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On Tuesday, a wildfire ignited in a wildland area of the Loch Raven Reservoir in Baltimore County, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. Fire crews responded to the scene, where several hundred yards of wildland had caught fire. To assist in combating the blaze, the Baltimore County Police Aviation unit and the Maryland Air […]

More questions are surfacing about Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby’s campaign finance practices after his latest amended report showed an over-the-limit donation. In an April 18, 2024 amended filing, Mosby corrected previous errors that had listed the Arizona company Paragon Solutions as dozens of donors. However, the new filing reports a $9,281.04 contribution from […]

Baltimore County leaders faced scrutiny Tuesday following a string of shootings over the past few days, including one that proved fatal. On Sunday, a woman was shot multiple times and killed on Whitelaw Place in Parkville. The next day, separate shootings left one man dead on Meriam Court near Reisterstown Road and another injured on […]

Officials in Baltimore plan to open a 35-foot (12 meter) deep channel for commercial ships on Thursday, marking significant progress in reopening the city’s major port after last month’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. This new channel will be substantially deeper than the three temporary channels previously established. It allows five of the […]

A disturbing new wave of antisemitism has made its way to the University of Maryland campus in College Park. Encampments have also sprung up at other major universities like Columbia, NYU, and the University of Michigan in the recent week. The encampments consist of tarps, and other camping equipment set up by individuals espousing virulently […]

According to a report released by the Baltimore County Office of the Inspector General (OIG), a Bureau of Highways employee committed time and attendance fraud. The investigation was initiated after an anonymous tip was received. The OIG report states that the employee, whose duties included maintaining time and attendance records for employees at one of […]

The president of Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre, Ron Legler, is voicing concerns over whether Mayor Brandon Scott fully supports the theatre, despite the venue attracting nearly 300,000 visitors to the city last season. The questions arise after Mayor Scott made racially charged comments last week while awarding $3.5 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to 24 […]

The city of Baltimore filed a lawsuit on Monday against the owner and manager of the cargo ship Dali, holding them fully responsible for the catastrophic bridge collapse that claimed numerous lives. This legal action comes after the companies had previously petitioned to cap their liability in the disaster. The allegations leveled by the city […]

The U.S. Department of Education has opened a federal investigation into alleged anti-Semitism at Johns Hopkins University, putting the spotlight on two open letters issued during the recent Israel-Hamas conflict that called for a ceasefire. The probe which started in February, centers on statements made by university faculty and a graduate student union in the […]

A crucial piece of equipment has arrived at the scene of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, promising to accelerate the salvage operations and recovery of the estimated 50,000 tons of wreckage. After completing a week-long barge journey from Galveston, Texas, a massive 200-ton hydraulic salvage grab docked at Sparrows Point this weekend, ready to […]