead the ACLU of Maryland, which is headquartered in Baltimore.
- Several hundreds of people, including uniformed police officers and public officials, lined up at the funeral home to pay their respects to slain Baltimore County Police Officer Amy Caprio.
- A 65-year-old man was shot Wednesday night in East Baltimore; police said he was not the intended target.Ā
- Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry, who once led St. James Episcopal Church in Baltimore, shared some reflections on the historic royal wedding, which he says represents the creation of āa new world.ā
- A Perry Hall family tried to save the officer who was fatally injured Monday.
- One man was killed and two others were wounded in separate shootings in Baltimore on Sunday, police said.
- Barbara Levy Gradet, former director of Baltimore Countyās Department of Social Services and a pillar of the areaās Jewish community, died May 8 at the age of 69.
- This yearās Preakness spectatorsĀ face even stricter regulations on what they can bring in to Pimlico.
- Meghan Markle's wedding has a Baltimore connection.
- Extensive rainfall is expected to continue Wednesday night into Thursday, with the heaviest downpours beginning Thursday evening into Friday morning.
- Paul Kahungi Njoroge, 30, aĀ U.S. citizen from Kenya, was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport andĀ turned over to Maryland Transportation Authority Police.
- The lawsuit alleges that Ryan Penalver,Ā a history teacher who had worked at St. Frances Academy, used his school email account to prey on a 15-year-old student and to lure her into sexual acts.
- According to the ATF Baltimore, $5,000 each is available for information leading to three men wanted in connection with a Cherry Hill drug gang.
- The front door had a creak to it, but Phyllis Brandt said neither she nor her coworkers heard the protesters ā who came to be known as the Catonsville Nine ā enter the Knights of Columbus building in Catonsville on May 17, 1968.
- One man was killed and another five injured in separate shootings in Baltimore on Tuesday, police said.
- Phone service has been restored at the 911 call center in Anne Arundel County, according to police.
- Federal prosecutors issued a grand jury subpoena to the Baltimore finance department seeking records about former police commissioner Darryl De Sousa.
- Four men were shot near a playground in Druid Heights on Monday afternoon, according to Baltimore Police.
- Instead of debating,Ā Maryland gubernatorial candidates shared memories of Baltimore County executive Kevin Kamenetz, who, until that morning, had been their competitor.
- The Smithsonian has acquired a portrait of Henrietta Lacks, the Baltimore County woman whose cells changed medicine and whose story inspired a book and HBO film.
- Officials with the University of Maryland College Parkās campusĀ are recommending revoking an honorary degree bestowed on Bill Cosby.
- Twelve men are accusedĀ of distributing large quantities of heroin and cocaine in the 2100 block of Aiken Street in East Baltimore Midway.
- In Wednesday at Baltimore Police Headquarters, 6-year-old Kelsey Hines hula-hooped, ate cake and declared Thursday to be āHugs Day.ā
- Fifty years after the Catonsville Nine burned the draft cards, supporters are honoring their protest. But not everyone is celebrating. In Catonsville and beyond, the action remains divisive.
- 16-year-old was killed and three other people were shot Tuesday night in Baltimore, according to police, as the city hit the 100-homicide mark for 2018.
- ExelonĀ Corp. announced a new CEO for Constellation, their Baltimore-basedĀ subsidiary, in a statement Tuesday.Ā
- Montgomery County Police have identified a man they say fatally shot himself after killing three people in a neighboring home in Brookeville.
- A motorcyclist suffered minor injuries after jumping off from his vehicle right before it crashed into a CSX train Tuesday lateĀ afternoon, according to Baltimore County police.Ā Motorcycle crashes into CSX train after rider tries to outrun it,
- A 74-year-old man was fatally stabbed in Baltimoreās Brooklyn neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, according to Baltimore police.Ā
- Marvin McKenstry will resign from his position as chair of the Community Oversight Task Force, the organization announces in a Facebook post.
- Glass is a way of life in modern architecture ā but glass buildings are avian death traps. A Maryland organization called Safe Skies recommends simple fixes to help prevent bird deaths.
- The 2nd Annual Piano Marathon Concert draws upon Baltimore's reputation as an incubator of piano talent.
- Several families were left wondering about the fate of their homes afterĀ a pair of multiple-alarm fires burned in East Baltimore within a short time of each other Thursday afternoon.
- āWhy canāt you just let us grow up?ā 6-year-old Kelsey Hines asks. āWhy canāt you just let us have fun when we want to play with our friends, but we canāt because theyāre shooting out there?ā
- Designed to look like a Gothic castle, the home was built in the 1830s into the rocks of Ellicott City.
- Someone was shot and a neighbor was assaulted in Parkville on Tuesday night, according to Baltimore County police.
- Officers located the victim, who had been stabbed in the stomach,Ā in the 5900 block of York Road, just a block from theĀ Senator Theatre and close to Belvedere Square.
- Baltimore County firefighters were working to subdue a two-alarm blaze at a vacant building near Cockeysville.
- Charles Village Pub closed indefinitely after a grease fire in the kitchen. The pub, known simply as CVP, offered an unpretentious atmosphere with a crew of devoted regulars.
- Baltimore police are asking the publicās help in identifying two cars connected to a Sunday shooting that injured a 15-year-old boy.Ā
- Scads of silvery, lifeless fish were seen floating along in the waters of the Baltimore harbor and Back River this weekend.
- Baltimore County police are searching for suspects in a shooting that left one man injured in a parking lot of a housing complex inĀ Essex on Monday afternoon.
- Two people were killed and another five were injured in about a three-hour span in Baltimore on Thursday evening, according to police.
- Johns Hopkins University decided to rescind Bill Cosbyās honorary degree hours after a jury returned a āguiltyā verdict on charges the comedian drugged and molested Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home 14 years ago.
- Watching his city in flames during the riots of April 27, 2015, was āheartbreaking,ā for community organizer Ray Kelly, who says he tried to calm folks down as he stood between demonstrators and police, cobblestones flying overhead.