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 Keith Smith benefited financially from his wife, Jacquelyn Smith, during her life — and had sought to be the executor of her estate, which he said was worthless. Now Keith Smith and daughter Valeria Smith stand accused of murdering Jacquelyn and concocting a story about a panhandler in Baltimore. More: Read today's eNewspaper | Listen to the news now |   | |
 In 2014, a new Baltimore Police unit probing officers’ use of force began looking at an incident in Northeast Baltimore, in which Sgt. Wayne Jenkins had run down a man with his vehicle. At no point did they know that Sgt. Keith Gladstone had stopped by the scene — and allegedly planted a BB gun. | | | |
 Boyle led all Ravens tight ends in playing time last season, featuring prominently as a blocker and occasional receiver in the team's run-heavy scheme. | | | |
 Some Maryland school systems, including several in the Baltimore area, are asking for big increases in school funding for next year. | | | |
 White Marsh Mall announced Thursday a new curfew for teens under the age of 18, who will no longer be allowed on the premises without an adult age 21 or over after 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. | | | |
 The Baltimore City Council's executive appointments committee has approved Mayor Catherine Pugh's nomination of Michael Harrison as police commissioner. Harrison cleared what appeared to be his next-to-last hurdle with little opposition. He's a former New Orleans Police Department superintendent. | | | |
 Arming Baltimore City schools police is not a "foregone conclusion" despite the school board's vote to support legislation authorizing officers to be armed on school property during the day. | | | |
 The Maryland House of Delegates has passed a bill that would shield from the public the names and photographs of youth who are criminally charged as adults until a judge has determined whether the case should be moved to juvenile court. | | | |
 Four years after Maryland lawmakers passed legislation requiring police to count untested rape kits, they are now discussing a proposal that would require authorities to test them. | | | |
 Jerome Johnson was exonerated and released from prison last year. Now, he’s suing the Baltimore police department, saying detectives withheld an earlier statement from the girl that failed to mention him at all. | | | |
 An exhibit of 100 photographs documenting Baltimore arabber culture by Roland Freeman runs through March at the Reginald Lewis Museum. | | | |
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