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Middle River residents devastated after storm damages homes: "It was violent."
BALTIMORE -- Middle River neighbors woke up to devastation Thursday after an intense storm barreled through and damaged homes.Debra Small has lived in her Williams Estates neighborhood home for 11 years. She said the storm Wednesday night traumatized her."Never have I experienced that," she said. "Never do I want to go through that again. It was quick. But it was violent."Around 9:00 p.m. Wednesday night, Small heard strong winds and a loud boom."It seemed like 10 minutes the way it came through here," she said.In that short period of time, Small's picnic furniture flipped over, pieces of her roof flew...
Marilyn Mosby, former Baltimore State's Attorney, appeals mortgage fraud, perjury convictions
BALTIMORE - Former Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby has formally filed an appeal on Thursday of her criminal convictions.Mosby was sentenced on May 23 to three years of supervised release and 12 months of home confinement. She was not sentenced to any prison time for her convictions for mortgage fraud and perjury.Mosby also filed for an appeal to get her Florida condo back, which she had to forfeit along with 90% of the proceeds.Marilyn Mosby was first indicted in January 2022 and pushed for two separate trials. The first jury found her guilty of perjury for lying to make withdrawals from a retirement account. The second jury found she committed mortgage fraud for lying on documents about a $5,000 gift her then-husband, Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby, gave her to close on a mortgage for a Florida vacation home.
Oliver Beach Improvement Association to hold bull roast fundraiser for fire-damaged community hall
MIDDLE RIVER, MD—The Oliver Beach Improvement Association will be holding a bull roast fundraiser to support efforts to rebuild its community hall that was damaged in a fire earlier this year. The Oliver Beach Community Hall was heavily damaged in an overnight fire that occurred back in March of...
Port of Baltimore expected to reopen this weekend
The Port of Baltimore is expected to reopen as early as this weekend after being closed for 11 weeks following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The 700-foot-wide channel is expected to open between Saturday and Monday. In March, a 213-million-pound shipping vessel, the Dali, experienced a power outage and crashed into the […]
Maryland to bolster protection at Bay Bridge following Baltimore bridge disaster
The massive ships are going to keep coming. Baltimore’s shipping channel has been at least partially blocked since March 26, when the cargo ship Dali decimated the Francis Scott Key Bridge. After months of cleanup and marine traffic workarounds using temporary channels, the Coast Guard tentatively planned to fully reopen the waterway Monday. With the return of huge cargo carriers, however, ...
Harford County react to Wednesday night's severe storms: "This was the worst I've ever seen it"
BALTIMORE -- Major flooding hit southern portions of Harford County Wednesday night due to a severe storm.County leaders say no injuries were reported, but they did have 150 calls for service during the peak of the storm.Video sent to WJZ by a viewer shows Kensington Parkway in the Box Hill North community underwater."This was the worst I've ever seen it," Mary Lloyd said. It got so bad, there were people trapped in their cars."We saw someone sitting on the hood of their car where the car was almost submerged shouting for help," Julie Morrison said. "… We wanted to go...
Research from Johns Hopkins shows how Red Line will significantly impact Baltimore
BALTIMORE -- New research from Johns Hopkins has shown the Red Line project's positive impact on commutes and job access. What sticks out about this Hopkins study is the impact that will be felt not just where the proposed Red Line stations may go, but throughout the region, specifically in East and West Baltimore. "This is where the workers live, and this is where the jobs are," Fadil Santosa, a Johns Hopkins University Mathematics professor, explained as WJZ sat down with him to learn more about the project. The Johns Hopkins mathematicians studied the decade-old Red Line proposal and layered it over today's...
Marylanders got a first taste Wednesday of a potentially active summer storm season, forecasters say
The rare string of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms that ripped through Maryland communities Wednesday night — toppling trees and power lines and injuring five people in Montgomery County — could be the opening act for a busy summer storm season ahead. The Atlantic hurricane season began June 1 and forecasters believe it could be “extraordinary” this year, said Rick Spinrad, administrator of ...
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