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Emily Opilo

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Emily Opilo

@emilyopilo

City Hall reporter for @baltimorebanner. Former @baltimoresun. Cuse alum and PA native.

Baltimore, MD

Joined February 2009

Emily Opilo
@emilyopilo
Jun 28, 2018
What happened in Annapolis is the worst nightmare of every journalist. None of our newsrooms are equipped to fend off an attack. We belong to the communities we serve. We can't be fortresses. Praying that as many people as possible make it out alive.
Emily Opilo
@emilyopilo
Apr 20, 2022
Baltimore Police Commissioner just confirmed that the department’s chief of fiscal services has been terminated and is a person of interest in a homicide investigation. He won’t specify which homicide.
Emily Opilo
@emilyopilo
Mar 28, 2020
THIS shot from @baltimoresun's Barb Taylor of this morning's fire at Urban Bible Fellowship Church. Wow. Read more here: baltimoresun.com/maryland/balti…
Emily Opilo
@emilyopilo
Mar 26, 2024
Jesus Campos works for Brawner Builders, the crew that was working on the Key Bridge when it collapsed. He said via translators that he used to be on the bridge team but was recently switched to a different shift. “I could have been there like my coworkers.”
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Emily Opilo
@emilyopilo
Oct 26, 2020
The first person in line to vote at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia was 19-year-old Armon Wilson. He woke up at 4 a.m. and walked an hour to get there per @AnaFaguy. The rest of us have zero excuses not to vote after that.
Emily Opilo
@emilyopilo
Aug 11, 2024
Looks like @MayorBMScott got married today to fiancé Hana Pugh. The couple had a child in December.
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Emily Opilo
@emilyopilo
Mar 28, 2024
Baltimore Orioles hold a moment of silence ahead of the Opening Day game for the victims of the Key Bridge collapse. Four members of the Baltimore City Fire Department dive team are in the city box at today’s game.
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Emily Opilo
@emilyopilo
May 17, 2021
Baltimore will not lift its mask mandate completely until 65% of city residents have been vaccinated or received their first dose, Baltimore Health Commissioner Letitia Dzirasa just announced at a news conference
Emily Opilo
@emilyopilo
Oct 4, 2024
Some personal news: I worked my final day with The Baltimore Sun this week. I’m joining the Baltimore Banner where I’ll continue to cover City Hall. I stand with the Sun journalists who are doing good work against great odds, but I’m also excited for a new challenge.
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Emily Opilo
@emilyopilo
Dec 7, 2020
Outgoing Baltimore City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke notes she's retiring "without having committed a crime."
Emily Opilo
@emilyopilo
May 20, 2020
So here's a crazy tidbit: Maryland election officials found a bunch of ballots from South Carolina mixed in with their shipments to Baltimore. They use the same vendor. I just talked to an elections official in SC, and he says they're ready to dump the company.
Emily Opilo
@emilyopilo
Mar 26, 2024
Replying to @emilyopilo
Campos said all of his missing coworkers are Hispanic men. They were responsible for replacing concrete on the Key Bridge. “It takes courage to work there and you have to be trained,” he said. “The situation is tough, and I hope God helps them get out alive.”
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Emily Opilo
@emilyopilo
Nov 14, 2022
Baltimore is putting 5 large salt boxes in city parks for residents to decorate this year. Mayor Scott decorates the City Hall box with his initials and a Wu-Tang symbol. “Snow storms are temporary but Wu-Tang is forever,” he says.
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Emily Opilo
@emilyopilo
Mar 26, 2022
Didn’t take long for this exchange to get deleted 👀