Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland)

Baltimore has high rate of staff-inmate sex

2013-05-16 18:49:19

The Baltimore City Detention Center had the nation's second-highest rate of sexual contact between jail staff and inmates, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study released less than a month after federal prosecutors accused corrections officers at...

Maryland 5th-grader to present cupcake idea to Warren Buffett

2013-05-13 07:43:00

If you ever find yourself looking for an excuse to eat more cupcakes, 11-year-old Krissa Hillman has a good one. The fifth-grader from Bollman Bridge Elementary School in Jessup is the creative mastermind behind Cupcakes for Literacy, a business that...

O'Malley can't spin his way out of the jail corruption scandal

2013-04-30 12:56:00

Give Gov. Martin O'Malley points for chutzpah. Just back from a weeklong trip to Israel, during which he was inexplicably unable to comment on the goings-on back home, he gave his first response today to the federal indictments unsealed a week before...

Maryland lawmakers call for answers on alleged jail corruption involving BGF

2013-04-24 19:04:00

Maryland lawmakers called Wednesday for a sweeping inquiry into the state prison system, amid allegations that a gang effectively took over the Baltimore City Detention Center, orchestrating crimes from behind bars and impregnating female correctional...

Maryland gun-control opponents won't seek referendum

2013-04-17 18:49:00

Opponents of Maryland's tough new gun-control law said Wednesday that they will not seek to petition it to referendum and instead will back a lawsuit planned by the National Rifle Association. "This is a constitutional right that should not go to the...

Dr. Theodore Kardash, obstetrician-gynecologist

2013-04-16 14:15:41

Dr. Theodore Kardash, an obstetrician-gynecologist who had been head of gynecologic services at Maryland General Hospital and whose accomplishments as a physician were the pride of his Russian immigrant parents, died April 9 at the Charlotte Hall Veterans...

Killings in Md. prisons defy efforts to improve security

2013-04-13 07:53:00

Phyllis Scott was waiting for the day her son would be released from prison to return to East Baltimore, and she hoped he could steer clear of trouble in the future. But that day never came. Malcolm Jerrod "Rod" Pridget, who was just shy of his 20th...

Inmate killed in attack at Jessup prison

2013-04-12 15:37:19

A 26-year-old inmate at a state prison in Jessup died Friday after he was found with severe head injuries on Thursday night, Maryland State Police said. Javaughn A. Young was found lying on a walkway in a wing of the Maryland Correctional Institution...

Six bucks per child? That's how much HoCo schools spent 100 years ago [History Matters]

2013-04-03 09:15:00

100 Years Ago Six bucks per student From the list of expenditures for Howard County for 1912 published in the Times: "Total receipts for taxes — $96,541.12. Of this amount, the Public Schools of Howard county have received $17,400, of which...

Ten years later, Annie's Playground keeps Harford girl's memory alive

2013-03-22 03:00:00

Despite a stiff, cold wind Wednesday, Annie's Playground in Fallston was filled with parents and children enjoying a sunny afternoon on the first day of spring. The young visitors enjoyed a picnic lunch, soared on some of the many swings and made...

Top 10 locations with most speed camera citations

2013-03-20 07:31:00

Below is a list of the 10 locations where the most citations from the school zone speed cameras were issued. The citations shown were issued between November 2011 through December 2012. ++++++++++++++++++++ || School(s) || Location || Citations || Hours...

Inmates help tear down House of Correction, earn professional certifications

2013-03-14 15:42:00

While Travis Baldwin is incarcerated at Jessup Correctional Institution, he's learning how to safely remove asbestos from contaminated buildings — by working next door at the shuttered Maryland House of Correction. Baldwin, a mechanic by trade,...

ho Jessup, MD Photo date: 05-16-2013 Photo by Nate Pesce Kayla Pendergast, 14, of Columbia, reads her story to GT Resource Teacher Monica Bickerton, out of frame right, and others during the Reader's Cafe.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Baltimore MD - APR 05: Jeff Singer, 57, New Columbia, PA shows off his arm piece done at Low Tide Tattoo in Jessup, MD at the Baltimore Tattoo Arts Convention in the Inner Harbor.

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Eric Bogdaschewskyi of Jessup takes a photo of "Flower Girl," created by Cecelia's Bridal, on display at the free Westminster Peep Show at Carroll Arts Center Saturday.

2013-03-30 00:00:00