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 Keith Smith asked his brother Vick Smith to "get rid of" Keith's wife, Jacquelyn Smith, and ultimately blamed her death on a Baltimore panhandler, Baltimore police charging documents allege. More: Read today's eNewspaper | Listen to the news now |   | |
 A majority of Baltimore's state senators have voted to endorse legislation to create an armed Johns Hopkins police force — clearing a major hurdle to the bill’s passage. By a vote of 3-2, delegation backed legislation authorizing the force. The amended bill would impose limits on patrol areas. | | | |
 A recap of what we know about the Jacquelyn Smith killing. | | | |
 As law enforcement agencies throughout the Baltimore region and across the country struggle to find qualified recruits, they are hiring certified, trained officers away from other agencies. And the Baltimore Police Department is a prime target. | | | |
 Federal prosecutors say Latrina Ashburne, a Baltimore woman who died in a 2016 witness retaliation attempt, was murdered by mistake. The intended target, according to court documents, lived next door. | | | |
 Whether a parent has an ability to earn paycheck and enough money to live on are among provisions a court could consider when writing child support orders, under legislation before the Maryland General Assembly. | | | |
 The ACLU and NAACP Legal Defense Fund are asking a judge to rule that Maryland needs to provide between $200 million and $300 million more a year to Baltimore's schools. | | | |
 The weekend weather in the Baltimore area will come in like a lion and go out like a lamb. | | | |
 Ganesha Martin, an attorney who spearheaded the Baltimore Police Department’s consent decree compliance efforts before quitting last year, has been rehired by the city to serve as Mayor Catherine Pugh’s top adviser on criminal justice issues. | | | |
 Meet the 2019 inductees to The Baltimore Sun's Business and Civic Hall of Fame. | | | |
 Former Orioles outfielder Adam Jones and his wife are selling their 24-acre Baltimore County estate, less than a year after buying it from Cal Ripken Jr. in an auction. | | | |
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