COVID-19 Pandemic To Blame For High Prices At Grocery Stores

CBS Baltimore (Local) 9/24 1:47P Local News – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) Grocery prices across the board from meat to eggs are soaring. The question is not what has gone up, but what hasn t. Eggs, beef, chicken, are seeing significant increases this past year. And the answer to most questions these...

Maryland Faces One Of Its Worst Nursing Shortages In History According To Health Officials

CBS Baltimore (Local) 9/22 11:42A Local News – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) Health officials are calling it one of the worst nursing shortages in Maryland’s history. This is indeed a crisis and a crisis that needs to be addressed,” said Dr. Kathleen Wiser, Dean of Notre Dame of Maryland University School...

90% Or More Staff At Least Partially Vaccinated At 91 Maryland Nursing Facilities

CBS Baltimore (Local) 9/20 7:51A Local News – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE, (WJZ)   Ninety-one skilled nursing homes and congregate facilities statewide have gotten at least 90 percent of their staffs partially or fully vaccinated against COVID-19. That s according to the Maryland Department of Health, which...

Baltimore Teacher Receives $25K To Buy New Equipment For Her Photography & Visual Arts Students

CBS Baltimore (Local) 9/16 11:01A Local News – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ)   A Baltimore teacher takes home a big prize $25,000 to buy all new equipment for her photography and visual arts students. Jenna Porter is a visual arts teacher at Roland Park Elementary Middle School. Last month, she got an...

BGE Awards Nearly $216K In Grants To More Than 60 Organizations To Support Environmental Stewardship...

CBS Baltimore (Local) 8/24 2:22P Local News – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) Baltimore Gas and Electric announced that they have awarded 61 non-profit organizations grants to assist with environmental stewardship projects in the company s service area. The grants total to $215,750 and are a part of the...

Parkville Man Michael Vincent Bonczewski Arrested For Child Sexual Assault, Pornography; Youth Coach...

CBS Baltimore (Local) 8/5 5:40A Local News – CBS Baltimore

WESTMINSTER (WJZ)   The Carroll County Sheriff s Office said it has arrested Michael Vincent Bonczewski, a youth sports coach from Parkville, for charges including child sexual assault and...

Baltimore City Teacher Wins CIA Contest To Upgrade School Technology

CBS Baltimore (Local) 8/2 12:14P Local News – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ)   What teacher Jenna Porter thought was a meeting with the principal turned out to be the biggest surprise she s ever had. The smile shone through her mask at Roland Park Elementary School when she found out she won a $25,000...

Teens Help Create ‘Together Govans’ Mural In Baltimore

CBS Baltimore (Local) 7/30 10:38A Local News – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) If you re driving along York Road in northeast Baltimore, you ll likely pass a new piece of art a mural designed and constructed entirely by young people, teenagers who live in the community. Together Govans, that s the name of...

Baltimore City Employees Should Get Vaccinated For COVID-19 Or Face Weekly Testing, Comptroller...

CBS Baltimore (Local) 7/28 11:23A Local News – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) – City Comptroller Bill Henry on Wednesday urged Mayor Brandon Scott to implement what would amount to a vaccine mandate for city workers. “Clearly, there are people who need some additional incentives,” Henry said. Henry cited a...

‘Our Numbers Are Up About 500%’ Maryland Pushes To Vaccinate As Covid Delta Variant Spreads; Still...

CBS Baltimore (Local) 7/27 2:14P Local News – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) The walk-in vaccination clinic at the Engineers Club in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood was not packed, but every shot counts with the more contagious Delta variant of COVID—19 on the rise in Maryland. The Ivy Hotel helped...

Baltimore Ranks Ninth In Country For Highest Heat Index Scores

CBS Baltimore (Local) 7/20 11:51A Local News – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) A Climate Central report this month has among the highest Heat Index Scores in the country. The 7.08 Index Score rates Baltimore City ninth nationally meaning the city may be up seven degrees warmer on average. The report cites...

‘I’m In Shock’ Double Shooting At Giant Foods On Reisterstown Plaza Leaves One Man Dead & A Woman...

CBS Baltimore (Local) 7/13 4:53P Local News – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) Violent gunfire shakes two busy shopping centers within hours of each other in the Baltimore area on Tuesday. The first was at Security Square Mall between officers and a homicide suspect on the run. The second was at a Giant...

Maryland Health Officials Combat COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Among 18 to 39 Year Olds

CBS Baltimore (Local) 6/22 11:07A Local News – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) Notre Dame of Maryland University hosted another vaccination clinic on campus Tuesday, vaccinating more than 3,800 people this spring. But as Maryland continues to encourage...