Former state Sen. Francis X. Kelly resigned Friday from the University of Maryland Medical System Board of Directors — just days after fellow board members had asked him to return — amid continued fallout from the self-dealing scandal that has rocked the hospital network. In a letter to outgoing...
For two weeks, Lisa Richard sat on the hard wooden benches of a Baltimore County courtroom and watched the trial for the teenager accused of killing her son unfold. The friends and family of Sebastian Dvorak — a beloved Canton bartender who was robbed and shot while walking home on Boston Street...
The pages of an old Arrow street directory state the precise location of a new harbor hotel and office building. The directory locates Wills Street “From Dock [Street] south and east of Eden.” The $117 million development there rose from its formidable foundation in the last few months, and the...
When Baltimore police Sgt. Ethan Newberg told fellow officers to arrest a bystander who criticized their tactics as they detained another man, the 24-year veteran of the department said the pedestrian had been “interfering.” Body camera footage from the May 30 incident released Friday by the Baltimore...
The man charged with impersonating a police officer and raping a woman was denied bail by a judge Friday afternoon. Richard S. Barnes, a guard at University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, appeared via video screen for a bail review hearing. The hearing was originally scheduled for yesterday but...
It was frigid in the pre-dawn hours in West Baltimore. An icy breeze swept through a mostly boarded-up neighborhood on North Carey Street. But the atmosphere in Cumberland & Carey Park couldn’t have been warmer. Men and women in running shoes emerged from the darkness and traded hellos and high-fives....
A Baltimore Department of Transportation manager has been fired for allegedly driving for a ridesharing service during normal work hours, according to an investigation summary published Friday by the Office of the Inspector General. Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming investigated the DOT...
A Maryland jury has awarded nearly $3 million to an inmate who was beaten by prison guards almost six years ago in what his attorney called a "systemwide failure." The Daily Record of Baltimore reports jurors in Baltimore awarded $2.7 million to Kevin Younger, who was assaulted by officers at the...
The monitor overseeing reforms of the Baltimore Police Department said Thursday the dysfunction within the agency is so deep and widespread that it will take years longer than anticipated to root it out. “The Baltimore Police Department is a dysfunctional organization, a highly dysfunctional organization,”...
NBA player Carmelo Anthony took to Instagram Thursday to mourn the loss of fellow Baltimore basketball star Gerald Brown. The NBA player had four posts on his story, writing that he “still can’t believe it.” Brown, 34, was shot and killed last Friday in Northwest Baltimore in the 3700 block of...
Baltimore police say two men were found shot to death in Baltimore’s Carrollton Ridge neighborhood Thursday night. The department wrote on Facebook that Southwest District officers were called to the 500 block of S. Bentalou St. at 8:18 p.m. for a Shotspotter alert of shots fired. Officers found...
A new study on race and water affordability, which focuses part of its findings in Baltimore, suggests African Americans are disproportionately negatively affected by rising water bills and concludes by urging city leaders to pass new legislation to address the issue. “Water/Color: A Study of Race...
Two Baltimore women were convicted in connection with a retail theft ring that stole more than $100,000 worth of clothing and accessories from Victoria’s Secret, Dick’s Sporting Goods, True Religion and other stores in Maryland, the state attorney general’s office announced Thursday. Lisa M. Williams,...
Until the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra canceled its summer season, few people outside the nonprofit’s administrative offices realized just how precarious its financial situation was. But when President and CEO Peter Kjome referred to a promised $3.2 million in state funds as “a lifeline,” he wasn’t...
The creator of “The Wire” has started his next project and is currently filming in Baltimore. David Simon, creator of the 2000s HBO crime drama, has begun production of his “The Plot Against America” miniseries, an adaptation of the Philip Roth book of the same name. HBO announced last year that...
Del. Robbyn Lewis is part of the 28.9 percent of Baltimore City residents who don’t have access to a personal car and now she is using a new vehicle — the #TransitChallenge — to point out inadequacies in Baltimore City’s public transit system. The challenge was initiated on Twitter by the Action...
Funeral arrangements are set for Gerald Brown, a former basketball player at Frederick Douglass and what was then Loyola College. Brown was shot and killed June 7 in Northwest Baltimore in the 3700 block of W. Forest Park Ave. Born and raised in Baltimore, the 34-year-old played basketball in Europe...
Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse East experienced flooding Thursday afternoon after a sink fell off the wall in a women’s restroom, the Maryland Judiciary Office said. The women’s bathroom, the entire first floor and some of the basement took on water, the Department of General Services said....
No bull. Five years — to the day — after a 780-pound steer’s memorable escape attempt captivated onlookers in West Baltimore, two more made a mad dash for freedom Thursday that ended when they were corralled in the lawn of a nearby apartment complex. The steers, which made their way to a gated...
Karyne B. Henry, president and CEO of Orion Public Relations and Crisis Management Services Inc., died April 5 from cancer at her Pikesville home. She was 55. Karyne Beatrice Henry, the daughter of Alvin A. Jones Sr., a certified public accountant, and his wife, Delaphine Henry, a financial sales...
A 36-year-old man died overnight Wednesday in a Southwest Baltimore shooting, police said Thursday morning. Just past midnight, officers were called to the 2000 block of Hollins Ferry Road for a shooting. Police found a man inside a car with a gunshot wound to the chest. The man was transported...
Cinema-lovers, grab your popcorn and lawn chairs. From Fells Point to Bel Air, local groups are hosting outdoor movie screenings across the Baltimore region this summer. The movies range in tastes, from family flicks for kids to enjoy, such as “Incredibles 2,” to fans of critically-acclaimed films,...
Despite the corruption that has sometimes flourished in plainclothes squads such as the Gun Trace Task Force, Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison says such units still have a place in the city — particularly amid its relentless violence and other crime. But Harrison vows to institute...