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The city of Baltimore and 10 hospitals are partnering to provide housing and services for 200 homeless people and families.

By Meredith Cohn

Jul 2, 2019

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jul 2, 2019

An arts collective is one of two retailers winning a neighborhood competition for a spot in a renovated gas station in Remington.

By Jacques Kelly

Jul 1, 2019

Joanna M. Ganson, a homemaker and music lover, died June 18 from cirrhosis of the liver at Union Hospital of Cecil County. She was 57.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jun 27, 2019

Laquan Jones-Hillman, was charged with first and second-degree murder. Police said Jones-Hillman is waiting to see a court commissioner.

Alex Woodall just didn’t show up but again showed why he is the best at his position in the college game by winning 22 of 31 face-offs.

By Mike Preston

May 16, 2019

No Colts player epitomized the Colts — or the city of Baltimore — better than Gino Marchetti, the Hall of Fame defensive end who has died at age 93.

By Mike Klingaman

Apr 30, 2019

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.

By Luke Broadwater

Apr 24, 2019

The $5 billion health system praises doctor who federal authorities say carried out unnecessary stent procedures

By Dan Rodricks

Mar 25, 2019

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. 

By Meredith Cohn

Mar 21, 2019

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.

By Jacques Kelly

Feb 11, 2019

Patricia Knott Smyth had a major role in creation of the Helix Health System and the subsequent creation of MedStar.

By Jacques Kelly

Jan 23, 2019

Mrs. Harvey drove an ambulance for Union Memorial Hospital during the Second World War.

By Jacques Kelly

Dec 31, 2018

W. James Price IV was a decorated World War II veteran who later became an investment banker.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Dec 22, 2018

Baltimore leaders ranked the city’s 11 hospitals this week for best practices in responding to the opioid crisis.

By Sarah Meehan

Dec 21, 2018

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.

Maryland hospitals were safer for patients this fall than they were six months ago, according to the latest assessment from the Leapfrog Group.

By Sarah Meehan

Nov 8, 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

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 10, 2018

Stephen Thomas Longley, a long-time commercial photographer in Baltimore, has died.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Sep 30, 2018

Banker headed the old Central Saving Bank and worked to modernize the 1854 institution once located on Charles Street

By Jacques Kelly

Sep 14, 2018

Johns Hopkins Hospital ranked third in the latest rankings of American hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Aug 14, 2018

“I couldn’t have asked for anybody better to share my life with,” said John “Boog” Powell, her husband of more than 50 years.

By Christina Tkacik

Aug 13, 2018

Three years after his original performance, Dr. Lew Schon was invited to join the band on stage for a second time in Boston.

By Anna Muckerman

Jul 27, 2018

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.

By Talia Richman

Jul 5, 2018

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jun 20, 2018

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.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Jun 1, 2018

“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.”

Social worker went to to become a waitress and bartender and also did upholstery jobs

By Jacques Kelly

May 17, 2018

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

May 11, 2018

A commercial block in Charles Village has been home to physicians' offices and a liquor store

By Jacques Kelly

May 5, 2018

A new hospital safety report by Leapfrog found that the overall performance of Maryland hospitals has improved.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Apr 24, 2018

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.

By Jacques Kelly

Apr 10, 2018

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.

By Colin Campbell

Apr 9, 2018

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.

By Meredith Cohn

Apr 5, 2018

This is an ask the expert about graves disease

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Apr 5, 2018

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.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Apr 2, 2018

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.

By Jacques Kelly

Mar 24, 2018

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Mar 1, 2018

Alex, Brown broker played sports

By Jacques Kelly

Feb 26, 2018

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Feb 9, 2018

Ed Goodpaster, a retired editor for The Sun, once left Washington D.C. to operate a small town Wisconsin newspaper.

By Jacques Kelly

Jan 11, 2018

From agriculture and manufacturing to military contracting and natural gas production, Maryland's economy is diverse.

Penny Watts, who once rode a horse over the Bay Bridge, had a wide circle of friends

By Jacques Kelly

Dec 30, 2017

A fire at a Red Cross facility temporarily reduced blood supplies at Baltimore area hospitals this week but inventories were back to normal by Friday.

By Jean Marbella

Dec 29, 2017

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Dec 19, 2017

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Dec 12, 2017