Baltimore News
Baltimore offering free sandbags to residents
Baltimore is providing free sand and sandbags for businesses and residents in flood-prone areas.
Baltimore mayor says storm has Isabel potential
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is urging residents to prepare for severe weather that she says has the potential to have an Isabel-type storm surge.
Sailor killed in Baltimore shooting identified
Police in Baltimore are identifying a 24-year-old Navy sailor who died in a shooting earlier this week.
Crash on US 1 near Elkridge kills 3 people
Police in Howard County say three men are dead in a collision on U.S. 1 near Elkridge.
Md. man convicted of killing teen in 2010 shooting
A Lansdowne man has been convicted of killing a teenager in a shooting two years ago.
Davey and Buck voted Managers of Year
The Sporting News has named the Nationals' Davey Johnson and the Orioles' Buck Showalter the National League and American League Managers Of the Year, respectively.
Northrop Grumman to cut 350 jobs in Baltimore area
Defense giant Northrop Grumman says it will cut up to 350 jobs from its electric systems sector with most of the reductions likely in the Baltimore area.
Event highlights Baltimore harbor restoration
Some Baltimore school children are joining federal and state officials in celebrating the transformation of a polluted south Baltimore waterfront into an environmental preserve.
Baltimore's Harborplace sold to NY firm
Harborplace, Baltimore's signature tourism attraction for more than 30 years, has been sold to a New York-based firm.
Former Baltimore DJ gets jail for driving drunk
A former Baltimore radio personality is going to jail for driving drunk in a crash that sent five people to the hospital
Baltimore Co. pension system discriminated against older workers
A federal judge has ruled that Baltimore County's pension system discriminated against beneficiaries because older workers were required to pay more toward their retirement than younger workers.
Md. residents can now visit National Aquarium for less
Maryland residents can now visit the National Aquarium in Baltimore for less in the morning.
Police identify man killed in crash during chase
Baltimore police have identified the driver killed in a crash when officers followed the vehicle.
$2 million prize offered for blindness research
Singer Art Garfunkel and two others are offering a $2 million prize to the person or group that does the most to end blindness over the next eight years.
Baltimore re-evaluating "special police" program
The Baltimore police department is re-evaluating a program that empowers certain security guards to act as police officers and make arrests.
Bridge problem closes Baltimore-Washington parkway
Officials say the Baltimore-Washington Parkway's northbound lanes will remain closed near the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport after a problem developed with a bridge-replacement project.
Car plows into empty child care center in Woodlawn
Baltimore County police say a car has crashed into a child care center in Woodlawn, but no one was in the building when the vehicle came barreling inside the facility.
Baltimore Symphony faces deficit of $750K or more
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is grappling with a deficit of at least $750,000 in the last fiscal year after four years of balanced budgets.
MTA records bus conversations, raising alarms
The Maryland Transit Administration says it has begun recording conversations between bus drivers and passengers as a security measure that critics are calling a privacy invasion.
Baltimore's 'Sailabration' generated $166M for economy
Organizers of a weeklong commemoration of the War of 1812 in Baltimore's harbor say it drew more than 1.5 million visitors and generated $166 million in economic impact.



