Former Mayor Catherine Pugh was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison, followed by three years of probation, for her fraud scheme involving her “Healthy Holly” children’s book series.
The judge also ordered Pugh to pay $411,948 in restitution and to forfeit $669,688 including property on Ellamont Road in Baltimore and $17,800 from the Committee to Re-elect Catherine Pugh.
Baltimore City officials reacted with sadness and a push to do better following the sentencing.
Affordable housing apartments are coming to Hampden after the Board of Estimates approved a $1 million loan Wednesday to help the developer pay for the construction project.
The Flamingo Place Apartments, which will be located west of Falls Road and near W. 40th Street, will include a total of 47 apartment units: 42 affordable housing units and five market-rate units.
Residents of senior apartments outraged over security after 76-year-old man stabbed to death — WMAR
Maryland prepares for coronavirus amid conflicting directions from federal officials and President Trump — The Baltimore Sun
Trooper charged with assault released to state police barrack — WBAL
A historical musical takes an encore in Mount Vernon — Baltimore Magazine
How The AFRO newspaper came to be depends on who you ask, said Rev. Dr. Frances Murphy Draper, great-granddaughter of the newspaper’s founder, John H. Murphy Sr.
If you ask the men in the family, Murphy Sr.’s wife, Martha–Draper’s great-grandmother–gifted her husband $200 to buy The AFRO name and a printing press at an auction. But if you ask the women in the family, the money was a loan, said Draper, who is the newspaper’s CEO and publisher, as well as the senior pastor at the Freedom Temple A.M.E. Zion Church.
Small commercial trash haulers will be able to register for a free 90-day permit to drop off their trash at waste collection sites as part of a pilot program aimed at reducing illegal dumping in Baltimore City.
The initiative is part of Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young’s “Clean It Up!” campaign, which he launched in January to reduce “crime and grime” in Baltimore.
“I’m very excited for this latest piece of the ‘Clean It Up!’ campaign because this is all about new and innovative ways to get residents to help make Baltimore cleaner and safer,” Young said in a press conference Wednesday.
Man Wanted For Allegedly Stabbing 14-Year-Old Boy Outside Halethorpe Wings Restaurant — WJZ
Scholarship to be named after Destiny Harrison to help aspiring hairstylists start careers — WMAR
Father loses sons in separate carjackings in Baltimore — Fox 45
Police: Man charged in connection with alleged assault of woman with syringe — WBAL
Neighbors of Baltimore County hemp farm bring odor, health complaints to state legislature, as industry pushes back — The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore City Public Schools’ four-year graduation rate decreased by nearly 2 percentage points in 2019, the first year since Maryland implemented “more rigorous” graduation requirements, city school officials announced Tuesday.
Of the 4,955 students in the Class of 2019, about 70.3 percent graduated in four years, down about 1.9 percent from 2018, according to data from the Maryland Report Card for 2018 and 2019.
Sen. Bernie Sanders is leading the Maryland Democratic primary race for president by a narrow margin in a new poll from Goucher College.
The poll, which was conducted from Feb. 13-19, found that 24 percent of likely Maryland Democratic voters said they would vote for Sanders, followed by 18 percent for former Vice President Joe Biden and 16 percent for billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Patterson High Student Found With Gun At School, Police Say — WJZ
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay joins volunteers to clean up Ellicott City as part of mystery special event — The Baltimore Sun
BPD: 1 man dead, 1 injured in NW Baltimore near Gwynns Falls Parkway — WBAL
De Facto Leadership On Baltimore County School Board Leads To General Assembly Action — WYPR
BSO workgroup recommends 52-week season, lays out plan to fund changes — Baltimore Business Journal
Rapper DaBaby and EDM artist Marshmello are among the slew of musicians performing at the 2020 InfieldFest at the Preakness Stakes, organizers announced today.
The festival will even feature Shaquille O’Neal–yeah, that Shaq–performing as his musical persona DJ Diesel.
Preakness InfieldFest will be held at the Pimlico Race Course on May 16, the day of this year’s Preakness Stakes, the second jewel in the Triple Crown of thoroughbred horse racing.
