It’s a familiar sight in Baltimore — a motorist approaches a traffic signal turning yellow or red and tries to scoot through. But running red lights, of course, remains illegal. Baltimore’s Department of Transportation is trying to crack down on the impatient drivers with new red-light cameras at certain intersections.
Ahead of the winter holiday season, some Maryland doctors and state health officials are urging residents to get vaccinated for COVID and influenza ahead of celebrations and family visits, as new vaccines are available to help protect from COVID-19 and other respiratory ailments. “This is the first fall and winter virus season where vaccines are available for the three viruses responsible for most hospitalizations — COVID-19, RSV, and flu,” according to a September press release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Last week, Andreae Lloyd’s family marked the second anniversary of her death. Just after midnight on Dec. 7, 2021, police say, Xavier Johnson, Lloyd’s boyfriend, knocked on the door of the Miami-area group home she managed, where she was working an overnight shift alone. A surveillance camera captured what police say happened next: Johnson beat her, dragged her into his white Honda Civic and drove away.
Could Bel Air turn into the next Towson? That was a worry of some of the nearly 75 residents who crowded into the Bel Air Town Hall on Thursday evening to hear a second round of public testimony and discussion from developers on a 249-unit mixed-use apartment complex proposed for parking lots surrounding the indoor Harford Mall.
The Frederick Planning Commission approved the Brickworks master plan 3-1 on Monday for the second time, after reconsidering and amending a condition that the developer said would be impossible to meet. Commissioners Barbara Nicklas and Ron Beattie voted in favor, along with Alderman Ben MacShane, the Board of Aldermen’s liaison on the commission.
It was the morning of May 4, 2020, and attorney Lisa Blatt was about to make history. From a podium that she set up in her Chevy Chase dining room, Blatt was moments away from presenting oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the first-ever SCOTUS case conducted by telephone. “My [19-year-old] daughter was there keeping time,” she says, “and my husband was in charge of keeping the dog away from the house so he didn’t bark.”
Almost six months since Richard Worley was appointed as Baltimore police commissioner, he has become a city resident. When Mayor Brandon Scott announced Worley as acting commissioner on June 8, a search of public records showed Worley was still living in Anne Arundel County and was not a city resident, WBAL-TV 11 News Investigates was first to report.
Civil rights groups and residents in Wicomico County filed a federal voting rights lawsuit late last week against the county on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, alleging that its system for electing school board and council members is racially discriminatory and unlawful. The Wicomico County NAACP, the Caucus of African American Leaders and the Watchmen With One Voice Ministerial Alliance joined four Wicomico residents in charging the county with violating the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which the plaintiffs say extends from “a long and disgraceful history of discrimination against Black residents.”
As Baltimore City Public Schools resumed in-person learning after going virtual at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Assistant Public Defender Sherie Scott found herself at the Edward F. Borgerding Court Building on Wabash Avenue in 2022 representing 10 parents whose children had racked up unexcused absences.
A surprise wintry mix entered the D.C. area early Monday morning as the roads are expected to be slick when you drive into work. Here’s what you need to know. WTOP meteorologist Lauryn Ricketts reported that there are “snow-covered roads” and some stickage on roads. Crews are currently working to shovel out the snow from the roads.