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BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The Baltimore mayor’s office has grown dramatically in both staffing and costs over the past decade, reaching levels far larger than any other mayor’s office in the city’s history. Ten years ago, the mayor’s office operated with 39 employees and a budget of...

On the evening of Tuesday, February 24, two Baltimore Police officers, Omar Rodriguez and Arthur Fuog, fired numerous shots at 37-year-old Dwight Hawkins after a short footchase, killing him in the street in his neighborhood of Belair-Edison. Rodriguez, a member of the Group Violence Unit, was also one of the...

Let’s address the elephant in the room: most retirement destinations are either unaffordable or unbearable. Chestertown, Maryland manages to be neither, offering a quality of life that doesn’t require a massive nest egg or a willingness to spend your golden years in a place that makes you question all your life...

BALTIMORE, MD (WBFF) — An injured worked and a firefighter were injured as the Baltimore City Fire Department battled a building fire on Thursday. Around 10:45 a.m. on Feb. 26, crews responded to the 2000 block of N. Rose Street. The fire department says that the fire has grown...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A 41-year-old man was arrested in connection with a shooting in south Baltimore, according to police. Officers arrested Samuel Partlow, of Baltimore, on Feb. 19 for the shooting of a 40-year-old man. On Feb. 18, around 7:13 p.m., officers responded to a reported shooting at the...

A Maryland senior living facility employee has been accused of donning a wig and mask to disguise his identity before shooting a wealthy resident in the head. Maurquise Emillo James, of Baltimore, was arrested Feb. 24 and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the Valentine’s Day shooting of...

Two parents pleaded guilty on Feb. 26 to fatal first-degree child abuse for starving their daughter, 5-year-old Zona Byrd, to death in 2024 at their East Baltimore home. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton presided over their joint plea. 33-year-old Bernice Byrd and 36-year-old Gerald Byrd of...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — When professor Ze Wang returned from a winter vacation in early January, he expected to unlock his townhome in Southwest Baltimore’s Pigtown neighborhood and resume his weekly teaching routine. His key didn’t work. “I was totally shocked,” said Wang, a University of Maryland School...

DUNDALK, Md. (WBFF) — Baltimore County police are investigating a shooting that injured a man in Dundalk Friday evening. The shooting happened in the 900 block of Avondale Road around 5 p.m. on Feb. 27, police said. An adult male victim was transported to a local hospital. At this...

Dwight Hawkins, 37, of Baltimore, died after being struck by gunfire around 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24, in the 3600 block of Belair Road, according to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. Investigators say officers were already inside the business when they noticed Hawkins acting suspiciously. He exited the...