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A woman who was found dead after an apartment fire Saturday in Reisterstown has been identified as Rose Lea Salzman, 67. Full Story »
A woman who was found dead after an apartment fire Saturday in Reisterstown has been identified as Rose Lea Salzman, 67. Full Story »
A 25-year-old man was fatally shot early Sunday in Baltimore's Charles North neighborhood, one of two weekend homicides reported by police. Full Story »
Selection process exhausts jury pool; Dixon, lawyers pore over hundreds of questionnaires Dixon pleads not guilty to theft charges as trial opens; mayor, lawyers pore over hundreds of questionnaires Full Story »
One inmate was fatally stabbed and another was injured Sunday night at Eastern Correctional Institution in Somerset County, according to authorities. Full Story »
Yesterday, as suggested, I attended one of Mayor Sheila Dixon's public events. It was a tree-planting ceremony at Dewees park, in the north of the city. It did not go well. Full Story »
After months of waiting, Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon is going on trial on theft charges. She arrived in court Monday around 9:20 a.m., plead not guilty and is now seeing the first batch of potential jurors. Full Story »
One of the people who lost her life in the Fort Hood massacre once lived in Maryland. Full Story »
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad. Full Story »
There's a way to save energy when you make dinner. Full Story »
Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say a Maryland man is dead after a weekend shooting at an illegal bar. Full Story »
A surviving shooting victim reflects on the terror, his own trauma and whether he has any doubts about the fate Muhammad is facing. Full Story »
The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad. Lowell Melser has live reports tonight at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. Full Story »
A 37-year-old inmate serving five years on drug charges was stabbed to death Sunday night at Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover. Full Story »
A Baltimore city officer shot and wounded a police K-9 that officials think mistook the officer for a suspect during a foot chase. Full Story »
A cadet from Howard County died over the weekend while training at the Virginia Military Institute Academy. Full Story »
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The holiday travel season is here and people everywhere are searching for a good price on that trip home to see the family. Full Story »
The judge in the trial of Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon says, "picking a jury in this trial is going to be a challenge." Full Story »
Baltimore Police are investigating two shooting incidents Sunday that left two men seriously injured. Full Story »
The H1N1 virus spreads easily in places where large numbers of people gather and that places schools near the top of the list of places where the virus may be. Full Story »
Feature by Erin Sullivan: It's 7:58 a.m. Monday morning at the Baltimore County Department of Social Services office at Drumcastle Center in Towson. The waiting room is quickly filling with people who've come to apply for food stamps, temporary cash assistance, energy assistance, and other public benefits. There's already a... Full Story »
The Mail: Brian Morton's "Poor Health" (Political Animal, Sept. 23) combines excellent sympathies with a mistaken analysis of the forces at work in the current health-care reform debacle. True, as Morton observes, the voice of poor people usually has little impact on our politics. Indeed, I'd go so far as to... Full Story »
Murder Ink by Anna Ditkoff: Murders this Week: 3 Murders this Year: 187 Monday, Oct. 26 10:15 p.m. Joshua McKinny, a 24-year-old African-American man, was pronounced brain dead at an area hospital. McKinny was shot two days earlier. Just after 10 p.m. on Oct. 24, police got several 911 calls about a shooting in the 2000... Full Story »
Councilmania: On the agenda, Oct. 26 Bill 08-0163 Live Entertainment and dancing--zoning--conditional uses. Creates new zoning rules for restaurants and bars wanting to host live bands or performances. The Read: This bill, tabled since July, was not listed on the agenda. Councilman James Kraft (D... Full Story »
Mobtown Beat by Van Smith: Lynae Chapman, a 21-year-old correctional officer for the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC), is obviously pregnant as she stands before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John Prevas on Oct. 27. The father of her unborn child, concedes Chapman's defense attorney Lawrence Rosenberg, is 22-year-... Full Story »
Baltimore children who are rescued from abusive parents--or orphaned by murder, suicide or disease - often wind up in foster care. And that can be either a blessing or a further tragedy. In this installment of our series, "Growing Up Baltimore," WYPR's Karen Hosler has the story of a young woman who survived abuse, neglect and Maryland's foster care system. She's now determined to make life ... Full Story »
When Baltimore City College and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute meet Saturday at M&T Bank Stadium, they'll renew Maryland's oldest football rivalry. But there are alums of both schools who wish the game was being played later in the month. WYPR's Milton Kent has the story. Full Story »
It's the time of the year when many Chesapeake Bay boaters begin pulling their craft from the water and getting them ready for winter. For some, it's a bittersweet experience. But the folks who run the Schooner Sultana turn it into a weekend-long celebration. WYPR was a media partner for this year's event and our Joel McCord paid a visit. Full Story »
Many neighborhoods in Baltimore that were once stable places to grow up have been declining for years. Families struggling to keep their children safe, contend with rows of boarded up houses, trash, and street crime. As part of our series, "Growing Up Baltimore," WYPR's Mary Rose Madden reports that even a chance encounter with a neighborhood dog can be scary. Full Story »
A statue of William Donald Schaefer, Baltimore's "Do It Now" mayor, was unveiled yesterday at the scene of his signature achievement, the Inner Harbor. WYPR's Senior News Analyst Fraser Smith was there and filed this report. Full Story »
The Episcopal Church Women of St. Martin's-in-the-Field, 375 Benfield Road, Severna Park, will sponsor their annual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, December 5, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Candles, wreaths, jewelry, wood crafts, flower arrangements, croqueted items, home goods, etc. The crafts this year are better than ever. Full Story »
The Mall in Columbia will offer extended shopping hours prior to and after the holidays, but will be closed on Thanksgiving (November 24th) and Christmas Day (December 25th). Full Story »
It's hard to believe the dapper, elegantly dressed gentleman owned one pair of shoes and two pairs of pants as a child. But Arnold resident Louie McKinney was the son of a poor, widowed sharecropper who struggled to manage his farm while rearing nine children in Walhalla, S.C. Full Story »
Adam Abruzzo of Stevensville, a sophomore studying health science at Lebanon Valley College, recently chaired a service project for incoming freshmen. Full Story »
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Kenny Chesney has made the very hard work of dominating country music look easy. And Taylor Swift is paying close attention. The 19-year-old sensation has the record sales. Full Story »
Officer shot one of the men after being stabbed by Heather Perlberg An off-duty Baltimore City police officer was attacked by two men and shot one of them after he was stabbed outside a Dundalk nightclub, according to a Baltimore County Police Department press release. County police were called just after 2 a.m. last Thursday in reference to a fight outside Christina's Female Revue in the 4500 ... Full Story »
Gunman then kills himself by Joseph M. Giordano On Friday afternoon, as employees of Keary Advertising on Rolling Mill Road readied for their annual Halloween office party, Dundalk resident Dennis McLaughlin parked his car next to the building and walked through the front door with a pistol. About three minutes later, at 12:33 p.m., McLaughlin, who had just fired five shots into owner Wayne ... Full Story »
Group now has community Web site, newsletter by Bill Gates The Colgate Improvement Association is back up and running after a brief period of dormancy – now moving so fast its feet are barely touching the ground. A full slate of officers, the debut of a community Web site and print newsletter, plans to start a program of block captains ... one of Dundalk’s smallest communities is taking some big ... Full Story »
Larche, Bouthner receive awards at ceremony by Joseph M. Giordano Two officers from the North Point Precinct were lauded in a Baltimore County Police Department awards ceremony last week, according to a news release from the department. At the ceremony, held at Oregon Ridge Park on Oct. 27, Ofc. Justin Larche was awarded a Commendation for Valor and Ofc. Kenneth Bouthner was given an Emergency ... Full Story »
ELLICOTT CITY — “One, two, three, pull!” shouted 8-year-old Devin Shields. Full Story »
With more than 1,000 doses of the swine flu vaccine available, the Carroll County Health Department does not plan to cancel Tuesday’s H1N1 mass vaccination clinic. Full Story »
Sykesville officials and residents will no longer work on the same committee to prioritize major projects the town should undertake. Full Story »
The Department of Veterans Affairs operates several facilities around the state to help serve the medical needs of veterans, but it also offers an opportunity for people to volunteer and develop personal relationships with veterans. Full Story »
The Apartments at the Greens and Gamma Sigma Sigma of McDaniel College are hosting an annual food drive running through Nov. 16. Full Story »
A bee hovers over a flower in Utsunomiya, Japan. AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno
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