Fire burns block of Ellicott City
Correction: In an article yesterday about a six-alarm fire in Ellicott City, the name of Joseph Bliffin, manager of Cacao Lane restaurant on Main Street, was misspelled. The Sun regrets...
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Police believe Dundalk woman knew killer Her children describe man in white van who spoke to mother 4 days earlier
Baltimore County police say a Dundalk mother of two who was found strangled in her apartment three months ago knew her killer and had been stalked by him. "This killer...
‘Everyone is afraid’ of slaying suspect Police say he had reputation as feared gunman
A man charged with killing five people -- most of whom were suffocated during robberies of drug money -- had been paroled shortly before the slayings began in 1993 and...
Mourners gather for starved child ‘No one was there to catch her except God,’ minister says
Dozens of mourners filled the pews of a small Pikesville church yesterday afternoon to remember the short life of Rita Denise Fisher -- a 9-year-old girl who authorities say had...
3 are held in girl’s death 9-year-old child weighed 47 pounds when she died; Mother, sister, man charged; Neighbors, suspecting abuse, alerted Balto. Co. social services
Baltimore County homicide detectives are investigating the recent death of a 9-year-old Milford Mill girl who showed signs of malnutrition and beatings -- and who had been the subject of...
Police re-search Harrison home Investigators seek evidence in ’94 slaying of Ruxton woman
The Timonium home of James J. Harrison, under scrutiny for months after his estranged wife was slain almost three years ago, was swarming with detectives yesterday. State and Baltimore County...
Teams take aim at crime Grants will finance coordinated efforts in neighborhoods; Help for ‘hot spots’; Police, prosecutors, probation officers included in program
C In a bid to drastically change the way crime is fought in Maryland, state officials have chosen more than a dozen Baltimore-area neighborhoods to receive more than $2 million...
Grants target crime areas Three communities in Balto. Co. hope to win funding; Announcement tomorrow; Federal, state money to go to ‘hot spots’ across Maryland
Three high-crime Baltimore County communities hope to receive thousands of dollars in state and federal money under an ambitious series of grants being announced tomorrow to fight crime through government...
Grants to offer aid to high-crime communities
A state appellate court has ruled that a Carroll County judge erred when he granted a mistrial last year after prosecutors claimed the defendant's lawyer used an illegally obtained tape...
Faulty electrical cable cuts power at mall Most Towson Town stores closed during hour outage
A faulty underground electrical cable caused the power to go out for more than an hour in all 185 stores at Towson Town Center yesterday afternoon, forcing most to close...