Baltimore MD

A Vietnam War veteran made a heartwarming visit to WMAR today, delivering gifts for our annual holiday toy drive and continuing his decades-long mission of giving back to the community. Carroll Smith served in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967 and later worked at Johns Hopkins University after his military service....

MARYLAND (WBFF) — Maryland lawmakers will return to Annapolis in January facing a projected $1.4 billion budget deficit, a challenge expected to dominate the 2026 legislative session. But some lawmakers say the state cannot afford to sideline another growing problem: the rise of unlicensed senior living facilities. A...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A new report from Baltimore City Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming is raising questions about the city's spending on overtime payments for staff at homeless shelters. The report highlighted that one staffer charged the city for 257 hours of overtime in a single month in 2023,...

Skateland patrons gathered Sunday to skate their final laps around the Overlea roller rink as it prepared to shut down after 48 years of business. Parents guided their wobbly-footed children, teens laughed and leaned into each other, seasoned skaters danced and performed tricks, and skaters of all ages experienced a...

Governor Wes Moore will meet with U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy this week about the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild, as well as other local transportation projects. Duffy sent a letter to Moore in September about the Key Bridge, offer collaboration between DOT and Maryland on how to best construct...

Santa Claus arrived in a helicopter on Tuesday, getting patients in the holiday spirit at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

In cities across the country, many Black households say rising prices are reshaping their daily routines. Costs for food, housing and health care continue to rise faster than wages. People are now making difficult choices about expenses that once felt ordinary. According to the September 2025 Consumer Price Index...

ICE Baltimore says it arrested Kevin Alexis Mendez-Ortiz late last month, during a targeted operation in Oxon Hill. According to the agency, Mendez-Ortiz is a Honduran national who crossed into the US illegally in 2022 and was released the same day — and is now accused of causing a violent crash that nearly killed a...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — After the last Public Safety Committee hearing of the year, several questions were raised about a program FOX45 News has investigated for years. Safe Streets is part of Mayor Brandon Scott’s five-year violence reduction plan. The community violence reduction plan is run through the Mayor’s Office...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Police were in Baltimore's Edmondson Village neighborhood investigating a shooting on Wednesday morning. According to police, officers responded to the 3900 block of Stokes Drive just before 1 a.m. for reports of a shooting. When on scene, officers found a 28-year-old who was suffering from being...