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April 17, 2019

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Baltimore's acting mayor puts Pugh's chief of staff, top lobbyist on leave amid Healthy Holly book scandal

Acting Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young has placed two more aides to Democratic Mayor Catherine Pugh on leave, according to two sources familiar with the moves. 

Howard to raze at least four buildings to mitigate Ellicott City flooding, could cost $175 million

The announcement comes nearly one year after the old mill town was ravaged a second time by floods that left one person dead.

The Super Bowl of sermons: Baltimore preachers bring their best to the pulpit for Easter

This weekend, in Baltimore and around the world, pastors face the singular challenge that comes at the end of every Lent: how to bring their best preaching to the pulpit on Easter, the most important day of the Christian year.

Five takeaways from Maryland's latest prison smuggling case

Authorities say they have indicted nearly 200 people in Maryland — guards and inmates alike — for prison smuggling in recent years. Here are five takeaways from the latest case.

Hog-tied 'Healthy Holly' sculpture installed, then removed near Baltimore City Hall

A Baltimore street artist’s wire sculpture depicting a hog-tied Healthy Holly was installed in front of City Hall early Monday morning and has since been removed.

Stanley Plumly, former Maryland poet laureate, dies

Stanley Plumly, Maryland’s former poet laureate and a respected University of Maryland faculty member who taught creative writing, died of complications of multiple myeloma April 11 at his Frederick home. He was 79.

Maryland Renaissance Festival loses its most loyal king's guard with the death of Ray Partenheimer

Ray Partenheimer served as Hanz, the captain of the king’s guard, at the Crownsville festival for more than 20 years. To those who played the royalty he protected, Partenheimer was the most faithful man they ever knew.

A meteor flashed across the sky in Maryland, across the East Coast on Tuesday. Here's what we know about it.

A meteor made a blue-green streak across the sky over Baltimore and other areas of the East Coast on Tuesday night.

Orioles catcher Austin Wynns reinstated from injured list, optioned to Triple-A

Orioles catcher Austin Wynns, who was rehabbing an oblique injury with Double-A Bowie, has been reinstated from the injured list and optioned to Triple-A Norfolk.

Atlas Restaurant group to open seafood spots at Cross Street Market, replacing Nick's

The Atlas Restaurant Group is in lease negotiations to open a new seafood tavern and crab house at the Cross Street Market, along with a seafood market. The new concepts will replace Nick's Inner Harbor Seafood, which closed earlier this year.