Baltimore news

• Federal Judge Rules In Baltimore County’s Favor In New Redistricting Plan

  24-03-2022 23:55
  
  TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — A federal judge on Thursday approved Baltimore County’s new court-ordered boundaries for its seven councilmanic districts.
  A coalition of groups, including the ACLU of Maryland, the Baltimore County branch of the NAACP, the League of Women Voters of Baltimore County, sued the county late last year, alleging an earlier proposal only included one district where Blacks would make up a majority of voters.
  In February, a federal judge threw the county’s earlier m
  
  Read more

• Heavy Seas Releasing ‘Red Eyes’ Ale Using Recipe From Ukranian Brewery, Proceeds Go To UN Relief Effort

  24-03-2022 23:14
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Heavy Seas Beer is releasing a new beer to raise money for humanitarian efforts to help Ukraine, and they’re using a recipe from a brewery based in the country to do it.
  Pravda Brewery, located in Lviv, last week released its recipes so the company could use its facilities to help with the war effort against Russian forces.
  Heavy Seas chose to brew “Червоні очі,” or “Red Eyes,” a mil
  
  Read more

• Convenience store trucks, resource for many in Baltimore community, told to leave - wmar2news.com

  24-03-2022 22:58
  
  Convenience store trucks, resource for many in Baltimore community, told to leave  wmar2news.com
  
  Read more

• Lovelyarns offers flag knitting kits to benefit Ukrainians - WBAL TV Baltimore

  24-03-2022 22:54
  Lovelyarns offers flag knitting kits to benefit Ukrainians  WBAL TV Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• New Baltimore Ravens president Sashi Brown says team will continue to be 'model' in diversity - ESPN

  24-03-2022 22:31
  
  New Baltimore Ravens president Sashi Brown says team will continue to be 'model' in diversity  ESPN
  
  Read more

• Judge approves Baltimore County's council district map - WYPR

  24-03-2022 22:20
  
  Judge approves Baltimore County's council district map  WYPR
  
  Read more

• Baltimore man acquitted of murder of former Maryland football player - Fox Baltimore

  24-03-2022 22:03
  Baltimore man acquitted of murder of former Maryland football player  Fox Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Previously Convicted Baltimore Bank Robber Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison for Committing Two Bank Robberies at the Same Bank Within One Week - Department of Justice

  24-03-2022 21:57
  Previously Convicted Baltimore Bank Robber Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison for Committing Two Bank Robberies at the Same Bank Within One Week  Department of Justice
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• As sewage treatment problems worsen at Baltimore wastewater plant, state demands compliance within 48 hours - Baltimore Sun

  24-03-2022 21:54
  As sewage treatment problems worsen at Baltimore wastewater plant, state demands compliance within 48 hours  Baltimore Sun
  
  Read more

• Baltimore City Health Department Unveils Overhauled COVID-19 Dashboard - CBS Baltimore

  24-03-2022 21:48
  
  Baltimore City Health Department Unveils Overhauled COVID-19 Dashboard  CBS Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Baltimore City Health Department Unveils Overhauled COVID-19 Dashboard

  24-03-2022 21:48
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore City Health Department on Thursday unveiled an update to its COVID-19 dashboard, based on feedback from the community and public health experts.
  The revamped dashboard is fed by new data sources, which provide up-to-date insights into the number of new cases, deaths, testing volume and percentage of people testing positive on a seven-day average.
  This marks the first time the city health department has been able to provide daily updates since December when a
  
  Read more

• Dumping woes: Trash haulers face long waits, lines in Northwest Baltimore - wmar2news.com

  24-03-2022 21:25
  
  Dumping woes: Trash haulers face long waits, lines in Northwest Baltimore  wmar2news.com
  
  Read more

• Baltimore Man Acquitted Of Killing Former UMD Football Player

  24-03-2022 21:17
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Kalim Satterfield, the Baltimore man charged in the murder of a former University of Maryland football player, was found not guilty by a jury Thursday.
  Police found 28-year-old David Mackall Jr. shot in the torso and the head in West Baltimore on May 29, 2019. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
  About a month later, Satterfield was charged with first and second-degree murder, first and second-degree assault, and multiple handgun violations in Mackall’s death.
  
  Read more

• Willard Hires Tony Skinn, Coach With Local Ties, To Be Assistant On Maryland Men’s Basketball Team

  24-03-2022 21:15
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland head basketball coach Kevin Willard has made his first key hire, bringing on assistant coach Tony Skinn, who grew up in Takoma Park and played college basketball at George Mason in Fairfax, Va.
  Skinn was an assistant for Ohio State during the 2021-2022 season. The No. 7 seed Buckeyes were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament on Sunday after losing to No. 2 seed Villanova, 71-61.
  Prior to joining Ohio State, Skinn was a member of Willard’s staff at Seton Hall
  
  Read more

• ‘Administrative Oversight’ Cited In Political Contributions Made In Name Of Marilyn Mosby’s Late Grandfather

  24-03-2022 21:08
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Campaign donations made in the name of Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s late grandfather were contributed to Mosby’s and her husband’s campaigns in 2017 and 2021, state elections data shows.
  Though Prescott Thompson died on Feb. 22, 2015, he is listed as having contributed $500 to the “Friends of Marilyn Mosby” committee last November, according to Mosby’s 2021 annual campaign finance report. Mosby’s husband,
  
  Read more

• 1 Hospitalized, 1 In Custody In Eagle Street Shooting, Baltimore Police Say

  24-03-2022 20:35
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — One man was hospitalized and another was taken into custody Thursday following a shooting in southern Baltimore, authorities said.
  Officers on patrol about 1:17 p.m. heard gunfire, which led them to the 1800 block of Eagle Street where they found a man shot multiple times, Baltimore Police said.
  The unidentified victim was taken to an area hospital for treatment. His condition wasn’t immediately known, but police described his injuries as severe.
  A person of interes
  
  Read more

• Loaded gun found at Baltimore school Thursday morning - wmar2news.com

  24-03-2022 20:14
  
  Loaded gun found at Baltimore school Thursday morning  wmar2news.com
  
  Read more

• Student In Custody After Gun Found At Baltimore High School

  24-03-2022 19:41
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A student was arrested Thursday after a loaded handgun was found at a Baltimore high school, authorities said.
  An official told WJZ the .45 caliber handgun was recovered from a student at ConneXions, a community-based arts school in northwest Baltimore.
  An unnamed student was taken into custody after they were found with the loaded gun, a Baltimore City Public Schools spokesperson said.
  It wasn’t immediately clear Thursday what, if any, legal consequences or discipl
  
  Read more

• Where’s Marty? Admiring A Maryland Man’s Massive Glass Candy Jar Collection

  24-03-2022 19:08
  
  Hi everyone!
  Today cameraman “K-2” and I, or the “Road Warriors” as we are calling ourselves now, were in Carroll County. To be precise, we were about seven miles north of Westminster on Littletown Pike to visit Bill Conner.
  A couple of weeks ago, we did a “WM” segment from the newsroom and talked about the potential for you to become part of this adventure. I said if you have an idea, no matter how big or small, to email me. And Bill did. He said very simply
  
  Read more

• Hogan Announces $45M In Funding To Combat Crime, Provide Services To Victims

  24-03-2022 19:08
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Pointing to “out of control” gun violence in Baltimore City, Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday announced three spending initiatives he said would help combat crime and mitigate its effects on victims.
  The state will provide $3.5 million to add staff at the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office, creating 10 positions in Baltimore, 10 in Greenbelt 10 new positions in the Special Investigative Section, five data analyst positions and four legal support positions.
  Balt
  
  Read more

• Number of chronically absent students in Baltimore jumps to nearly 50% - WKRC TV Cincinnati

  24-03-2022 18:59
  Number of chronically absent students in Baltimore jumps to nearly 50%  WKRC TV Cincinnati
  
  Read more

• Brave Beginning: Exploring The Roots Of Baltimore’s Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital

  24-03-2022 18:43
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Nestled in the hills of a North Baltimore neighborhood is the massive property of the Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital.
  The hospital is a literal lifeline for children, and representatives say the team there cares for an estimated 8,500 children every year.
  “Today what we deal with are children who have rehab needs that could be from surgery or from trauma,” president and CEO Sheldon Stein said.
   If not for the hospital, Stein said these children would l
  
  Read more

• Pfizer Recalls Blood Pressure Drugs Over Cancer Risk Concerns

  24-03-2022 18:12
  
  (CNN) — Pfizer has issued a recall for a high blood pressure medication distributed under three names, according to the company.
  Accuretic and its two generic versions distributed by Greenstone — quinapril and hydrochlorothiazide tablets and quinapril HCl/hydrochlorothiazide tablets — are subject to the recall.
  The medications treat hypertension, which increases the risk for potential dangerous cardiovascular events like strokes.
  The recall is voluntary, and stems from the tabl
  
  Read more

• BMA Names 2 Interim Co-Directors To Lead Institution After Bedford’s Departure

  24-03-2022 17:59
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Museum of Art has appointed two senior leaders to serve as interim co-directors after director Christopher Bedford departs in June.
  Christine Dietze, the BMA’s Chief Operating Officer, and Dr. Asma Naeem, The Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Chief Curator, will guide the institution after Bedford leaves on June 3 to head the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the board of trustees said.
  Dietze and Naeem will maintain their current roles and work with exec
  
  Read more

• 2 firefighters injured as several rowhomes burn in separate northwest Baltimore fires - WBAL TV Baltimore

  24-03-2022 17:56
  2 firefighters injured as several rowhomes burn in separate northwest Baltimore fires  WBAL TV Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Maryland Weather: Scarce Sunshine & Scattered Showers

  24-03-2022 17:30
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Areas that had measurable rain last night woke up to dense fog this morning.
  While most of that has faded away, patchy fog is possible again on this evening.
  Sunshine will be hard to find today, with clouds sticking around until the overnight hours.
  We’ll likely see scattered showers today followed by a better chance for rain and even a few thunderstorms tonight.
  Skies will clear towards sunrise on Friday, so we’ll get a nice dose of sunshine to start the day
  
  Read more

• 30th Anniversary of Camden Yards | Baltimore Orioles - MLB.com

  24-03-2022 17:12
  
  30th Anniversary of Camden Yards | Baltimore Orioles  MLB.com
  
  Read more

• Orioles Announce ‘Countdown To Opening Day’ Events, Including Autograph Signings And Appearances

  24-03-2022 16:55
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Thanks to Major League Baseball’s lockout, Opening Day at Oriole Park at Camden Yards is later than usual this season. All that means is the Baltimore Orioles have more chances to celebrate before the club’s home opener on Monday, April 11 against the Milwaukee Brewers.
  Starting next week, the team is holding events — autograph signings, happy hours, trivia nights and baseball clinics — at locations across the state.
  Here’s a full schedule:
  T
  
  Read more

• Woodlawn High School Closing Early Due To ‘Facilities Issue,’ School System Says

  24-03-2022 15:31
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Woodlawn High School is closing Thursday at 11 a.m. due to “a facilities issue,” Baltimore County Public Schools said.
  All afterschool activities and evening activities are cancelled.
  The school is located at 1801 Woodlawn Drive.
  
  Read more

• As Baltimore move looms, SportsHi rebrands as Breakthru and grows its reach - Technical.ly

  24-03-2022 15:30
  
  As Baltimore move looms, SportsHi rebrands as Breakthru and grows its reach  Technical.ly
  
  Read more

• Crime, cops and corruption in Baltimore: "We Own This City" - WYPR

  24-03-2022 15:05
  
  Crime, cops and corruption in Baltimore: "We Own This City"  WYPR
  
  Read more

• Maryland In Rare Spot As Lower-Seeded Team Against Stanford

  24-03-2022 13:53
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — For one game at least, Maryland coach Brenda Frese figures the pressure is off.
  The fourth-seeded Terrapins face top-seeded Stanford on Friday night in the Sweet 16. This is only the second time in the last seven NCAA Tournaments that Maryland is seeded this low. It’s also the first time the Terps will play against a No. 1 seed since 2015, and that game — a loss to Connecticut — was in the Final Four when Maryland was also a top seed.
  So this scen
  
  Read more

• Big Ten Places Four Teams In Women’s Sweet 16 Again

  24-03-2022 13:49
  
  It has been seven years since the Big Ten had a team reach the Final Four and more than two decades since the conference had a national champion in women’s basketball.
  With the conference having four teams in the Sweet 16 for a second consecutive year, those streaks could be ending soon.
  Michigan, Indiana, Ohio State and Maryland are all playing in the regional semifinals this weekend — matching the ACC for most teams left in the NCAA Tournament.
  All four coaches credit the toughness
  
  Read more

• Former Baltimore City prosecutor discusses new details in Mosby case - Fox Baltimore

  24-03-2022 13:45
  Former Baltimore City prosecutor discusses new details in Mosby case  Fox Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Baltimore Weekend Events: Postmodern Jukebox, Baltimore Street Food Festival, Simon & Garfunkel and more - Baltimore Fishbowl

  24-03-2022 13:13
  
  Baltimore Weekend Events: Postmodern Jukebox, Baltimore Street Food Festival, Simon & Garfunkel and more  Baltimore Fishbowl
  
  Read more

• Opinion: Red Maple Place Is Not the Solution to Baltimore Co.'s Dire Need for Affordable Housing - Josh Kurtz

  24-03-2022 11:30
  
  Opinion: Red Maple Place Is Not the Solution to Baltimore Co.'s Dire Need for Affordable Housing  Josh Kurtz
  
  Read more

• Maryland Weather: Alert Day Due To Fog

  24-03-2022 10:06
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — We have declared this morning an Alert Day because of the foggy morning.Low visibility could make your commute tricky so give yourself extra time to get where you need to go this morning.
  The balance of today will turn out milder than yesterday was, even though we’re anticipating another round of showers should be occurring this afternoon and this evening.
  After that, the latest storm system should be pulling away from the area late tonight, and tomorrow will b
  
  Read more

• Sona Karakashian Johnston, retired Baltimore Museum of Art senior curator, dies - Baltimore Sun

  24-03-2022 10:01
  Sona Karakashian Johnston, retired Baltimore Museum of Art senior curator, dies  Baltimore Sun
  
  Read more

• Things to do in Baltimore and online March 25-31 - Baltimore Sun

  24-03-2022 08:00
  Things to do in Baltimore and online March 25-31  Baltimore Sun
  
  Read more

• Mayor Scott is Reviving the Baltimore City Commission for Women – Conduit Street - Conduit Street

  24-03-2022 08:00
  
  Mayor Scott is Reviving the Baltimore City Commission for Women – Conduit Street  Conduit Street
  
  Read more

• Judge Accepts Redrawn Baltimore County Council Map With One Majority Black District - Josh Kurtz

  24-03-2022 08:00
  
  Judge Accepts Redrawn Baltimore County Council Map With One Majority Black District  Josh Kurtz
  
  Read more

• Baltimore County Council approves redistricting map after judge's ruling - WBAL TV Baltimore

  24-03-2022 08:00
  Baltimore County Council approves redistricting map after judge's ruling  WBAL TV Baltimore
  
  Read more

• Once Again, Baltimore Hopes to Fight Blight With $1 Homes - Governing

  24-03-2022 06:05
  
  Once Again, Baltimore Hopes to Fight Blight With $1 Homes  Governing
  
  Read more

• Two Firefighters Injured Battling Separate 2-Alarm Fires In Baltimore

  24-03-2022 04:14
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two of Baltimore’s firefighters were injured as they battled separate two-alarm fires on Wednesday, the local firefighters union said.
  The first fire started in Northwest Baltimore and emitted heavy smoke. Firefighters had to close off part of Reisterstown Road as they battled the blaze.
  The union said shortly before 5 p.m. firefighters responded to the scene at the 5200 block of Reisterstown Road in the Woodmere neighborhood.
  They found fire showing from multiple t
  
  Read more

• Giants Of The Airline Industry Take United Front On Mask Mandates

  24-03-2022 03:56
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The airline industry formed a united front on Wednesday and called on President Joe Biden to end federal requirements for mask mandates on airplanes. 
  The 10 CEOs made their position clear in a signed letter. The letter to Biden urged him to end pre-departure COVID testing rules and the onboard mask mandate. #NEWS: CEOs of passenger airlines (@SouthwestAir @Delta @JetBlue) & cargo airlines (@FedEx) write to @POTUS asking him to life mask mandate on planes +
  
  Read more

• One Person Shot, Injured In Baltimore County

  24-03-2022 03:39
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore County Police are investigating a shooting that injured a person in the Woodlawn area, according to authorities.
  Officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 1800 block of Belmont Avenue at 10 p.m., police said.
  Once there, they found a “male victim suffering from a single gunshot wound,” according to Baltimore County Police.
  The gunshot victim was taken to a local hospital where he is listed in critical but stable condition.
  The Baltimore Cou
  
  Read more

• The Baltimore Area Will Soon See Storms And Freezing Temperatures

  24-03-2022 03:04
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Easterly winds brought light rain and very cool air from the Atlantic all across the region on Wednesday. 
  Rain amounts were generally under two-tenths of an inch as of 9 p.m.  
  There are some heavier areas of showers and perhaps some embedded thunder activity south and west of the region, which will roll through overnight and on Thursday. 
  A warm front is expected to move across the region, which will put most of the Baltimore area in a warmer and mor
  
  Read more

• Harford County Community College Student Magazine Takes Home Another National Title For TV Program

  24-03-2022 02:35
  
  BEL AIR, Md. (WJZ) –– Young journalists at a local community college are making a difference and winning awards.
  Harford County Community College’s Owl Magazine is taking home another national title for its television programming.Students at Harford County Community College are making headlines even with a much smaller newsroom due to the pandemic.
  “We really had a skeleton crew,” said student Paige Clark. “I mean, these past few years it has not been tons and
  
  Read more

• Baltimore Community Reacts After Test Assessments Show COVID-19 Pandemic Impact On Learning in Maryland

  24-03-2022 02:05
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Maryland State Board of Education presented data on Tuesday that showed how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted students in the state. 
  There were steep drops in math and English standardized scores from 2019 to 2021.
  And an assessment found that less than half of students were prepared for kindergarten. 
  Those numbers did not shock the people WJZ spoke with on the topic. 
  “I was totally not surprised at all,” Chris Gutwein, a retired Montgomery
  
  Read more

• Brandon Hyde’s Son Makes Cameo At Spring Training

  24-03-2022 01:40
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Orioles has entered the fourth year of its franchise rebuild.
  It is the continuing process of building the future on a foundation of young talent.
  That’s why spring training in Sarasota, Florida, is serious business.
  Still, the atmosphere is more laid back than the intensity and grind that comes with the 162-game regular system.
  That means a person will see some things during spring training that they might not see at Camden Yards.For example, a 14-year-old boy
  
  Read more

Follow @Baltimore__news on Twitter!