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January 24, 2018

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Baltimore Police officer who turned off body camera charged with tampering with evidence; others cleared

Wednesday, Jan 24

A grand jury has indicted a Baltimore Police officer on charges of misconduct and tampering with evidence in connection with a body camera video that surfaced last year that the public defender’s office said showed him planting drugs.

Orioles to extend protective netting beyond dugouts at Camden Yards, Ed Smith Stadium

The Orioles will extend the protective netting at Camden Yards for the upcoming season, joining a growing list of teams that are doing so in 2018.

Baltimore County state lawmakers to question schools chief Verletta White

Baltimore County's delegation of state senators are scheduled to meet with Baltimore County school superintendent Verletta White on Friday.

Targeting ‘dope boy cars,’ a bag of masks: Corruption highlighted in Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force testimony

Detective Maurice Ward, one of the Gun Trace Task Force officers who has pleaded guilty to his role in a racketeering conspiracy, took the stand Tuesday on the first day of trial for two of his co-defendants and laid out a wide array of astonishing corruption he said the officers took part in.

Jury awards $75,000 to man sprayed, yanked down by Baltimore police during riots

A jury awarded $75,000 Wednesday to Larry Lomax, the 26-year-old who was doused with a spray canister and yanked down by two Baltimore police officers.

Trading retirement for the brewery: 98-year-old Union Craft Brewing employee doesn't plan to slow down

On a recent Saturday afternoon, Union Craft Brewing celebrated the 98th birthday of its oldest employee, Henry "Zadie" Benesch, the grandfather of company co-founder Adam Benesch.

Frostbite sailing on the Chesapeake Bay: Where even the ice isn't a breaker

Frostbite sailing is for the "adrenaline junkie" sailors who can't stay indoors. With temperatures hovering in the 30s, sailing might not seem like a sane idea, but to frostbiters, winter is the ideal time to get out on the water.

Baltimore spending board awards $15 million contract for new street-side trash cans

Baltimore's spending panel awarded a $15 million contract for thousands of trash cans to a Korean company on Wednesday, rejecting a protest by a losing bidder.

Editorial: Did Baltimore really have a shot at Amazon HQ2? In a word, yes

Amazon will reportedly tell Baltimore officials how our HQ2 bid stacked up. But based on what the company said it cared most about, the city beats out others that made the top 20.

Unpacking scrapple: How a loaf made from pig scraps became Baltimore’s favorite breakfast meat

For Baltimoreans, the love of scrapple – an amalgam of pig scraps, cornmeal and sometimes buckwheat flour – is often tied up in nostalgia.