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 Wednesday, Feb 6 The Baltimore Police Department is not only failing to fill vacant patrol positions in the face of steady street violence, which officials have called a priority, but suffered a net loss of 36 sworn officers in 2018 — hiring 184 officers but losing 220, data obtained by The Baltimore Sun show. More: Read today's eNewspaper | Listen to the news now |   | |
| Here's a look at some of the claims from President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech. |
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| Donald Trump is a president on a fast train to infamy, and it felt Tuesday night, like even he no longer believes in the words he is saying. |
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| Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot blasted bills Tuesday that would strip away his office’s enforcement powers and limit the types of campaign donations he can accept. |
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| In a rare show of unity at the Baltimore County school board meeting Tuesday night, dozens of parents, teachers and administrators encouraged the school board to ask for what students need rather than the slimmed-down budget that meets the county executive’s fiscal limits. |
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| The Baltimore County school board voted to hire a firm to search for a new superintendent. |
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| The fully automatic firearms obtained by former Taneytown Police Chief William Tyler are far easier for a law enforcement official to purchase for their department than it would be for a member of the public to legally obtain, a local machine gun dealer and former federal agent told the Times. |
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| Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. confirmed Tuesday afternoon that the Baltimore County Police Department is investigating a Twitter account, bearing the name of a county police sergeant, that has posted messages advocacy groups called “outrageous” and “blatantly racist.” |
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| A proposal to bring Baltimore in line with state ethics laws would require officials to withhold the home addresses of city employees in public filings — a move that would make it difficult for the public to know whether residency requirements are being followed. |
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| After junior guard Anthony Cowan Jr. missed 12 of 16 shots in Friday's 69-61 loss at then-No. 24 Wisconsin, No. 24 Maryland needs its floor leader to play better at Nebraska on Wednesday. |
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| There really shouldn’t have been much of a contest or challenge for the NFL’s Most Valuable Player, which went to Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes over the weekend. |
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