Protest ends with sorrow, disappointment
Wesley Eugene Baker's mother slipped into the crowd of death-penalty protesters gathered outside the prison gates as a steady snow fell. But few of them seemed to know who Delores...
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Fallen soldier was seeking U.S. citizenship
Army Reserve Spc. Kendell K. Frederick was stationed in Iraq when he decided he wanted to become a citizen of the country he was serving. But the process to apply...
County says it didn’t find evidence that Dundalk boy’s life was in danger
Baltimore County social workers visited the home of Roy Lechner Jr. more than 150 times in the two years before he died of suspected abuse - but didn't feel they...
As child is laid to rest, questions persist
Thick makeup camouflaged the bruises on his face, and his Ravens cap covered the injuries on his head. Surrounded in his small white casket by teddy bears and cards from...
Mother held in boy’s death had drawn earlier notice
A 25-year-old Dundalk woman whose parenting had drawn the attention of authorities has been charged with child abuse in the death this week of her 3-year-old son, prompting investigators to...
New state police chief a believer in tradition
When Edward T. Norris became superintendent of the Maryland State Police, he created a homeland security bureau and introduced troopers to Comstat, a crime-tracking system he brought with him from...
How BWI’s ‘Big Papa’ took down the inferno
Five firefighters from Baltimore-Washington International Airport hopped onto a ladder truck and headed to what they thought was a routine house fire in Anne Arundel County. Then the dispatchers revised...
Acting state police chief pledges ‘smooth transition’
It has been nearly a decade since Thomas E. "Tim" Hutchins walked across the state police compound in Pikesville. He says when he retired as a state police captain in...
Ehrlich prepares for loss of Norris
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s staff is searching for a potential replacement for Maryland State Police Superintendent Edward T. Norris, who is under an intensifying federal investigation of his activities...
A golden legacy begins on a new playing field
For the dedication of Towson University's stadium to Johnny Unitas yesterday, fans filled the bleachers as if the Colts legend himself were playing. Thousands of people craned their necks to...