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State Police Issue Gold Alert for Missing Maryland Woman
Delaware State Police Troop 5 has issued a Gold Alert for 85-year-old Joanna Kellogg of Severna Park, Maryland, after she left her residence on April 26, 2024, to go to […] The post State Police Issue Gold Alert for Missing Maryland Woman appeared first on Delaware State Police - State of Delaware.
Abandoned dog found during mayor's Spring Cleanup in Baltimore
Trash and debris weren’t the only thing that picked up during the mayor’s annual Spring Cleanup event on Saturday. An abandoned dog named Captain Mercado was found in an alley near West North Avenue.
Loved ones await recovery of 2 bodies from Baltimore bridge wreckage a month after the collapse
BALTIMORE (AP) — A wooden cross is laden with Miguel Luna’s personal belongings — his construction uniform and work boots, a family photo, the flag of his native El Salvador — but his body remains missing after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. More...
Perkins Homes transforms into Perkins Square with multiple types of housing
The construction fence came down at Caroline and Pratt streets a few days ago and revealed a new, renamed Perkins Homes neighborhood. It’s now being marketed as Perkins Square and there are fresh and shiny apartment rectangles faced with light colored siding and aluminum entry doors. Those old boxy brick 1940s public housing courts have vanished. It’s a squeaky clean new environment, sitting ...
DC Nightclub Shooter Who Wounded 6 Had Just Been Kicked Out: Cops
Rennwel Mantock, 29, of Hyattsville, MD, opened fire after being kicked out of Decades nightclub on Connecticut Avenue NW just after 11:20 p.m. Friday, April 26, DC Metro police announced Saturday. Mantock struck four men and two women, police said. Three men and two women were hospitalized and a fourth...
Recreational boats to pass through Key Bridge collapse site Sunday after opening of fourth temporary channel
BALTIMORE -- A total of four temporary channels are now open following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge just over a month ago. This comes as more than 1,300 tons of steel have been salvaged from the site. On Sunday, recreational boats will be able to pass through the Key Bridge collapse salvage during specific hours. Larry Lewis has spent the last 20 or so years on the water. He says the opportunity to pass through the collapse site is important for recreational boaters, not just chartering businesses. "We have boaters and owners who are stuck on the...
Johns Hopkins Hospital helps combat prescription drug misuse through 'take back' initiative
BALTIOMRE -- The old medication that lies around your home can be harmful if it gets in the wrong hands. Johns Hopkins Hospital is taking part in the fight against the misuse of prescription medications, many of which continue to fuel the nation's opioid epidemic. "Medications that folks don't need anymore is one of the ways that can keep them safe if we get it out of the house," Julie Waldfogel, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, said. "If we think about family, friends, or kids getting into the medications, we need to make sure that they get out of the house as...
Judge Sets Attempted Murder Defendant’s Trial Date
Thank you for reading Baltimore Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024. Baltimore City Circuit Court’s Judge Melissa K. Copeland set a trial date for a 49-year-old attempted murder defendant after he rejected a plea deal from the prosecution in an April 24 hearing. Stevenson Reid is charged...
No Bail for Man Accused of Driving 80 MPH Striking Vehicle, Killing One Passenger
Thank you for reading Baltimore Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024. A Glen Burnie man will remain incarcerated for a fatal car crash last year after a Baltimore City judge denied to reassess his bail on April 26. According to the prosecution, 31-year-old Trae Byes was driving under...
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