Baltimore news

• You Can Help Name Baltimore’s Newest Trash Wheel - CBS Baltimore

  18-02-2020 23:56 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  You Can Help Name Baltimore’s Newest Trash Wheel  CBS Baltimore
  
  Read more

• You Can Help Name Baltimore’s Newest Trash Wheel

  18-02-2020 23:56
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Trash Wheel Family has become a staple in Baltimore waterways, with Mr. Trash Wheel and his two companions, Professor Trash Wheel and Captain Trash Wheel, removing more than 1,300 tons of trash and debris from the Harbor.
  “Including over 1 million foam containers and over 11 million cigarette butts,” said Adam Lindquist, Director of Healthy Harbor Initiative at Waterfront Partnership.
  Those numbers only tell a part of the story as that relatively simple de
  
  Read more

• HELP FIND | Suspect in midday fatal shooting in West Baltimore - Fox Baltimore

  18-02-2020 23:54 via foxbaltimore.com
  HELP FIND | Suspect in midday fatal shooting in West Baltimore  Fox Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Maryland Students With Severe Illnesses Must Go Off Campus To Take Medical Marijuana, A New Bill Could Change That

  18-02-2020 23:49
  
  ANNAPOLIS (WJZ) — A new bill in Maryland is being backed by a teenager who said if it weren’t for medical marijuana, he wouldn’t be able to have a life outside of a hospital.
  Now, he needs his school to get on board too. Right now, kids with severe illnesses who rely on medical cannabis have to leave school property to use the drugs, but two Senate bills would allow them to stay in school and instead take it in a nurse’s office.
  Formally known as Senate Bills 604 and 605,
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Bail Hearing Delayed For Woman Accused Of Throwing Molotov Cocktail Into Glen Burnie Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall

  18-02-2020 23:19
  
  GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WJZ) — A bail hearing was delayed for an Anne Arundel County woman who allegedly threw a molotov cocktail into the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Glen Burnie.
  Heather Meisel, 43, was charged with first and second-degree attempted murder, attempted arson, malicious burning, manufacturing/possessing a destructive device, defacing a religious property and destruction of property.
  Officials responded to the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Glen
  
  Read more

• Stephen Joseph Ponzillo III, retired Baltimore County schools principal active in the Masonic Order, dies - Baltimore Sun

  18-02-2020 23:06 via baltimoresun.com
  Stephen Joseph Ponzillo III, retired Baltimore County schools principal active in the Masonic Order, dies  Baltimore Sun
  
  Read more

• Furnace Fire Extinguished In Parkville Apartment Building

  18-02-2020 23:03
  
  PARKVILLE, MD. (WJZ) — Fire crews have extinguished a furnace fire that filled an apartment building in Parkville with smoke.
  The fire broke out in the 8400 block of Kings Ridge Road, Baltimore County Fire said. It is now under control.#bcofdWORKING APARTMENT FIRE 8400 blk Kings Ridge Rd #parkville// FD on location with fire in basement floor apartment//crews making rescues from balconies//no injuries reported at this time. DT1641^TF
  — Baltimore County Fire Department (@BaltCoFire) F
  
  Read more

• 'Part of me longs for the past': For Baltimore, sale of Legg Mason opens old wounds - Baltimore Business Journal

  18-02-2020 22:52 via bizjournals.com
  'Part of me longs for the past': For Baltimore, sale of Legg Mason opens old wounds  Baltimore Business Journal
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Baltimore County officer shot last week leaves hospital while police still won’t explain apparent friendly fir - Baltimore Sun

  18-02-2020 22:47 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore County officer shot last week leaves hospital while police still won’t explain apparent friendly fir  Baltimore Sun
  
  Read more

• Syrian Refugee Khaled Heeba Fled The War Only To Be Shot, Killed While On Pizza Delivery Route In Baltimore

  18-02-2020 22:33
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A refugee who fled war in Syria is among the latest Baltimore homicide victims.
  Khaled Heeba’s family said he was killed just before Friday prayer, while he was delivering pizza in west Baltimore.
  “If you know him, you had to love him, because that’s the type of good person he was,” said Kimberly Mcmanaway, who worked with Khaled.
  His co-workers at Vizzini’s Pizza said he was beyond a delivery driver.
  “He was our friend and family. You
  
  Read more

• Syrian Refugee Khaled Heeba Fled Civil War Only To Be Shot, Killed While On Pizza Delivery Route In Baltimore

  18-02-2020 22:33
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A refugee who fled war in Syria is among the latest Baltimore homicide victims.
  Khaled Heeba’s family said he was killed just before Friday prayer, while he was delivering pizza in west Baltimore.
  “If you know him, you had to love him, because that’s the type of good person he was.” said Kimberly Mcmanaway, who worked with Khaled.
  His co-workers at Vizzini’s Pizza said he was beyond a delivery driver.
  “He was our friend and family. You
  
  Read more

• Slumping Chris Davis Considered Retirement Over The Offseason

  18-02-2020 22:28
  
  SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Chris Davis was so despondent last September about his prolonged woes, the slumping slugger considered drastic action. He thought about walking away from the Baltimore Orioles, the game of baseball and a rich contract.
  A two-time major league home run champion with a $161 million, seven-year deal, Davis has struggled mightily the last two seasons.
  In 2018, he hit just .168 — the lowest among all qualified major league batters — with 16 home runs and 49 RBI
  
  Read more

• Dogs Rescued From South Korean Meat Trade Up For Adoption

  18-02-2020 22:11
  
  HAGERSTOWN, Md. (WJZ) — The Humane Society of Washington County say fourteen dogs rescued from the South Korean dog meat trade are now available for adoption.
  The Humane Society International rescued the dogs from the Gupo dog meat market. Three of the dogs are available for adoption Tuesday.
  Humane Society of Washington County
  Humane Society of Washington County
  “I am thrilled with the direction the shelter has taken in the last several years. Because the dogs that come in locally f
  
  Read more

• Capitals Acquire Defenseman Brenden Dillon From San Jose Sharks

  18-02-2020 22:01
  
  WASHINGTON (WJZ) — The Washington Capitals acquired defenseman Brenden Dillon from the San Jose Sharks for a 2020 second round pick, and a conditional 2021 third round pick, the team announced.
  The Sharks also agreed to retain 50 percent of Dillon’s salary and cap hit.
  Dillon, 29, recorded 14 points in 59 games with the Sharks, nearly on pace for his third consecutive season with at least 20 points.
  Dillon’s 2:02 minutes per game on the penalty kill ranked third among San
  
  Read more

• Officials Break Ground On $40M Renovation Of Baltimore’s Lexington Market - CBS Baltimore

  18-02-2020 22:00 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Officials Break Ground On $40M Renovation Of Baltimore’s Lexington Market  CBS Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Police Believe Speed, Drugs, Alcohol Factors In Glen Burnie Crash That Left 4 People Seriously Injured

  18-02-2020 21:48
  
  GLEN BURNIE, MD. (WJZ) — Four people are in the hospital after a Volkswagen Beetle caused a slew of cars to crash into each other in Glen Burnie late Sunday night.
  An officer tried to pull over a Volkswagen Beetle on Hiddle Brook Drive on Sunday at around 11:53 p.m., but the Volkswagen refused to stop and kept driving down Old Stage Road.
  The officer didn’t try to pursue the car and later found it crashed on Old Stage Road near Baylor Road.
  The Volkswagen had been driving north on Ol
  
  Read more

• Mediterranean Diet Scores Another Win For Longevity By Improving Microbiome

  18-02-2020 20:55
  
  (CNN) — Yet more bragging rights are in for the Mediterranean diet, long considered to be one of the healthiest in the world.
  A new study published Monday in the BMJ journal Gut found that eating the Mediterranean diet for just one year altered the microbiome of elderly people in ways that improved brain function and would aid in longevity.
  The study found the diet can inhibit production of inflammatory chemicals that can lead to loss of cognitive function, and prevent the development of c
  
  Read more

• ‘He Is Without Morality And Empathy’: Michael Emerson On Leland Townsend & CBS’s ‘EVIL’

  18-02-2020 20:49
  
  (CBS Local)– “EVIL” just finished up its first season on CBS and Michael Emerson loves being on a show that’s scary.
  The actor has made a name for himself by playing villains on shows like “Lost” & “Person Of Interest” and the CBS drama with Katja Herbers and Aasif Mandvi allows him to go darker and deeper.
  “You don’t think of CBS when you think of horror” said Emerson in an interview with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith. &
  
  Read more

• 3 Men Linked To White Supremacist Group ‘The Base’ Plead Not Guilty In Maryland

  18-02-2020 20:33
  
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Three men accused of being members of a violent white supremacist group called The Base pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges in a federal indictment in Maryland.
  Former Canadian Armed Forces reservist Patrik Mathews, 27; and Brian Mark Lemley Jr., 33, of Elkton, Maryland; entered their pleas during separate arraignments on charges including transporting a firearm and ammunition with the intent to commit a felony.
  William Garfield Bilbrough IV, a 19-year-old pizza del
  
  Read more

• Officials Break Ground On $40M Renovation Of Baltimore’s Lexington Market

  18-02-2020 20:23
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Lexington Market is known as the longest continuously operating public market in the United States, founded in 1782. And now, it’s getting an upgrade.
  “I’m just very, very excited to see that we’re going to have a new market.” said former Lexington Market business owner Cookie Carroll.
  A staple that sits right in the heart of Baltimore City and home to Faidley Seafood’s award winning lump crab cakes.
  “It’s been our life, it&
  
  Read more

• Where to Use Your Student Discount in Baltimore - Baltimore magazine

  18-02-2020 20:18 via baltimoremagazine.com
  
  Where to Use Your Student Discount in Baltimore  Baltimore magazine
  
  Read more

• Gov. Hogan Says Baltimore Leaders, Lawmakers Aren't Prioritizing Violent Crime - WBAL Radio

  18-02-2020 20:09 via wbal.com
  Gov. Hogan Says Baltimore Leaders, Lawmakers Aren't Prioritizing Violent Crime  WBAL Radio
  
  Read more

• Lottery Is Open For White House Easter Egg Roll

  18-02-2020 19:58
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJZ) — The lottery is open for the White House Easter Egg Roll.
  The lottery will run through Monday, Feb. 24 at 10 a.m.
  Families can enter for a chance to visit the South Lawn of the White House and enjoy a spring celebration with games, live entertainment and the traditional egg roll.
  Photo Credit: Tia Dufour
  It is designed for children 13 years and younger. Families must have at least one child per entry and two adults can attend with the children. It’s up to six
  
  Read more

• 15-Year-Old Arrested For Allegedly Stealing Car Outside Daycare In Hanover

  18-02-2020 19:48
  
  HANOVER, Md. (WJZ) — A 15-year-old is in custody after allegedly stealing a car that was left running in Hanover, police said.
  A parent said they were picking up their child at daycare and left their 2016 Buick Encore running and unlocked. Someone then got into the car and drove away, police said.
  A witness followed the car and told police where the suspect was going. An officer found the car on Dorsey Run Road and found a 15-year-old was driving it. The 15-year-old was then arrested.
  Poli
  
  Read more

• Baltimore officials have broken ground on the new Lexington Market. Here’s what you need to know. - Baltimore Sun

  18-02-2020 19:45 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore officials have broken ground on the new Lexington Market. Here’s what you need to know.  Baltimore Sun
  
  Read more

• Former Orioles Outfielder Nick Markakis On Astros Scandal: ‘Every Guy Over There Needs A Beating’

  18-02-2020 19:17
  
  NORTH PORT, Fla. (WJZ) — Former Baltimore Orioles and current Atlanta Braves outfielder Nick Markakis added his voice to the chorus of current players expressing their disgust at the sign-stealing operation conducted by the Houston Astros.
  The 36-year-old, who is entering his 15th season in the majors, spoke to reporters at the Braves’ spring training complex in North Port, Florida earlier today. Asked what his reaction was to both the commissioner’s report and the response fro
  
  Read more

• Police Searching For Royal Farms Robbery Suspect In Pasadena

  18-02-2020 19:09
  
  PASADENA, Md. (WJZ) — Police are searching for a suspect in a robbery at a Royal Farms in Pasadena in the early morning hours of February 15.
  An unknown male went up to the counter at the location at 8551 Fort Smallwood Road at around 3:50 a.m., implied to the clerk he had a weapon and demanded cash from the register.
  The clerk complied and the suspect fled. Officers weren’t able to find the suspect anywhere in the area.
  No one was injured.
  The suspect is described as a 6’0&Pri
  
  Read more

• Bill To End Hairstyle Discrimination Being Discussed In Maryland

  18-02-2020 19:00
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — A movement to end discrimination based upon a person’s natural hairstyle is underway in Annapolis.
  It’s a longstanding issue that has already been outlawed in some states, and recently, in Montgomery County.
  The question raised is: Why isn’t it appropriate for African American’s to wear their hair just the way it grows?
  Hair Love, an Oscar-winning film, told the story of how a dad learned to do his daughter’s hair. Former NFL star M
  
  Read more

• 20-Year-Old Woman Alexis Greco Dies In Edgewater Crash With Tractor-Trailer, Police Say

  18-02-2020 18:50
  
  EDGEWATER, MD. (WJZ) — A Hanover woman is dead after she failed to stop at a red light and struck a tractor-trailer in Edgewater late Monday night, police say.
  A Maines Paper and Food Service International tractor-trailer was driving east on Central Avenue East at Solomons Island Road when it entered the intersection as the woman- driving a 2014 Ford Fiesta- failed to stop at a red light and hit the tractor-trailer.
  The woman, 20-year-old Alexis Mary-Grace Greco, was pronounced dead at the
  
  Read more

• Governor Hogan Appoints New Superintendent of Maryland State Police

  18-02-2020 18:38
  
  ANNAPOLIS, MD (WJZ) — Governor Larry Hogan announced Tuesday that Maryland Transportation Authority Police Chief Jerry Jones will be his appointee for Superintendent of the Maryland State Police.
  Col. Jones will take over the position from Colonel Wiliam Pallozzi, who is retiring after more than 30 years of service with the Maryland State Police.Colonel Jones began his law enforcement career in the Maryland State Police and spent 27 years serving there before taking over at the MDTA.
  
  Read more

• Franklin Resources Buying Legg Mason For $4.5 Billion

  18-02-2020 18:33
  
  SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) — Franklin Resources is buying rival investment manager Legg Mason for $4.5 billion, the latest shakeup in an industry grappling with customers who continue to clamor for lower fees.
  Franklin Resources Inc., which operates as Franklin Templeton, said Tuesday that it will pay $50 in cash for each Legg Mason Inc. share, which is 23% higher than they were trading before the holiday weekend. It will also assume about $2 billion in outstanding debt.
  The deal will create a
  
  Read more

• Baltimore County Officer First Class Swinney Shot In The Line Of Duty Released From Shock Trauma

  18-02-2020 18:19
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore County police officer shot in the line of duty last week was released from Shock Trauma Tuesday afternoon.
  Officer First Class Swinney was shot in the stomach while trying to execute a felony arrest warrant in northeast Baltimore on Feb. 12.
   
   
   
  
  Read more

• 68-Year-Old Man Seriously Injured After Struck By Car In Annapolis

  18-02-2020 18:18
  
  ANNAPOLIS (WJZ) — A 68-year-old man is recovering after being struck by a car in Annapolis on Monday.
  Firefighters responded to multiple 911 calls about a man who had been struck in the 2500 block of Housley Road at around 5:15 p.m.
  He was medevaced to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center with serious, but not believed to be life-threatening injuries.
   
  
  Read more

• 68-Year-Old Man Serious Injured After Struck By Car In Annapolis

  18-02-2020 18:18
  
  ANNAPOLIS (WJZ) — A 68-year-old man is recovering after being struck by a car in Annapolis on Monday.
  Firefighters responded to multiple 911 calls about a man who had been struck in the 2500 block of Housley Road at around 5:15 p.m.
  He was medevaced to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center with serious, but not believed to be life-threatening injuries.
   
  
  Read more

• 16-Year-Old In Great Frederick Fair Assault Case Will Be Tried As Juvenile, Judge Says

  18-02-2020 18:07
  
  FREDERICK, MD. (WJZ) — The 16-year-old accused to be involved in an attack that left a man dead at the Great Frederick Fair in September will remain charged as a juvenile, despite prosecutors’ efforts.
  Back in September, John Weed was killed at the Great Frederick Fair.
  Police said Weed attacked by a 15 and 16-year-old after he refused to give them a dollar.
  The judge denied the State’s waiver motion to move the juvenile to adult court jurisdiction, concluding the 16-year-
  
  Read more

• Bear ‘Foster Mom’ Raises Cub Saved By Dog

  18-02-2020 17:13
  
  BRISTOL, Va. (AP) — An orphaned black bear cub has been placed with a substitute mother this week after being saved by a dog and brought to safety.
  The rescue effort unfolded after the dog turned up at its owner’s home in Washington County with a cub in its mouth on Feb. 5, Bill Bassinger, wildlife biologist with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, told news outlets. The male cub wasn’t hurt by the dog, he added.
  Credit: Virginia Wildlife Center
  The cub, estim
  
  Read more

• Missing 22-Year-Old Tre’mon Wilson Last Seen In Baltimore February 9 - CBS Baltimore

  18-02-2020 17:05 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  Missing 22-Year-Old Tre’mon Wilson Last Seen In Baltimore February 9  CBS Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Missing 22-Year-Old Tre’mon Wilson Last Seen In Baltimore February 9

  18-02-2020 17:05
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore police are searching for a missing 22-year-old who was last seen February 9.
  Tre’mon Wilson was last seen at around 2:30 p.m. in the 4700 block of Chatford Avenue, wearing a black jacket with a bear on the front, light blue button-down shirt, black jeans and black dress shoes.
  Credit: Baltimore Police
  Police said he is known to go to the areas of 25th Street at Guilford Avenue or the Galleria Mall across from the Inner Harbor.
  If you know the whereabo
  
  Read more

• Maryland Lawmakers Seek Repeal Of Vote To Expand Gambling

  18-02-2020 16:54
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland voters would no longer be required to decide whether to allow gambling expansion in the state, under a measure approved by the Maryland Senate on Tuesday.
  The Senate voted 46-1 for the constitutional amendment.
  If the House approves, Maryland voters would still have the final say about whether they want to take themselves out of the process in November.
  It takes a three-fifths vote by both chambers of the General Assembly to put a constitutional amendment on
  
  Read more

• Jason Patton Baker Sentenced In Teen Josiah Klaes’ Overdose Death

  18-02-2020 16:42
  
  MILLERSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — A 46-year-old Millersville man was sentenced to 15 years in prison in the overdose death of 16-year-old Josiah Klaes.
  Klaes died from the lethal drugs Jason Patton Baker sold to the minor, officials said.
  Baker was found guilty back in December on one count of involuntary manslaughter, distribution of fentanyl, reckless endangerment and other lesser charges.
  “Tragically, the opioid epidemic has stolen the life of another young person from our community. Bake
  
  Read more

• He fled Syria — but was shot delivering pizzas in Baltimore - WTOP

  18-02-2020 16:27 via wtop.com
  
  He fled Syria — but was shot delivering pizzas in Baltimore  WTOP
  
  Read more

• Weather Blog: Mostly Mild

  18-02-2020 16:23
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Hi Everyone!
  It was mild enough yesterday evening that we tossed a couple of strips on the grill and had a nice relaxed dinner.
  I do grill when possible in the Winter but to be honest I do not think it is the best conditions for my grill to be at its best potential. The hood closed when cooking, is cold and I, (unscientifically), think there is a big energy transfer out from the grates.
  Yeah I am overthinking the deal for sure. The bottom line is I will stand on the deck
  
  Read more

• Baltimore-based Legg Mason being acquired by Franklin Templeton for $4.5 billion - WTOP

  18-02-2020 16:22 via wtop.com
  
  Baltimore-based Legg Mason being acquired by Franklin Templeton for $4.5 billion  WTOP
  
  Read more

• 43-Year-Old Man Shot In Arm In SW Baltimore Monday Night - CBS Baltimore

  18-02-2020 16:20 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  43-Year-Old Man Shot In Arm In SW Baltimore Monday Night  CBS Baltimore
  
  Read more

• 43-Year-Old Man Shot In Arm In SW Baltimore Monday Night

  18-02-2020 16:20
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are investigating a shooting that injured a man Monday night in Southwest Baltimore.
  Officers responded to the 3300 block of West Baltimore Street at around 9:47 p.m., where they found a 43-year-old man who had been shot in the arm.
  He was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
  Police learned the victim was shot in 3200 Massachusetts Avenue and fled to the 3300 block of West Baltimore Street.
  Anyone with information is asked to contact Southwest District det
  
  Read more

• Jon Rothstein On Maryland’s Final Four Hopes: ‘X-Factor For This Team Is Aaron Wiggins’

  18-02-2020 15:40
  
  (WJZ)- Following a 67-60 win over Michigan State on Saturday that extended their winning streak to eight games, Mark Turgeon’s Maryland Terrapins moved up two spots to number seven in the latest AP Top 25 poll.
  The Terps have six games left on their schedule before the Big Ten Tournament, and they hold a one-game lead over the surprising Penn State Nittany Lions in the race for the regular-season crown. But, while a conference title would be a nice addition to the trophy case, the team and
  
  Read more

• Baltimore’s Legg Mason to be acquired by California investment giant Franklin Templeton - Baltimore Sun

  18-02-2020 14:53 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore’s Legg Mason to be acquired by California investment giant Franklin Templeton  Baltimore Sun
  
  Read more

• The 15: Greatest Individual Seasons In Baltimore Sports History - Press Box

  18-02-2020 13:24 via pressboxonline.com
  
  The 15: Greatest Individual Seasons In Baltimore Sports History  Press Box
  
  Read more

• Baltimore Ravens free agents: How much will Michael Pierce earn on his next contract? - PennLive

  18-02-2020 12:00 via pennlive.com
  
  Baltimore Ravens free agents: How much will Michael Pierce earn on his next contract?  PennLive
  
  Read more

• ‘A Painful Recovery’: How Shingles Sidelined WJZ’s Tim Williams For Weeks

  18-02-2020 12:00
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — WJZ anchor and meteorologist Tim Williams helps bring you the news every morning; he’s not usually a part of the news.
  Health problems, though, sidelined the 24-year WJZ veteran for six weeks last year. Now, he’s hoping to use what he went through to help others.
  “The first thing that happened was my lip swelled,” he recalled. “And all the blisters, everything that happened to me happened on the left side of my face, even as specific as my tw
  
  Read more

Follow @Baltimore__news on Twitter!