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Baltimore police arrest mother and boyfriend in death of 6-year-old
Baltimore police have arrested a mother and her boyfriend in connection with the death of a 6-year-old. The child’s mother, 34-year-old Jalesia Offer, and 34-year-old Brandon Wheatley, the mother’s boyfriend, have been arrested. Earlier this week, officers responded to the 6300 block of Greenspring Avenue after receiving...
Windsor Mill Road Four-Car Crash Injures Five Total, Kills Driver
Thank you for reading Baltimore Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024. On Aug. 22, at approximately 11:49 p.m., Northwest District patrol officers responded to the 2100 block of Windsor Mill Road for a report of a multi-vehicle crash. Once there, Baltimore Police Department officers located four vehicles involved...
The Orioles finally put the Trevor Rogers experiment on hold
Trevor Rogers made just four starts with the Orioles after Mike Elias acquired him at the trade deadline but it feels like he's been around for much longer than that. In total, Rogers allowed 15 runs in 19 innings with Baltimore, good for a 7.11 ERA to go along with miserable strikeout and walk rates. While Elias came out and told Orioles fans how excited he was to have acquired the young lefty, things have gone about as poorly as possible during his brief stint with the O's.
Summer feel returns this weekend to Baltimore
BALTIMORE (WBFF) -- Updated 10 a.m. August 23 — After a taste of fall, summery temperatures return to Baltimore this weekend. Friday turns slightly warmer with highs back in the low to mid 80s. This weekend remains dry with sunshine and highs in the upper 80s Saturday to low...
Making change in Baltimore: A progress report on vacant housing
It’s been a seven-decade streak of population loss and disinvestment for Baltimore’s neighborhoods. The post-industrial headwinds that shook the economic foundation of America’s rust belt left a trail of abandoned industrial sites and brownfields, crumbling infrastructure and blighted communities from the Midwest states to the Black Butterfly of Baltimore.
Former Packers Super Bowl champ says Lamar Jackson is average 'At best'
Just when you think the good times are rolling and everything seems good in the world, the Ravens fans get some more Lamar Jackson pushback. Another day, more unfair criticism thrown at Lamar Jackson. Jackson is about as electric on the field as they come. If he isn't already, he will be the NFL's best dual-threat QB in its history.
Maryland woman dies after shooting in Northwest DC
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Police said a woman from Maryland died in the hospital after someone shot her in Northwest D.C. early Friday morning. According to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), officers were near the 700 block of Florida Ave. around 12:15 p.m. when they heard gunshots. Police found evidence that a shooting took […]
Maryland Weather: Temperatures cool off by end of the week
BALTIMORE -- Low temperatures tonight will fall into the lower 70s. We are monitoring the possibility of storms developing upstream in Ohio and Pennsylvania. These storms could move into the region, particularly northern Maryland, after dark and continue through midnight. The front responsible for triggering Wednesday evening's storms will move south of the region by Thursday. With the front lingering nearby, there will be a continued chance of rain from Thursday into Friday. The best chance for rain on Thursday will be mainly west of Baltimore and across Northern Virginia.High temperatures on Thursday will be noticeably cooler, in the low to...
Democratic Convention Notebook: Earl the Muskrat, river cruise, walk up songs
CHICAGO — Delegates from Maryland’s Eastern Shore to the Democratic National Convention are being joined by a mascot this week: Earl the Muskrat. Earl may have had one of the best seats in the house for former President Barack Obama’s speech from the perch of a 3-foot-high “VOTE” sign that a Maryland delegate proudly held in the air.
A celebration of community, history and culture
CHESTERTOWN — Each year on a weekend in mid-August, Sumner Hall celebrates Legacy Day, a “Celebration of Community, History and Culture.” This year in partnership with the Historical Society of Kent County, it explored African American fraternal and community organizations in Kent County. “Our theme this year was African American fraternal and community organizations,” noted Airlee Ringgold Johnson, community historian for Washington College’s Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience. “Our citizens had a chance to step out of our usual work uniforms...
Fells Point attack raises concerns about the criminal justice system
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The suspect in the deadly assault of an elderly man in Fells Point has a lengthy criminal record, stretching from Maryland to Florida; he’s the latest example of people cycling through the criminal justice system without clear changes in behavior. Timothy Clinedinst has been charged...
UPS Employee Arrested for Stealing Contents of Packages
Stolen valuables sold at local pawn shops. Gaithersburg, MD– 26-year-old Adela Beatriz Orellana, of Hyattsville, has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of theft for stealing the contents of UPS packages she accepted, while employed at UPS and selling the stolen contents at local pawn shops. On Thursday,...
Harris accepts Democratic nomination for president, Maryland delegates energized for fall campaign
CHICAGO – Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her party’s nomination Thursday night, pledging “a new way forward” for the nation and warning that the consequences of another Donald Trump presidency would be “extremely serious.”. “On behalf of the people, on behalf of every American, regardless...
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