<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/lockheed-martin-defense-demand-grows-KGQQXM2VARCYJE7OEZMTKPKDWE/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T22:59:32.169Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SR2EWQ2SF5F2ZLLEVISHRKSIBM.jpg?auth=f92201fff728f93f24f88173bacd358943688d03c84abf350db2a9d075ab22dd&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[An F-35 fighter jet, Lockheed Martin’s bestselling product, was on display at the Paris Air Show in June.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/carroll-road-bridge-collapse-phoenix-baltimore-county-JTEF4NAR5BBXTFSQTDG66CTASE/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T22:23:52.598Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SYFR3ZPZ5BH5ZPCKFLGSPV7XHI.jpeg?auth=a50648ba6c1ece4411a8818fb6cabf2c11a58e809bd2fb03e3d1d2d70220a890&amp;smart=true&amp;width=600&amp;height=400</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore County Fire Department crews respond to a call about a septic truck involved in the collapse of a bridge in Phoenix on Monday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/baltimore-arrest-warrant-albert-gordon-FLNPCHNUQJA7NOG7WQAJKZLUEA/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T21:08:54.448Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XIF4OUUVORH5DDDOYHGQM2SICY.jpg?auth=a5571292bf5d8418431e1d209541fbabc753e77effde4c14b104413555d044e8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5271&amp;height=3514</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[“It is just a bizarre set of facts and administrative glitches,” said former Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler, who took the case pro bono.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/growth-development/aceco-donald-trump-white-house-east-wing-demolition-ballroom-JYH3KX4SYVAG5KWWZZ2NSSPUPE/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T19:26:48.331Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/35OFMRXCUVCH5LMLTFNMRAK2A4.jpg?auth=c31f0b6003ca222aaef706fa9891c05a51162099dfd4480588e935fe950e763a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4350&amp;height=2900</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Work begins on the demolition of a part of the East Wing of the White House on Monday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/baltimore-county-catonsville-pat-young-stephen-whalen-FY72MEGTFJHURPNI2D3LPDO2VE/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T19:16:59.562Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/7ZXSGFZBVFCX3IPRW764I3YOAQ.jpeg?auth=427611b27f8331ae93650d94a4c18676a60505b80424673b561094be6bd8b86b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=3024</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore County Council unanimously passed a bill rezoning property owned by Catonsville developer Stephen Whalen, allowing Whalen to temporarily store construction equipment across the street from a condominium community.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/anne-arundel-county-elections-public-campaign-financing-FPR4Z74USRFJ3EOUNBIQJZ6RMA/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T19:08:10.095Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IGPLO6SYLBGV5FI3G7DAXAOTWA.JPG?auth=8512d466f1c66d965372e6315cfa4e80d197ba054178fcd080e192914b27b108&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7816&amp;height=4963</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Early voters head into the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections building in Glen Burnie to vote in 2024. The Anne Arundel County Council voted on Monday to allow funding of the county’s public campaign financing program outside the budget cycle.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/steven-whalen-pat-young-developer-zoning-TAWLUWHVNVDBRH374IPPS4N2E4/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T18:45:36.391Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/P7KVU657WJCKTFKFMNZ2OJ5FCQ.jpg?auth=484b0fac7229124d1163b5c6a4f127a2206757ec96ce7e8a33e84669cc8222e6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4031&amp;height=2687</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A code enforcement hearing was postponed after Baltimore County councilman Pat Young introduced a bill that could impact “enforcement issues” at a location being developed by Whalen Properties.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-internal-pitching-options-jon-meoli-3F4FDQWBQVDDLCO56YH4VL24GU/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T18:39:38.951Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2CVIOPKF5VHINLBXPK2DD45PWQ.jpg?auth=0d367c7762efecce84d54474ed5fbbd38c5690e250ff9f11be337e245ebf2d00&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1995&amp;height=1330</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish delivers a pitch in the third inning against the Boston Red Sox on Aug. 26.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/baltimore-county-liquor-board-towson-minors-YSLSBQVNSFGF5PDUJX6EO6BS4M/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T18:11:27.343Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WEOEP2C4FJA33ALJPRSLIZDXYU.JPG?auth=02175fc0eace1512debde905716080d2ee70cf986051b07f68a1f3df336a3088&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2668</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers patrol the sidewalk as revelers participate in a recent Thirsty Thursday in Towson.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/hero-act-pension-first-responders-AUD6DCQ2YFDUFFFIJMPQAXDKHI/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T18:05:04.198Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SH7UFPYJN5CRXGU63FECEECH4A.jpg?auth=311ff638d1e83f257a87f933713ca6334434bee6cd57cb61829c45760a945bd4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2832&amp;height=1888</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Montgomery County Council member Evan Glass is flanked by supporters of the “Hero Act,” a bill that would increase pension benefit options for bereaved spouses of first responders.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/west-river-fatal-crash-annapolis-HMUEP63YCJGXBJKQOGRUVWPRBI/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T16:57:30.309Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ENLYVFPZTFAM3EMWPRKSQZ7EPQ.jpg?auth=33554967acf7933dfc297d868b283f2b0f2a31f343aa948c9d7f3a4b29eb0bd4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2569&amp;height=1713</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A single-vehicle crash in Anne Arundel County on Sunday leaves a couple dead.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-podcast-albert-pujols-manager-MKQPSJKOPFFYJLWEJUHOMOYBKY/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T14:50:57.95Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/N6ME62O4YRBB5PPPFM5QE4DVLQ.png?auth=735175ddfb81289d1043f92c22238399ffb03617b3c420f11f1288abafa27f0f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1920&amp;height=1080</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/letters/menhaden-chesapeake-fish-kill-virginia-omega-protein-QSXJVWNQY5B3HFOINLS4EV4GNI/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T14:00:00.684Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5HK7LFXG2ZHHNARGFS7H3VF6ZM.jpg?auth=f9699a5965553845c89558890453c9350d01cf5f5f9f7b68ad8f1016874ac72b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Thousands of dead menhaden float in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor last month. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/astrazenica-johns-hopkins-impact-maryland-biotech-T2FTFIOPQVA3DK6GOJSOTNDEDE/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T10:59:14.52Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/CTJ7RIHTKRF6XG6YUFRWSM65VE.jpg?auth=23de2869b0711b9f8de2220ea3518b1f8d537905513e0804a39b0e459fcecb1c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8256&amp;height=5504</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[At Impact Maryland, a Baltimore Banner symposium, leaders of Baltimore’s biotech economy spoke in a panel discussion. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/inspector-general-baltimore-county-montgomery-county-DTXR5XJYY5FHXHSLDMYWS7UGQA/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T09:30:01.16Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OVMDAD7JMFAVHGKZKAKW32V2YU.JPG?auth=efdff32129e77f7238d184cb5321dcb14370ebf90d7bd8ac925d96c39389875c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5452&amp;height=3602</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Megan Limarzi, the Inspector General for Montgomery County, in her office in Rockville.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/baltimore-council-housing-density-bill-concerns-VNZV6DJONJA7HA2HU6CP33BRQQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T00:55:50.364Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/VQN5MCJJENEHRH3KXEWWR7ZAB4.JPG?auth=01c03663fa89d513f7e4a1dbfa3f9bc1ae401d141d8315ffb6abd4c3b7843f67&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Councilman James Torrence said housing bills intended to allow more density could push out Black Baltimore residents.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/ocean-city-tram-discontinued-fatal-crash-toddler-APNGYSDKDFAJPO55OYLMJDCIEQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T00:41:22.052Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QVB7CPZHOBERPLGTSXB5RAPRNU.JPG?auth=e45fe99563f8ec0f6fd5d9d300546101f96069ac5a9d4e26c3ba35503dc26943&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ocean City spokesperson Jessica Waters said Ocean City is seeking ways to reimagine the boardwalk without trams.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/hartsfield-jackson-atlanta-international-airport-JTNN2IBKLZA7LEPJ6RIOY2ZGT4/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-21T00:15:11.344Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/GTZCADTRKJHLDIQ53RYEUMWDVQ.jpg?auth=e39c90a2437fc88d8fe10b25fc26901e3ac7f9c3fd81726c71e44b1fac8bd165&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3500&amp;height=1956</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police body-camera footage from Monday shows Billy Joe Cagle, of Cartersville, Georgia, right, talking to police officers before being arrested at the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>