Baltimore News

A Baltimore police officer was in critical condition late Friday after authorities said somebody approached his personal vehicle and opened fire, hitting him several times in the upper body and sending him to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center for emergency surgery.

Police say a City Police Officer was shot in Northeast Baltimore Friday night. It's unclear of the officer's condition or whether he was on or off-duty.

Another cold morning was expected, with lows in the upper 20s, but temperatures were expected to rise quickly after sunrise to about 50 degrees by midday and the upper 50s by late afternoon.

Most celebrations will take place Sunday afternoon in different spots around Baltimore.

The producers of The Taste of Two Cities, Baltimore's annual food-truck festival and competition, have announced a date and site for the third go-around.

The FBI in Baltimore is trying to identify a man they have labeled a "serial bank robber" linked to at least four holdups in the area since December.

A major construction project on Interstate 95, set to begin Sunday, will impact traffic in Baltimore for the next two years - shifting and narrowing lanes and forcing ramp closures and detours.

A 12-inch main in the 300 block of Kenwood Ave. in East Baltimore was shut off for repairs Thursday night, with about 200 to 300 customers and two hydrants affected, city department of public works officials said.

Maryland is adding more train cars on weekends to its commuter rail service between Baltimore and Washington.

Nearly 100 supporters of sweeping changes in Maryland's marijuana laws rallied in the bitter cold in Annapolis Thursday before planned legislative hearings on bills to legalize or at least decriminalize possession of the drug.

In a recent interview with The Baltimore Sun, Molly Shattuck revealed that she and husband Mayo A. Shattuck III have separated.

Funk, rock and electronic energy are what "the pigeons" promise to bring every night.

Afaa Michael Weaver, a Baltimore native who spent 15 years as a factory worker, has won one the country's most lucrative poetry prizes.

Downtown Baltimore is getting a little greener this week as it readies for an Irish celebration Sunday including a mass, race and parade.

Maryland didn't want to end its 61-year history in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a one-and-done trip to the ACC tournament.

Although Harford County Public Schools has not yet met the state's goals for student participation in the Free and Reduced Meals program to the point they attracted a recent plea from Gov. Martin O'Malley to "feed these kids" school officials stressed Monday they are working to get as many eligible kids fed as possible.

Having recently interviewed the British statistician David Hand about probability principles, I suppose I should be willing to accept the following: Two men named James Elmer Bailey, both born on Oct. 15, 1962, resided in the Annapolis area at the time a woman accused one of them of punching her in the face.

The city Wednesday approved the $2.2 million sale of six long-vacant properties close to the Inner Harbor to a developer proposing to turn them into market-rate apartments.

If you were hoping that this winter's freezing temperatures had sent the hated stink bugs packing, you are out of luck.

Sojourner-Douglass College in Baltimore is in danger of losing its accreditation status and faces serious financial challenges, leaving the small private college's future uncertain.