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Fred Mirmiran, who founded a civil engineering firm before becoming a medical philanthropist, died Thursday in Baltimore.

By Jacques Kelly

Jun 24, 2019

Joshua Sharfstein, vice dean at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is a key adviser in Baltimore County's effort to combat the opioid crisis,

By Libby Solomon

May 16, 2019

Alan M. Rose, a former English professor who became a Roman Catholic deacon and as a prison chaplain worked to help free wrongly convicted child rapist and murderer Kirk Bloodsworth, died Sunday at Gilchrist Center Towson. He was 88.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Apr 19, 2019

While acting Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young said he will serve as a “placeholder” and does not plan to run for mayor in 2020, the transition of power has not always been so peaceful.

By Colin Campbell

Apr 3, 2019

Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of F. Scott, came to Baltimore for psychiatric treatment at Johns Hopkins and later Sheppard Pratt. As part of her treatment at Hopkins, Zelda spent two hours a day writing. Within six weeks she had written a novel.

By Christina Tkacik

Mar 25, 2019

As the population of Howard County has grown, so have the health care resources available to residents.

Dr. Maurice Van Besien was adolescent division director at Spring Grove Hospital and then established a private practice.

By Jacques Kelly

Feb 1, 2019

Lea Marie Faraone raised money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and advocated and educated thousands through the social media platform Salty Cysters.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Dec 21, 2018

Dr. Mary S. Roberts, a retired Baltimore psychologist who earlier had been ob-gyn, died Nov. 19 from mesothelioma at her home in the Warrington Codominiums in Guilford. She was 86.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 27, 2018

Joseph Francis Flinn, a production manager at trade show exhibition businesses, died of cancer complications Nov. 1 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, R.I. The former Baldwin and Parkville resident was 57.

By Jacques Kelly

Nov 16, 2018

Doctors and nurses will learn the about the latest in diabetes diagnosis and care at Diabetes is Primary, a pilot training program by the American Diabetes Association that's

By Sarah Meehan

Nov 13, 2018

John L. Stafford Sr., who worked in plant operations and had served in Vietnam, died Oct. 5 from cancer at a sister's Sparks home. The Monkton resident was 63.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 18, 2018

Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in Maryland. This gallery seeks to create a greater understanding of the problem.

By Cody Boteler

Sep 24, 2018

David Katz's history of mental health troubles, from stints at Sheppard Pratt, prescribed anti-psychotic medication, fall below a legal threshold that would have prohibited him from buying a gun in Maryland.

By Tim Prudente

Aug 28, 2018

What we know about David Katz, the Baltimore man behind a mass shooting at a Florida game video tournament Sunday.

By Christina Tkacik

Aug 27, 2018

David Katz, who police said fatally shot two others before killing himself at a Madden tournament in Jacksonville, Fla., had been hospitalized for psychiatric treatment and struggled at the University of Maryland.

Just like 911, a national, three-digit suicide prevention number could save lives.

At a June 28 community input meeting, people raised concerns parking, pedestrian access and the design of a proposed development at York Road and Bosley Avenue in Towson.

By Libby Solomon

Jun 28, 2018

The hearing on the Towson Station development, previously known as Towson Gateway, will start at 7 p.m. next Thursday.

By Libby Solomon

Jun 20, 2018

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is producing some of the nation’s best young scientists. The Baltimore Sun went inside the Meyerhoff Scholars Program to learn the secret.

By Catherine Rentz

May 18, 2018

One-hundred years ago this weekend, the U.S. Army formally established in Anne Arundel County a convalescent camp for recovering soldiers wounded in World War I.

By Allan Vought

Apr 14, 2018

We took a look at the county’s legislation and representatives to give a rundown of Howard County’s winners and losers from this year’s General Assembly session.

By Kate Magill

Apr 10, 2018

As the population of Howard County has grown, so have the health-care resources available to residents.

Sheppard Pratt Health System plans to acquire the beds from Good Shepherd, a Baltimore County residential treatment facility for adolescents that was shuttered last year after two state agencies stopped sending children there, officials said Tuesday.

By Meredith Cohn

Feb 6, 2018

Compared to many illnesses, eating disorders are extremely underfunded which reflects not only a misunderstanding about just how many people are impacted but also just how dangerous these illnesses can be.

Thelma O'Neal worked for charities and taught young children

By Jacques Kelly

Dec 21, 2017

As one Baltimore tragedy comes to a close — the death of Freddie Gray — another heats up — the killing of homicide detective Sean Suiter.

By Doug Donovan

Nov 23, 2017

Joseph G. Chamberlin, a former Catholic Relief Services manager, mediator, and Baltimore writer, died Saturday of cancer at Gilchirst Hospice Care in Towson. The Hamilton resident was 71.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 20, 2017

Marian G. Stanton, a co-founder of Sojourner-Douglass College where she was also vice president of academic affairs, died Oct. 28 from renal failure at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She was 76.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 9, 2017

Steuart G. Wilson, 80, an Orioles fan and volunteer, died Oct. 18 at her home

By Jacques Kelly

Oct 23, 2017

Marion Thomas Liebson, a retired psychiatrist who was on the staffs of Springfield and the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt hospitals, died of complications of Alzheimer’s disease and cancer.

By Jacques Kelly

Oct 16, 2017

Towson and Cockeysville crime log

By Margarita Cambest

Oct 9, 2017

A Baltimore psychologist is on what he views as a critical mission to warn voters about President Donald Trump's mental health. Many of his colleagues are uncomfortable with the effort.

By John Fritze

Sep 24, 2017

As Maryland continues to grapple with its battle against opioid abuse, Howard County is taking steps towards opening its first residential detox center, something officials say is desperately needed and overdue.

By Kate Magill

Jul 18, 2017

Researchers and scientists still are trying to figure just how much of an emotional and mental toll social media is having on young people. The evidence is mixed.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Jun 2, 2017

The $135 million BaltimoreLink route overhaul, which Gov. Larry Hogan announced in 2015 after canceling the $2.9 billion Red Line light rail project, is scheduled to go into effect June 18. A month out, the MTA is in marketing mode.

By Colin Campbell

May 21, 2017

Towson residents showed up in force Monday night to voice their opinions on a Royal Farms gas station a local developer has proposed building at the corner of

By Margarita Cambest

May 8, 2017

A community meeting on the controversial plan for a Royal Farms convenient store, gas station and a retail center in Towson will be held Monday evening.

By Margarita Cambest

May 8, 2017

The developer that proposes to build a Royal Farms gas station and convenience store on roughly six acres in north Towson — a plan that has sparked the

By Margarita Cambest

Apr 24, 2017

W. Byron Forbush II, the longest-serving headmaster of Baltimore's Friends School, whose tenure oversaw the social unrest of the 1960s, the school's enrollment double and the budget increase twenty-fold, died Thursday after an illness at his home in Lutherville.

By Tim Prudente

Apr 3, 2017

Feelings of economic desperation among middle-aged white Americans are contributing to a sharp rise in mortality rates, two

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Mar 23, 2017

Excel Academy Principal Tammatha Woodhouse was in her office Friday morning when she heard "this howl down the hall, like this scream from somebody's gut." Out in the hallway, a group of teachers preparing for a professional development day had just learned Markel "Kel" Scott — a 19-year-old senior who had dropped out last year but returned this fall with an inspiring, contagious commitment to graduate in June — had been fatally shot in the head.

By Kevin Rector

Mar 22, 2017

As the population of Howard County has grown, so have the health-care resources available to residents.

Mayor Catherine Pugh said Friday she wants children encountering Baltimore's surge in violence to have access to psychologists in schools to help them process fear and trauma.

By Yvonne Wenger

Feb 24, 2017

Harford County had 11 homicides in 2016, an unusually high number that included the shooting deaths of two sheriff's deputies and their killer, the shooting death of an Abingdon man by police and three murders in Aberdeen.

By David Anderson

Feb 23, 2017

Without the mental health measures of the ACA millions could lose access to care and the nation's opioid epidemic could get even worse.

By Dan Rodricks

Feb 8, 2017

Dr. Bruce Carl Leopold, a retired Sheppard Pratt psychiatrist, died of cancer Dec. 29 at his Ruxton home. He was 72.

By Jacques Kelly

Jan 5, 2017

While it's important to hold Maryland's public and private child-serving agencies accountable when mistakes are made, it's also important to come to the table with solutions to the problem. So, here's a start. These are three things that could be done to begin to make a serious difference for communities, providers and the youth and families we serve.

Drug overdoses killed far more Marylanders and Americans last year than car crashes and homicides – and the problem is getting worse

By Meredith Cohn

Dec 29, 2016

Advice for people stressed by Trump's election, plus book reviews from librarian Paula Gallagher.

By Dan Rodricks

Dec 5, 2016