Colin Campbell –

Teenager killed by police in Maryland was honors student with political aspirations; neighbors describe hectic scene

April 15, 2021 at 10:17 a.m.

Peyton Alexander Ham was an honors student at Leonardtown High School who loved history, the Baltimore Orioles and cooking with his mother. He had been accepted into the school's Global...

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings gives remarks during a ceremony celebrating the life of her husband, Elijah Cummings. A public viewing and community celebration for Congressman Elijah E. Cummings was held at Morgan State University. (Ulysses Muñoz, Baltimore Sun)

‘This was a great man. A man who has inspired so many’: Baltimore bids farewell to Elijah Cummings at celebration

October 23, 2019 at 9:40 p.m.

As a day of tributes to the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings drew to a close Wednesday night, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings ascended a stage to speak about her late husband....

A crew works on a water main break outside the parking lot at Pimlico Race Course, just days before the Preakness Stakes.

Days before Preakness, water main breaks in front of main Pimlico entrance

June 1, 2019 at 4:27 a.m.

Crews have repaired a water main that broke outside the Pimlico Race Course entrance Tuesday, days before Preakness crowds descend upon the track for Baltimore's largest sporting event of the...

Baltimore police trainees canvass the area where Jacquelyn Smith was killed. Her husband, Kevin Smith, and his daughter, Valeria Smith, 28, have been arrested in the killing.

Staged panhandler killing played on worst stereotypes of Baltimore, unwarranted fear of homeless

August 21, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

What police now say was a false story of a Good Samaritan from Harford County being killed after giving money to a panhandler in East Baltimore played on the worst...

Widower, stepdaughter who blamed panhandler for woman’s stabbing death in Baltimore arrested in her killing

August 21, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

The story of a woman who was fatally stabbed in December after reportedly giving money to a panhandler — a case that drew national attention and spread fear through Baltimore...

Woman killed after giving money to panhandler in Baltimore was engineer who had been out dancing with husband

August 22, 2019 at 9:59 a.m.

Keith and Jacquelyn Smith danced Friday night at the American Legion on Madison Street in Baltimore, where they had brought his daughter Shavon to celebrate her 28th birthday. Hours later,...

A Baltimore City police officer stands at 814 W. Fayette Street near the scene of a shooting where a police officer was shot at the 800 block of Vine Street.

Baltimore police officer wounded, man killed in shootout in block that’s seen recent spate of violence

August 21, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

A Baltimore police officer was injured and a man was killed in a shootout Sunday evening in West Baltimore’s Poppleton neighborhood, interim Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle said — in the...

Maryland Gov. Hogan addresses the media after a shooting at the Annapolis Capital.

What we know about the shooting at the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis

August 21, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

A gunman blasted his way into the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis with a shotgun on June 28, killing five people and injuring two others, authorities said. Here’s what we...

Capital Gazette owner creates fund for shooting victims, families and scholarship for journalism students

August 21, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

The owner of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis announced the creation of a fund for the families, victims and survivors of the mass shooting Thursday in the newspaper’s office in...

Maryland flag lowered, vigils planned Friday in Annapolis for Capital Gazette shooting victims

June 29, 2019 at 11:33 p.m.

Gov. Larry Hogan has ordered the Maryland flag lowered to half-staff Friday, and a pair of candlelight vigils are planned for Friday night in Annapolis to honor the victims of...

All Stories