LATEST NEWS

A man accused of killing his roommate over money faced a judge Monday in Baltimore City District Court. The state called Markis Russell, 24, a danger to the public, and the judge agreed, calling the totality of the circumstances "disturbing" and ordering him held without bail. The state said Army...

Starting March 29, the University of Maryland Medical System will no longer require visitors and employees to wear a face mask in their medical facilities. Speaking with WBAL NewsRadio, UMMS President and CEO Dr. Mohan Suntha said the medical system was encouraged by increased vaccinations and other positive trends to return to what he called “level green,” including the lifting of their mask mandate.

An Amber Alert was issued in Maryland for Ariana Lockett, a 7-year-old girl last seen in Pikesville, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. According to Baltimore County police, Ariana is Black, 3 feet 3 inches tall, weighs 45 pounds and has black braided hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a pink coat and purple leggings. Police said a photo is pending.

BALTIMORE - A car connected to an attempted armed robbery at a Westminster ATM crashed Friday, killing a 74-year-old woman in the passenger's seat, police told WJZ.Police said a license plate reader spotted the car Saturday in North Baltimore, spurring a police pursuit."It's wanted for armed commercial robbery out of Carroll County," dispatch audio revealed. Officers said the police pursuit started just before midnight into Saturday, lasting for about four minutes through more than four miles of Baltimore streets.Once the pursuit neared Johns Hopkins University, a commander is heard multiple times calling off the chase."Copy that, you got it by...

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – U.S. Army reservist Jeffrey Brooks was reported missing on Thursday. Brooks was reported missing by his family after failing to attend work on Thursday. The family said they had been told about his argument with his roommate Markis Russell, 24, before his disappearance. His family said he wasn’t answering his phone and that his car was also missing. When confronted by police, Russell provided a full confession and showed them where he had left his body. Russell was arrested. He admitted to shooting Brooks and leaving his body inside his car behind a Harford Road church. The The post Soldier found dead in back of car after argument with roommate appeared first on Shore News Network.

A popular discount retail store chain recently announced that they would be opening another new store location in Maryland later this month. Read on to learn more. On Friday, March 31, 2023, the national discount retail chain Burlington will be celebrating the grand opening of its newest Maryland store location in Baltimore, according to the company's website.

An elderly woman was killed in a crash after police attempted to stop a vehicle connected to a string of Westminster robberies, police say. Shortly before midnight, Saturday, March 25, police were alerted that a License Plate Reader had spotted a wanted vehicle near the 1000 block of West North Avenue, according to Baltimore Police Department officials.

Baltimore County police are investigating after shots were fired at a busy Towson intersection Sunday afternoon.

CFG Bank Arena announced its food and beverage partners as part of the guest experience at the newly remodeled arena. The offerings include Shaquille O'Neal's Big Chicken Shaq. The former NBA superstar will open his first Maryland location at the arena with a menu that includes chicken sandwiches, fries, mac and cheese and milkshakes.

The sanctuary at St. Mark Catholic Church was nearly full for 11 a.m. Mass. A white-robed priest gave a sermon on the recent Sunday morning about a Samaritan woman who met Jesus at a well. Parishioners lined up to receive Communion. And as congregants flooded to their cars afterward, a few paused to share thoughts on an issue that could soon engulf the historic parish in Catonsville. Sometime ...

Crabs aren’t people. Or are they? In a 30-second video released Monday by the animal rights organization PETA, the nonprofit’s president, Ingrid Newkirk, calls the crustaceans “clever little people” — and urges actual people to think twice about eating them. “Humans have always mocked those they find a little different. Crabs may look different from us, they may be small, but that’s no reason ...

TOWSON, MD—Director of Economic and Workforce Development Leonard J. Howie III on Monday announced he will depart Baltimore County Government to join the Office of Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, effective April 7, 2023. Howie, who has served as Baltimore County’s director since September 2020, led Baltimore County’s...

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – A man was shot last night in Central Baltimore. The incident happened at the 2400 Block of Homewood Avenue. Just after 10 pm, officers from the Baltimore Police Department arrived at a hospital at the Unit Block of South Green Street to investigate a report of a walk-in shooting victim. At the hospital, police found a 30-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to his ankle. The victim told police he was at the 2400 Block of Homewood Avenue when a suspect approached him and started shooting at him. As he ran away, the victim realized he The post 30-Year-Old Shot In Ankle In Baltimore appeared first on Shore News Network.

On March 24, 2023, at approximately 9:10 a.m., Baltimore City School Police officers arrested a 15-year-old male on the 1400 block of Orleans Street. Investigators believe that the 15-year-old male shot a 21-year-old male and a 19-year-old male, on March 2, on the 500 block of Dolphin Street. The suspect...

Charging documents reveal details leading up to the murder of Jeffrey Brooks Jr. Brooks' body was discovered in the 6800 block of Harford Road on March 24.

BALTIMORE - The boxing community in Baltimore continues to mourn the death of professional boxer Ernest Hall who was killed in a mass shooting in West Baltimore last week.His former coach, Jake Smith, owner of Baltimore Boxing and Fitness, put together a boxing match in Westminster on Sunday in Hall's memory."I had to do something," Smith said. "I loved the kid so I had to do something."Hall, a 33-year-old junior featherweight boxer, was one of six people shot in the 2800 block of Edmondson Avenue in West Baltimore last Thursday.A 15-year-old boy, a 24-year-old man, a 21-year-old man, an 18-year-old man...

Police have confirmed a tragic end to a search for a missing Baltimore man after human remains were found in the back of a vehicle. The body of Jeffrey Brooks, Jr., 22, was found on the night of Friday, March 24 after his roommate, Markis Russell, confessed to killing him after an argument, Baltimore police say.

In November, Maryland became the 20th state to legalize adult-use recreational cannabis. Maryland follows states such as Colorado and Washington, which each legalized in 2012. Medical cannabis became available in Maryland in 2017. “The world of legalized cannabis, it changes daily, and comparing it to what it was in 2014 or 2012, it’s a different world,” said Justin Tepe, a lawyer at Baltimore ...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) -- Updated 8 a.m. March 27 — Five plants will align with the moon Monday evening. You can see Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, and Mars line up with the moon. The best time to see this rare event is the evening shortly after sunset at 7:30 p.m....

BALTIMORE - Baltimore City Council members are trying to stop hundreds of thousands of gallons of contaminated wastewater from coming to the city's water treatment facilities.The wastewater is coming from East Palestine, Ohio where a train carrying toxic material derailed earlier this year.City council member Zeke Cohen on Monday will be proposing a resolution to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to reverse the decision to bring the water.City Council is discussing Cohen's resolution at Monday's meeting.Cohen is worried Baltimore City's facilities can't handle this much contaminated water.Last Friday, Baltimore City leaders learned Norfolk Southern, the company at the center of...