T. James "Jimmy" Hense Jr., a Baltimore businessman who was an outstanding squash player, died June 15 of a stroke at Union Memorial Hospital. He was 74.
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s office say he has commuted the life sentence of Calvin Ash, a 68-year-old Baltimore man who has spent nearly his entire adult life behind bars despite multiple recommendations from the parole commission for his release.
As state lawmakers contemplate reforming how the University of Maryland Medical System handles contracts with insiders, a Baltimore Sun review of other hospitals' disclosures show the practice is not rare. Only Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation dabbled in politics.
MedStar Health has agreed to pay $35 million to resolve allegations the hospital system paid kickbacks to a cardiology group in Pikesville in exchange for referrals, according to a statement from Robert Hur, the U.S. attorney for Maryland and other federal investigators.
The Rev. Charles M. Franklin Jr., the pastor of Ray of Hope Baptist Church in Northeast Baltimore, died Sunday of an apparent heart attack at Union Memorial Hospital. He was 47.
Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco practiced on a limited basis for the second straight day Friday, and coach John Harbaugh did not rule him out for Sunday’s road game against the Atlanta Falcons.
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.
Nancy M. Holden, a volunteer and homemaker, died Oct. 4 from a non-malignant brain tumor at the edenwald Retirement Community in Towson. The former Guilford resident was 85.
An 11-year-old girl suffered burn injuries after another child lit sparklers too close to her during an Independence Day celebration, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.
MedStar Union Memorial Hospital was denied preliminary accreditation by the Joint Commission because of problems with its inpatient dialysis center that posed safety problems for patients.
James A. Oakey, former president of Good Samaritan Hospital who merged it into the Helix Health System, died June 13 from complications of brain surgery at Gilchrist Hospice in Columbia. The Marriottsvillle resident was 83.
Jordan McNair, 19, was entering his sophomore season on Maryland’s football team this fall. He died Wednesday, two weeks after collapsing during an organized team workout in College Park.
Amtrak joins airports, hospitals, stadiums and other businesses around the country that have improved accommodations for women who say they want to do what is best for the health of their babies, but get discouraged by the lack of support for breastfeeding.
“I truly do feel I was meant to be a nurse,” Carroll Hospital Nurse Kelly Roemer said of her choice of profession. “I have a passion for just caring for other people.”
James D. Dilts, a former Baltimore Sun reporter who wrote widely on railroads, architecture, historical preservation and jazz, died Tuesday from heart failure at Union Memorial Hospital. He was 81.
Anne J. McCloskey, a retired Loyola University athletic coach and administrator who also co-founded a grassroots crime victims’ rights group, died of pancreatic cancer Saturday at her Towson home. She was 87.
To allow the city’s parking inspectors to cover more ground, the Parking Authority of Baltimore City is proposing to ditch the current system of residential permit stickers in favor of a virtual permit system using license plate readers to tell who’s parked in the wrong area.
Baltimore police officer Keith Mcneill was shot eight times by a stranger while off duty, and has withstood countless surgeries and rehab sessions in his goal of returning to the force.
After complaints over the past few years, Johns Hopkins first-year residents will no longer wear the traditional white coats that signify they are still learning about their profession.
A newspaper’s four-word headline told the story: ‘Weather Man Goofs Again.” Baltimore’s 1958 storm taught me a lesson: March storms can be treacherous in Maryland and the mid-Atlantic.
Kathleen P. Ruane, a career Greater Baltimore Medical Center nurse practitioner who was known for her compassion for the sick and elderly, died Saturday from cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care. She was 67.
Dr. John C. "Jack" Colston, a retired Baltimore urologist and Korean War combat surgeon, died in his sleep Feb. 3 at his Brightwood retirement community home in Lutherville. He was 92.
Mary J. Gillern, former director of the Victory Villa Senior Center who was also an artist and writer, died Nov. 21 from heart failure at Integrace Bayleigh Chase assisted living in Easton. The former longtime Dundalk area resident was 93.
Dr. Albert H. "Hank"Dudley III, a retired Baltimore orthopedic surgeon who earlier had been a private school math teacher, died Nov. 19 from heart failure at his Reisterstown home. He was 70.
