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Gov. Larry Hogan is set to meet Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young and Police Commissioner Michael Harrison today to discuss crime in Baltimore. “Baltimore as a city has challenges with violence,” Baltimore City Councilman Zeke Cohen said. “Any time we see acts of violence within our communities, it really shakes people up.” This is a […]

A Baltimore City Public Works employee who, according to a new report, made 17 tweets “that could be viewed by a reasonable person as intentionally racist, anti-Semitic, or derogatory” no longer works for the city. The tweets may have been made while the former employee was on city time, the inspector general’s office said in […]

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The chairman of Merriweather Post Pavilion and owner of the 9:30 Club and The Anthem has been arrested for attempting to pay a massage therapist for sex. According to Montgomery County Police, 60-year-old Seth Hurwitz called a massage business around 12:30 on August 15 and spoke to the victim, making a massage appointment for 3 […]

Baltimore Police Department Sergeant Isaac Carrington is back home after getting shot earlier this month. More than 100 members of the city’s police and fire departments saluted Carrington outside the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center’s ambulance bay entrance Wednesday as he was loaded into an ambulance and taken away. “We’re glad that this day […]

A Columbia mom facing murder charges in the death of her newborn baby, has been release on bond. Moira Akers’ bail was set at $150,000 and she posted in Tuesday. The 38-year-old is facing first-degree murder charges after she place her newborn boy in a zipped plastic bag after her home birth back in November […]

Ray Lewis is putting down his cleats in exchange for his dancing shoes. The former Ravens linebacker will compete on Dancing with the Stars. Good Morning America co-host Michael Strahan said “I know you’re going to bring some swagger to the ballroom man,” referring to the Super Bowl Champ’s chicken dances on the field. Lewis […]

Baltimore Mayor Jack Young is disputing numbers that Baltimore continues to lose its population saying current numbers don’t reflect current trends. The city’s population last year was just over 600,000. There were 7,300 fewer residents than the year before. See Also: Mayor Jack Young Tours East Baltimore “But we have people who are moving to the city […]

UPDATE 8/21/19 11:50 AM EST: Dawnta Harris has been sentenced to life in prison for killing Officer Amy Caprio. Source: CBS Baltimore ORIGINAL: Dawnta Harris, 17, who was convicted of murdering a Baltimore County police officer, is expected to be sentenced Wednesday in Baltimore County Circuit Court in Towson. In May 2018 officer Amy Caprio responded […]

The Baltimore City Council voted 15-0 to pass the new legislation proposed by City Councilman Ryan Dorsey for stricter ethics regulations for those who hold office following the former Mayor Catherine Pugh book-dealing scandal. Former Mayor Pugh negotiated the sale of a half-million dollars worth of books to the University of Maryland Medical System, while […]

After a meeting Monday with the operator of controversial surveillance flights over Baltimore, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison has decided not to bring them back. “The Commissioner learned a lot today about the surveillance plane program and still has no plans to bring it back,” police spokesman Matt Jablow said. The freeze frame of video is […]