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Elmer H. Wingate Jr., who played one season with the Baltimore Colts in 1953 and was an All-American football and lacrosse player at the University of Maryland, College Park, died on Feb. 27 of Alzheimer's disease. He was 88.

By Carrie Wells

Mar 6, 2016

Howard boy's 4x8 relay team wins gold, with Wilde Lake gets two state championship performances by Jamila Brown (300-meters) and Deanna Yancey (high jump), while River Hill's Sophie Caplin places first in girl's pole vault.

By Monica D'Ippolito

Feb 24, 2016

Franklin's Nyjari McNeil and Dulaney's Eric Walz were double-winners at the state indoor track meet.

Spectacular Bid owner Harry Meyerhoff dies at 86

By Jacques Kelly

Feb 16, 2016

Spurred by a recent immigration crackdown and inspired by fellow student activists in the Black Lives Matter movement, a group of high school students gathered Saturday to draw up a list of demands for city and state officials, calling on them to boost resources for the city's growing immigrant population

By Natalie Sherman

Feb 6, 2016

The memory of a 2012 homicide scene remains firmly entrenched in the back of the 36-year-old crime scene technician's mind as a surreal yet indicative moment: Sometimes Baltimore's numerous, grisly crime scenes are considered more inconvenient than tragic.

Thousands of families attended the annual Middle and High School Choice Fair, held at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, to learn more about different Baltimore City schools and programs that they can choose to attend. Little-known charter schools competed with more established schools such as Western High School and Paul Laurence Dunbar High School.

By Carrie Wells

Jan 9, 2016

Howard Simpson Hall, 92, a retired electrical engineer and World War II veteran, died of kidney failure Tuesday at the Oak Crest Village Retirement Community in Parkville.

By Jacques Kelly

Dec 13, 2015

William G. Steckman, Jr., who managed the iconic Ambassador and Senator theaters in Baltimore before embarking on a career with the Internal Revenue Service, died last week of dementia. He was 84.

By Carrie Wells

Dec 6, 2015

A preview of the Howard County girls basketball season, featuring an overall look at the county race to go along with team-by-team breakdowns

By Monica D'Ippolito

Dec 4, 2015

C.M. "Mike" Maskell, a retired Navy captain who headed naval engineering projects, died of Parkinson's disease complications Sept. 30 in Riverside, Calif.

By Jacques Kelly

Nov 12, 2015

Vote in the Ravens RISE High School Football Showdown poll

Baltimore City schools can offer a superior education but they need parents and community support

Former BWI engineer Bruce Chilcote dies at 91

By Jacques Kelly

Oct 20, 2015

Richard Jay Griffin, a retired University of Maryland Medical Center finance official, died Sept. 22 of complications of Alzheimer's disease at his home in Carson City, Nev. The former Catonsville resident was 76.

By Jacques Kelly

Oct 17, 2015

In the last several years, Bithenergy has grown from five employees to about 30 and from about $300,000 in annual revenue to $7.28 million.

By Carrie Wells

Oct 16, 2015

July 11 was supposed to be a busy day for Dale Hess, of Eldersburg — not a day that would turn her world upside down. Not the start of a cancer journey.

Wolman was big reason for Lake Montebello and Baltimore's clean drinking water

Dulaney High School is hosting a Back to School Bash robotics competition on Sept. 26.

Edward Kammer, 84, a retired dairy manager for the old Food Fair stores, died of an infection Aug. 24 at his home in Long Neck, Del.

By Jacques Kelly

Sep 6, 2015

It seems when an issue comes to a head in the black community, we derive resolutions based on historical figures and the dialogical self. It seems like you have to choose between Marcus Garvey's black-nationalist and separatist ideals, W.E.B. DuBois' elitist talented tenth and assimilative ideals, and Booker T. Washington's bootstrap reasoning. At some point sociological issues intersect with your blackness. You have to believe in something and you have to do something, even though the

Charlestown couple marks 75 years of marriage

By Heather Norris

Aug 18, 2015

Seventy years ago Friday, President Harry Truman announced that Japan had agreed to surrender, inspiring the first V-J Day and signaling the end of World War II

By Jonathan M. Pitts

Aug 9, 2015

Taneytown Memorial Park was bustling with activity Saturday during the fourth annual Taneytown Art & Music Fest.

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and Western High School are closed Thursday because of a water main break in the area, according to city school officials.

By Jessica Anderson

May 28, 2015

Wilde Lake pitcher Mike Palasists throws a three-hit shutout and offense delivers three runs in the sixth for an opening-round playoff win over River Hill

Towson University students rally in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray after being in police custody in Baltimore.

Consumers are snacking a lot more frequently than they did decades ago, but they've also become more health-conscious

By Lorraine Mirabella

Apr 27, 2015

Baltimore needs to provide summer opportunities for high-achievers, too.

Chelsea Mitchell's introduction to organized sports was anything but traditional. Following in the footsteps of her older brothers, Brandon and Kyle, she played running back for the Columbia Ravens at age 8. As the only girl on her team, Mitchell had a good year, but her football career was not destined to last. "I was one and done," she said. "My mom was like 'There's no way you're playing with the older kids.'"

Havre de Grace's annual city election is heating up as the clock winds down.

North Baltimore is at the epicenter of scholastic chess, with many tournaments at Poly and Roland Park Elementary/Middle School.

For the fourth straight year, the Baltimore Poly girls basketball team has won the regional championship. And for the second straight year, that title has come at the expense of the Atholton Raiders.

Two Howard County girls basketball teams kept their dreams of a state title alive with playoff wins on Saturday.

Baltimore native writes fictionalized take on her grandmother's history

Mt. Hebron got what it has been waiting for all season when it defeated visiting City College in the 3A East regional playoffs Wednesday night, 55-49, avenging a season-ending loss to the Black Knights last winter.

Ellie Feaga, a seventh-grader at Glenwood Middle School, was named Maryland's top middle school volunteer for 2015 by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.

The Glenelg High School "It's Academic" team will appear on Channel 13 WJZ-TV on Saturday, Feb. 14, at 10 a.m.

Centennial girls basketball player Anna Mitchell talks about this season, and her background in sports and singing

Glenelg senior Sarah Girard was intent on getting her team back to the state tournament.

Charm City could use a halftime pep talk and Under Armour's Kevin Plank is just the man to deliver it

Howard senior Gabrielle Rayner, River Hill senior Chris Heydick and Centennial senior Shreya Nalubola win individual regional titles, while River Hill boys and girls, and Oakland Mills boys win team titles.