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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.
Code Orange Air Quality Alert issued for Monday in Baltimore area
BALTIMORE, MD—The National Weather Service has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for Monday, April 29, in the Baltimore area. A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children, people suffering from asthma,...
'Made in Baltimore' program aims to help city's small businesses
A local grant program is helping businesses get off the ground. It's called the "Made in Baltimore" grant. Joining us is Brennan Murray with the Baltimore Development Corporation and co-founder of Sew Lab USA, Jeremiah Jones. They talk about the good that grant is already doing in Baltimore.
Former High School Athletic Director Arrested For Allegedly Using AI To Generate Racist Remarks Using Principal's Voice
Dahzon Darien allegedly made the recording to retaliate against the principal who had launched an investigation into his potential mishandling of school funds earlier this year. police have arrested a former high school athletic director accused of using AI-generated recordings to simulate racist and antisemitic comments from the school principal.
Newly Minted Baltimore County Millionaire Shocked By $2M Scratch-Off Lottery Win
The trip to Busy Bee Restaurant, Bar and Liquors in East Baltimore will be memorable one for an occasional Lottery player from Windsor Mill, who claimed a $2 million prize after playing a 200X The Cash scratch-off ticket. "I didn't think it was real, and I still don't think it...
Funeral service set for civil rights activist Helena Hicks, leader of 1955 'Read's Drugstore' sit-in
Funeral services have been set for Helena Hicks, a student organizer at Morgan State University who led sit-ins at segregated lunch counters in 1955.Hicks died of pneumonia and complications of Lewy body dementia at age 88 on April 18, according to our media partner at The Baltimore Banner.Hicks' demonstrations at "Reads drugstores" were the forerunners of later sit-ins at lunch counters across the South during the Civil Rights movement.She grew up in Sandtown-Winchester and was a graduate of Baltimore's Frederick Douglass High School and Morgan State where she received her bachelor's in sociology.A public viewing will held at Joseph H. Brown Funeral Home, located at 2140 N. Fulton Ave., on Monday, May 6, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The funeral is Tuesday, May 7 at 10:30 a.m., at the same location.
WMVFC announces date, headliner for 2024 Fields of Fire Country Concert
WHITE MARSH, MD—White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company’s Fields of Fire Country Concert is set to return this fall, and the date and headliner have been announced. This year’s concert will be held on Saturday, September 14, 2024. The headliner this year will be Dylan Scott. The full...
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