Legendary Orioles Manager Earl Weaver Dies, Baltimore Area Reacts
Earl Weaver's sudden death at 82 years old has rocked the Baltimore area and baseball aficionados nationwide. Weaver died around 2 a.m. Saturday while on board an Orioles fantasy cruise in the...
View ArticleOff-Duty City Police Officer Arrested in Towson
An off-duty Baltimore City Police officer was charged with two counts of reckless endangerment after pointing his departmentally-issued handgun at people in Towson. Matthew David Daugherty, 28, was...
View ArticleWeird MD News: ‘Orgazmo’ Incense Stolen, Multi-State Drug Ring Busted
Burglar Steals ‘Orgazmo’ Incense from Adult Gift Store A thief broke into an adult gift store in Owings Mills and stole 30 packages of incense. Homeless Man 'Sleepy' Allegedly Found Crashing in...
View ArticlePost Your Ravens Pics Using Hashtag #PatchRavens
We want to see what you're up to for today's Ravens game, so why not tag your Instagram photos so they appear on Patch? Patch sites throughout the Baltimore Ravens market will host this article, which...
View ArticleWould Schools Be Safer With Armed Officers?
According to Annapolis Patch, delegates from Anne Arundel County are introducing legislation on Tuesday, Jan. 22 in hopes of increasing security and mental health services at public schools across the...
View ArticleBaltimore Metro Crime: Week of Jan. 18
Owings Mills-Reisterstown A stranger grabbed a student who was on his way to Woodmoor Elementary School. Read the full story on Owings Mills-Reisterstown Patch. Hunt Valley-Cockeysville A man was...
View ArticleMaryland Top News: Naval Academy Rape Case, Two Marylanders on American Idol,...
Public Safety: Naval Academy rape, gun control and school safety A Naval Academy professor is charged in the 2011 rape of a midshipman. Maj. Mark A. Thompson, 43, is undergoing an Article 32 hearing,...
View ArticleKnife Flung at Cop's Car
A police officer had stopped at a traffic light when an assailant crossing the street threw a knife at his car’s window. According to Baltimore police, the car had stopped at 11:30 p.m., Jan. 14 in the...
View ArticleFire and Ice: Hazardous Weather Threats in Baltimore
Oddly enough, both fire and ice are weather threats this week in Baltimore. On Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service released a Special Weather Statement over much of Maryland and Virginia,...
View ArticleJohn Harbaugh: 'Congratulations To Our Fans'
John Harbaugh smiled plenty throughout Monday's news conference. Considering his team is headed to the Super Bowl a week from Sunday, that's no surprise. But the Ravens coach really beamed when the...
View ArticlePoll: Marylanders Favor Life Without Parole Over Death Penalty
Nearly two-thirds of Marylanders surveyed say a sentence of life without parole is an acceptable alternative to the death penalty. The results are part of a survey released early Wednesday morning by...
View ArticleBaltimore Weather: Snow Possible For Friday
Baltimore may see its first measurable snow fall on Friday. Forecasts vary, but a storm projected to reach the Baltimore metro area on Friday could dump a few inches of powder just in time for the...
View ArticleCold Spring Royal Farms Robbed
A robber walked into the Royal Farms carrying what is believed to be a handgun and demanded cash. At 9:48 p.m., on Jan. 13 a man walked into the Royal Farms store in the 200 block of Cold Spring Lane,...
View ArticleGraphic: Maryland Executions and Death Row Prisoners
This interactive graphic shows the five people executed in Maryland since 1976, and the five people currently on death row in the state. Also includes an interactive map comparing the number of...
View ArticleMan Robbed, Beaten on University Parkway
Robbers beat a man near Johns Hopkins University's Homewood Campus after he handed over his wallet. According to Baltimore police, at 12:10 a.m., Jan. 13 in the unit block of W. University Parkway two...
View ArticleBaltimore City Schools Open 2 Hours Late
A light snowfall overnight and the coldest temperatures of the winter so far have combined to delay the opening of Baltimore City Schools Thursday. School officials announced the two-hour delay on the...
View ArticleBGE Donates Nearly $318K to Emergency Responders
Forty emergency responder organizations in Central Maryland received up to a $10,000 portion of nearly $318,000 in grants from Baltimore Gas and Electric Company. On Wednesday, BGE leaders and...
View ArticleMiller Proposes Gas Tax For Transportation
Maryland could raise $300 million for transportation projects under a plan proposed by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller. Miller's plan calls for a 3 percent tax on the wholesale price of gas....
View ArticleHampden Tops Hot Neighborhood List
Hampden, considered one of North Baltimore's most thriving and growing neighborhoods, is the top community on Zillow's 10 Hottest Neighborhood List for 2013. Remington was the only other North...
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