Yvonne Wenger

30-year-old killed in motorcycle accident in Jessup over the weekend identified

Howard County police say a 30-year-old man was killed Saturday in a motorcycle accident.

Two shot, one fatally Saturday afternoon near McCulloh Homes in West Baltimore

A 20-year-old man was killed Saturday when he was shot in the back near West Baltimore’s McCulloh Homes.

Orioles fans captured on camera give beleaguered city something to smile about

If the action on the field disappoints, look to the stands for a pick-me-up.

Crowdsourcing to solve a crime: Rockeymoore Cummings turns to Twitter for leads on home invasion

Crowdsourcing to solve a crime: Rockeymoore Cummings turns to Twitter for leads on home invasion

15-year-old boy on a porch in Southwest Baltimore is among six people shot overnight in city

At least six people were shot overnight — and survived — in Baltimore, including a 15-year-old boy who was on the porch of a home along two adults.

Virginia Catherine Ruth, a corporal in the Women’s Army Corps, dies

Virginia Catherine Ruth, who deciphered and encoded messages during World War II, prepared meals for prisoners from her Dundalk kitchen and cared for children removed from their parents’ custody, died July 31, 2019 of heart and lung failure. She was 95.

Woman killed by vehicle in the alley behind her Dundalk home; police looking for the driver

A 49-year-old woman died Saturday after being hit in the alley behind her Dundalk home, Baltimore County police said.

'People are talking about Baltimore’: After Trump’s tweets, city’s marketing agency claps back with ad

Baltimore’s chief brand officer Sarah Schaffer rallied her team at Visit Baltimore early Saturday, almost immediately after President Donald Trump punched “Tweet” on his electronic missive denigrating Charm City.

Jessup man, 21, shot to death Saturday in Columbia

Police investigating the nonfatal shooting of a 21-year-old man Saturday in Columbia.

Three males shot Saturday night in Northwest Baltimore

Three men were shot Saturday night in Northwest Baltimore.

Temperatures reached 100 Saturday in Baltimore. More scorching heat is on the way.

The high temperature is expected to reach 99 degrees on Sunday, but when factoring humidity it will feel a lot hotter, according to the National Weather Service.

Dozens of firefighters battle fire at Severna Park deli and florist shop in extreme heat

Dozens of firefighters battled fire in extreme heat at Severna Park deli and florist shops.

33-year-old man shot in West Baltimore around lunchtime

A 33-year-old man was shot on McCulloh Street near North Avenue around lunchtime Saturday.

• Colleges and Universities

She bridged neighborhoods and Sagamore for Port Covington deal. Can she do the same for Hopkins?

Alicia Wilson, a chief negotiator on the $5.5 billion Port Covington project, will leave Sagamore Development to lead economic development for Johns Hopkins.

• Barack Obama

Maryland should overhaul child support system and how payments are set, Abell Foundation report says

Child support orders in Maryland should be written based on a parent's actual ability to pay them, according to an Abell Foundation report.

• Bernard C. Young

Baltimore won't be able to send water bills again this month as ransomware recovery continues

As the city digs out from the ransomware attack, officials said they would be unable to send water bills in June.

• Brandon Scott

Baltimore mayor working on a new plan for handling Baltimore's 'squeegee kids'

Saying that impeding traffic is illegal, Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young pledges to develop a plan to address panhandlers and squeegee kids.

• Baltimore City Council

Danielle McCray, Baltimore City Council's newest member, is sworn in

Baltimore City Council's newest member Danielle McCray sworn in Tuesday ahead of vote on the budget.

• Brandon Scott

Baltimore's $2.9 billion budget would open all city rec centers on Saturdays

Baltimore's $2.9 billion spending plan includes $2.6 million to open all of the city's 43 recreation centers on Saturdays.

• Amazon

The future of work: Being a cashier is Maryland's most common occupation, but it's likely vanishing

Experts predict that if Baltimore does not focus on readying workers for other employment, automation could bring a reckoning like manufacturing's downfall.

‘Everybody feels free here’: Baltimore club for adults with disabilities fosters love, friendship & inclusion

The League for People with Disabilities hosts Club 1111, which is one of the only nightclubs for people with disabilities.

• Colleges and Universities

Audit of child support enforcement in Maryland shows collections are up slightly but $1.3 billion is still owed

An audit of the state's child support enforcement efforts in Maryland show collections are up slightly, but $1.3 billion is still outstanding.

• Bernard C. Young

Battle lines drawn in race to be Baltimore City Council president after Mayor Catherine Pugh's resignation

The fight for Baltimore City Council president is on now that Bernard C. "Jack" Young has become the city's 51st mayor after the resignation of Catherine Pugh. And the final faceoff may come down to council members Sharon Green Middleton and Brandon Scott.

• Bernard C. Young

Baltimore's 51st mayor spends his first full day on the job 527 miles away, his phone ringing nonstop

Baltimore's 51st mayor — Bernard C. "Jack" Young — spends his first full day on the job in Detroit for an economic development conference. With his phone ringing nonstop, Young said the city government is still fighting crime and council members are "making sure that things are getting done."

• Kenneth Holt

City announces $10 million redevelopment of vacant rowhouses in West Baltimore neighborhood of Upton

Under a redevelopment plan announced Tuesday, 38 rowhouses will be revitalized in the city's historic Upton neighborhood.

• Crime

Baltimore City Council members seek charter reforms to allow removal of a mayor amid investigations into Catherine Pugh

Baltimore City Council members are introducing legislative reforms that would give them power to force a mayor from office. Kristerfer Burnett is the lead sponsor of a charter amendment that would allow the council to remove the mayor for incompetency with a three-fourths vote of the council.

• Baltimore City Council

More reform bills being introduced in Baltimore's City Council amid 'Healthy Holly' scandal

The City Council will consider changing Baltimore’s charter amid the scandal over Democratic Mayor Catherine Pugh’s sale of her self-published “Healthy Holly” children’s series. One of the proposals would allow the council to remove a mayor.

• Poverty

After record year for rain, advocates and lawmakers point to mold problems for low-income renters in Baltimore

After Baltimore’s wettest year on record, housing advocates are seeking more protections for low-income tenants battling mold in their rental homes — and a city councilman is calling for a hearing on the problem.

1 in 5 Baltimore households tap services like check cashing instead of banks. This group hopes to change that.

One in five households in the Baltimore area rely on check cashing services, payday lenders and pawn shop loans rather than bank accounts — leaving them to cobble together a patchwork of services estimated to cost up to $40,000 over a lifetime, fees many say are avoidable and unnecessary.

• Baltimore Housing

Residents to begin moving out of section of Baltimore's Gilmor Homes to clear way for demolition

More than 100 families will begin moving out of Gilmor Homes in May to clear the properties for demolition under a plan to help address crime in the West Baltimore community.

Disabled riders are stranded for hours and on-time rate plummets amid contract changes at MTA Mobility

MTA's Mobility drivers are late 22 percent of the time — and riders say sometimes hours late amid contract changes.

• Colleges and Universities

Can Baltimore remove a mayor from office? Without conviction, it's complicated.

Forcing Mayor Catherine Pugh from office — should the calls for her resignation turn to calls for removal — would be tricky and perhaps not possible without a conviction.

• Bernard C. Young

Who is Baltimore City Council President Jack Young, who will be mayor while Catherine Pugh is on leave?

When Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh temporarily steps down at midnight Monday, City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young will take over as ex officio mayor. The 64-year-old married father of two has served on the council for 21 years, leading the body as president since 2010.

• Larry Hogan

Baltimore Mayor Pugh to take leave of absence in midst of 'Healthy Holly' book controversy

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh will take a leave of absence, engulfed by a scandal over hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments for self-published “Healthy Holly” children’s books.

Inside the new, bigger Ronald McDonald House in East Baltimore: A 'special place' for sick children, families

The $34 million Ronald McDonald House is opening in Jonestown, allowing the charity to serve 2,400 families a year, up from 1,500.

• Preakness Stakes

City solicitor on lawsuit against Pimlico owners: the Preakness 'needs to be in Baltimore'

City Solicitor Andre Davis says the goal of the lawsuit against the owners of Pimlico Race Course is force negotiations on keeping the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore.

• Baltimore City Council

City Council considers blocking any future sale of Baltimore's 700-mile underground conduit system

Baltimore's City Council is considering legislation that would block officials from ever selling the 700-mile underground conduit system that contains electric, telephone and fiber-optic cables.

• Kenneth Holt

Baltimore mayor takes an excavator to kick off the demolition of block of vacant homes in Druid Heights

Ten vacant houses covering the full block of 502-522 Baker Street in West Baltimore will be demolished starting Wednesday at 10:30 a.m., Mayor Catherine Pugh announced in a news release Tuesday.

• U.S. Senate

Child support would be calculated differently under bills being considered by Maryland General Assembly

A sweeping package of bills being considered by the General Assembly would change how child support payments are determined by Maryland courts. The legislation would affect “hundreds of thousands” of people who depend on the child support system when parents split up.

• Catherine Pugh

Mayor Pugh announces plans to roll back property taxes for Baltimore homeowners to lowest rate in 50 years

Mayor Catherine Pugh has announced a property tax cut for Baltimore homeowners that would roll the rate back to the lowest it has been in a half-century. By 2021, Pugh plans to drop the effective rate for owner-occupied homes to under 2 percent — or $1.99 per $100 of assessed property value.

• Baltimore Housing

Heat restored at Latrobe Homes after some residents go without it since Tuesday; hot water still not working

Heat and hot water should be restored at Baltimore's Latrobe Homes by 8 p.m., after some residents have been without heat since Tuesday.

• Shootings

Baltimore woman killed in shooting was niece of Ceasefire organizer

When Letrice Gant helped organize Baltimore’s peace movement Ceasefire, she didn’t know the devastating pain of a killing first-hand. That changed Wednesday when Gant’s 21-year-old niece Kaylyn High was shot in the head on E. 22nd Street near Guilford Avenue, the untended target of gunfire.

• Drug Trafficking

Former Ravens running back Alex Collins released on bail, faces gun, marijuana possession charges

Former Ravens running back Alex Collins was released on $7,500 bail after an initial appearance early Saturday in the district court for Maryland.

Police: 29-year-old man shot in the chest in Northwest Baltimore

A 29-year-old man was shot in the chest Friday in Northwest Baltimore.

EEOC sues retirement community manager Erickson Living over alleged employee discrimination

Catonsville-based Erickson Living Management allegedly violated an anti-discrimination law when it fired an employee, according to a lawsuit filed Friday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Food stamp benefits for Maryland recipients to be distributed all at once in March after government shutdown

After the government shutdown, food stamp benefits for all Maryland recipients will be distributed March 6.

• Sinai Hospital in Baltimore

Baltimore's housing department lays out new vision for community development, identifying four target zones

The Baltimore housing department has a new framework for community development using targeted impact areas and new investment funds, under a plan to be released Wednesday by the Pugh administration. Commissioner Michael Braverman said the housing department is zeroed in on addressing blight.

• Jared Kushner

Could Kushner family's bigger stake in Maryland rentals expose more area residents to aggressive debt collection?

The Kushner Cos., a firm run by White House adviser Jared Kushner's family, just purchased 6,000 properties in Maryland and Virginia, adding to an already sizable real estate holding in the Mid-Atlantic region.

• Amtrak

'I see hope': Rehab of old warehouse, renovations to rowhouses spur talk of East Baltimore revival

A major redevelopment project in East Baltimore's neighborhood is spurring investment in nearby vacant rowhouses. People in the community say they think a revival is underway with investment from the Food Hub and American Brewery building to the $1.8 billion East Baltimore Development Inc. project.

This Baltimore man aims to boost students' confidence and grades, one pair of sneakers at a time

Eric Randall Jr. collects sneakers, deodorizes them, strips off scuffs and paints them in a rainbow of colors. In that way, he said he is spreading goodness one pair at a time in his West Baltimore neighborhood.