Talia Richman
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- The quick succession of ribbon-cutting ceremonies represent years of work and hundreds of millions of dollars spent under the 21st Century School Buildings Program, which will eventually bring up to 28 modernized school buildings to the city.
- The University System of Marylandās Board of Regents held a roughly 4-hour conference call Friday to discuss the state flagshipās response to the death of football player Jordan McNair.
- The University System of Maryland Board of Regents will meet Friday to discuss Jordan McNair's death.
- A timeline of events surrounding the death of University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair.
- Baltimore has permanently shut downĀ its problem-plagued Bike Share program after less than two years andĀ entered instead into a pilot program with two other firms offering dockless scooters and bikes.
- The Prince Georgeās County stateās attorneyās office is closely monitoring the football scandal at the University of Maryland following the heatstroke death of a 19-year-old offensive lineman.
- Some Baltimore City Council members are asking the police department to stop deploying a small group of officers to patrol the areas around the Johns Hopkins institutions in East Baltimore.
- St. Mary's County officials recounted how they responded to the deadly shooting at Great Mills High School to an audience of state government and school leaders at the Maryland Center for School Safety Summer Conference.
- The Baltimore Police department has suspended an officer after a viral video emerged that shows him repeatedly punching a man before tackling him to the ground.
- An 18-year-old man was shot in Parkville early Saturday morning, Baltimore County police said.
- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous' statement comes the day after explosive reporting from ESPN.
- The demonstrations will take place on the one-year anniversary of the deadly āUnite the Rightā rally in Charlottesville, Va.
- Two young men were shot ā less than a mile apart ā overnight in Baltimore, police said Saturday morning. Police also responded around 8:10 Saturday morning to a shooting.
- Without the changes, district officials estimated six schools were at risk of not being able to field a single sports team this fall.
- A computer software consultant will help the city's police department address some of its rampant technology problems.
- The State of New York and the Farmers Market Federation of New York announced theyāll provide emergency support.
- Voters will decide in November whether they support the measure, which would enshrine the racial equity fund into the cityās charter.
- Councilwoman Shannon Sneed's legislation calls for lactation spaces to be in āclose proximityā to a new motherās work space, have a door that can be locked from the inside and be equipped with a flat surface where a woman can put a breast pump or other personal items.
- Requests for a piece of the city's $12 million Children and Youth Fund have topped $75 million. A group is evaluating applications and will determine which groups get money.
- The Maryland Transit Administration blames the frequent service disruptions on its MARC commuter trains on the recent bad weather and scheduled track work.
- The workout from which University of Maryland offensive lineman Jordan McNair struggled to recover was the former McDonogh starās first with the team in over a month, according to a review of the football teamās participation logs obtained by The Baltimore Sun.
- Meteorologists warned of more flash flooding potential Thursday, with chances for "multiple rounds of torrential rainfall" through the evening. A flash flood watch is in effect across Central Maryland through Thursday night.
- Baltimore has committed to spending roughly $125,000 to install safety equipment around the Inner Harbor following pleas from the parents of a 26-year-old man who died earlier this year after falling into the frigid waters.
- The body was found in the water in front of the M & S Grill, next to the USS Constellation.
- A man was killed and another injured in separate early-morning shootings Wednesday, police said.
- The Baltimore City Council has unanimously approved legislation to create a racial equity fund. But Mayor Catherine Pugh has expressed doubts about the need for the bills, arguing that she is already mindful of eliminating discriminatory practices.
- The EEOC alleges the schoolās conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which protects both men and women from discrimination based on sex.
- Voters will get to decide whether Baltimore should have publicly funded campaigns and an independent inspector general.
- The woman admitted to smoking marijuana, drinking alcohol and taking a Percocet tablet the night before Mondayās crash, court records show.
- Police are searching for a suspect after they responded to the 7800 block of Eastern Ave. in Dundalk and found a man with a gunshot wound. The man's condition was not immediately clear.
- A viewing was held for Taylor Hayes, a 7-year-old girl who was fatally shot while riding in the back seat of a car in Southwest Baltimore.
- Callie Noble Schwarzman was arrested Tuesday night on charges that she violated probation for a 2017 drunken driving offense in Carroll County. Investigators obtained a warrant for her arrest Wednesday for charges related to the deaths of 60-year-old Deborah Limmer and 5-year-old Delaney Gaddis.
- The video shows a young boy being forcefully brought to the ground and handcuffed by an officer. While a bystander films the interaction, an officer holds back a woman who is heard screaming, ādonāt touch my kid.ā
- Teachers across Maryland targeted in email campaign urging them to leave unions.
- The cityās food policy director Holly Freishtat said sheās been in discussions with the Maryland Farmers Market Association on whether local vendors should be looking to find a new way to swipe SNAP cards.
- Baltimore City student advocates pushed for a school police report for the second year in a row. Here are the results.
- Baltimore County police and fire units responded to a report of an overturned sailboat in the Essex area, officials said Tuesday.
- Former Washington County school board official Justin M. Hartings was unanimously elected Tuesday as the boardās president.
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5-year-old and her grandmother die after being struck by vehicle while on a walk in Baltimore County
The incident took place at Girdwood and Londonderry roads near Dulaney High School, the Baltimore County Fire Department said. - For more than a decade, Keith Scroggins has been tasked with maintaining the districtās more than 150 buildings, overseeing student transportation and guiding construction projects.
- Jordan McNair, a former McDonogh standout, was hospitalized May 29 and died two weeks later.
- Dozens of people who host guests in Airbnb-style properties urged the Baltimore City Council Thursday to amend a bill that would impose new regulations and taxes on short-term rentals.
- The Baltimore City Councilās Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee will hold a hearing Thursday on the bill.
- City transportation director Michelle Pourciau endured more than an hour of criticism from the City Council Wednesday evening on her agencyās role in exacerbating the already bad congestion in downtown Baltimore.
- The supermarket chain recalled select AnnaSea Wasabi Ahi Poke Hawaiian Poke Kits and Limu Ahi Poke Hawaiian Poke Kits.
- Erick Antonio Benitez has won the 2018 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize for his immersive art installation of artifacts he collected on trips to the United States' Southern border.
- Police believe the man was shot while in the 1400 block of Barnes St.
- A little more than two years later, Melvin Townes is ready to talk about the night that he says a Baltimore police officer slammed the then-16-year-old to the ground, put a knee on his back and struck him repeatedly.
- A Baltimore couple whose 5-month-old son died of a brain injury pleaded guilty to child abuse resulting in the babyās death, the stateās attorneyās office announced Friday.
- Marylandās highest court has agreed to consider whether to reinstate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, the subject of the immensely popular āSerialā podcast.