<?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/community/local-news/ramone-ramsay-kymani-bailey-silver-spring-garage-shooting-first-degree-murder-XRAIFDCK4REJ5BMCTRUEYHML7A/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T22:44:58.211Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/UVWXLTJNFFETTJER5OAGCYVXLI.jpg?auth=75b71ea5aa02fe030b4dd381d50ee952ff4f711704584e5c01ecae3b4320cdbf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5693&amp;height=3795</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A judge sentenced a man to life in prison Monday for the fatal shooting of college student Kymani Bailey in 2023.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/dalesios-sale-little-italy-restaurant-baltimore-TJ3KJQOA4VFUJGBWTNRXP2ZXB4/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T22:35:46.307Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/E27A35GVONEJDMOIFZXJZ22WOY.jpg?auth=9d82806df47e30fb51633e8610a578c441b056621570e0dbd121535749bcd607&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4719&amp;height=3146</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Dalesio’s of Little Italy is up for sale for nearly $2 million.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/christmas-carolers-annapolis-gun-6N74KH6IPRH3LAEINDP7G74ALE/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T22:31:28.618Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SGXFPWW7UVHFNAV5G44ST3WBV4.jpg?auth=642457fd5238bdeb41a3877ca442d7cf65ebb225e1ffc9ff5a103bdee8826d3d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5092&amp;height=3395</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Anne Arundel County police arrested a man after he allegedly pointed a gun Saturday night at three 12-year-old Christmas carolers. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/danielle-younger-dies-car-inner-harbor-rescue-FJNYCFPIEZFWDC5P6SZE4BG7XE/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T22:21:12.382Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RPLLWXZVEBHBJJD75SQNOGR4BA.jpg?auth=3403e6320de18013d055eebbf890880d75ff82b4e0092ff86278e839f9938947&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3323&amp;height=2215</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Danielle Younger, a 52-year-old woman who drove her car into the Inner Harbor last Tuesday, has died, officials announced.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/howard-police-father-son-firearms-trafficking-WUPIWGKVVNECLLERLIB6BXHBIQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T21:50:44.313Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IPIWE2QPOVBI3AVQFUHMBQONSE.jpg?auth=fde21de2c28f398609a7cf2517953f744e52206e655a4b9f89f0cdf0ad09a555&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4935&amp;height=3290</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Howard County police said a father and son face charges stemming from a months-long investigation into an alleged firearms trafficking operation.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/garrison-forest-school-monica-pickett-rodriguez-CJ6DHESQ2JD2FD7HONSITFVCMM/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T21:21:50.314Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DE4Q7QJ56BC6BG5BTJGJAA2D3E.jpg?auth=6706685345934aa30ccb01f772d85fbd378645cb670d0b28c8764e2fcd591d12&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2977&amp;height=1985</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Monica Pickett Rodriguez will be Garrison Forest’s 14th head of school when she starts in the summer of 2027.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/zizian-group-cult-leader-not-guilty-plea-HNG2KNZIGVBLBN2X3XP3MEAXPE/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T20:10:27.039Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MP6N73ZKF5AHFEQ7NX5VI5V7NQ.jpg?auth=afeaca033e7fd6659f15cb1a32b8ff4e6c4bb846daa7c7b40b9af06468aadd40&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2185&amp;height=1457</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ziz LaSota, the apparent leader of the Zizians, a cultlike group tied to at least six deaths.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-taylor-ward-mistake-pitches-VPE6BUXB2FGBHIQ3EO6GVF4FAI/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T19:34:39.683Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HAUGPZSAQBF7JEXQOLIB66B6PY.jpg?auth=a46156bbf217fe1635dde40309da28b6b5a6b0ba0c755c0c8f9fa0b72e1b0ddf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Taylor Ward is greeted in the dugout after scoring a run for the Los Angeles Angles during the first inning against the Minnesota Twins on Sept. 9.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/early-childhood/baltimore-city-preschool-access-expansion-ORCBJKURE5DX5CPBNO4MNI3PWI/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T19:33:29.021Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QA3Z7LJTNRF7BBCXDWBUCM7KWU.jpg?auth=5e6f26b56457bfcf01ce57fc1642d1730bee1b3bf163f32787fedba0351369e0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5337&amp;height=3558</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[At a news conference at Arundel Elementary School in Baltimore, Mayor Brandon Scott said the city will be putting $500,000 in the hands of the Fund for Educational Excellence to eventually get more city kids into high-quality preschool programs. Right now, about 1,000 Baltimore kids enter kindergarten with no prior classroom experience, Scott said.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/obituaries/mark-pappas-obituary-crab-cake-OAJ2OWP7UNGPXK65SI4PZMXVLI/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T19:29:47.053Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/75XKPG6EGREKBF5Z2WMTD444I4.jpeg?auth=d4fe1a5481704ce4a39cc1f7f20539fac163d461496ed22406bb9e44faf78ce2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2048&amp;height=1502</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Mark Pappas with his wife, Harriet. The Pappas founder died Nov. 23 at age 93.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/man-fatally-shot-by-his-relative-in-downtown-silver-spring-Z3MLIKB3WVCD3OE4FSU6R4YPIE/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T18:58:43.511Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6HCJ7FO6C5HWBCQMBRKKI36L24.jpg?auth=4593119e791a690969971eacdc444a185a517ae997a1b31861a4ef63abae4949&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3154&amp;height=2103</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A man fatally shot a relative after the two exited a red Tesla in Silver Spring on Friday.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/montgomery-county-council-announces-3-finalists-for-albornozs-seat-2CGAP7O4DRGRZH3CHPCFYAPCZY/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T18:39:22.727Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MY53ZVMV7RFNNI4F57JYYS3IEI.jpg?auth=7280806c14af6ce5bcfcdde18782c488eb5737902861727a676073505cf06acb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2001</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Montgomery County Council has chosen three finalists to fill the seat of at-large council member Gabe Albornoz, who is leaving to head the county’s recreation department.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/college-sports/maryland-george-mason-women-oluchi-okananwa-OSUS4PFDVVBTPPZTVZB4D5QVGA/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T17:22:51.947Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XPFUDGJROBHAZFMH5Z4HH2OJZA.jpg?auth=a4a672c9fb1ed226e0900bc23f17f0da961ec2940929aedb2fdb3a4896936ed3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7214&amp;height=4810</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Oluchi Okananwa, center, pictured against NC State, scored 23 points Sunday as Maryland beat George Mason.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/baltimore-ravens-justin-tucker-new-orleans-saints-QOAUYSOSP5AL3BVFWWPKJ5INOU/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T17:19:28.053Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FHYJNPCR3NA73GXO5VQFHAMQIA.jpg?auth=8fc5e3eaa21dcb66efc1a4828745989932074eb9b82f032c18d18cbb9a2a2cd9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4389&amp;height=2926</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Former Ravens kicker Justin Tucker has scheduled his first workout with an NFL team since being suspended in the wake of a Banner investigation. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/haussner-ball-of-string-ripleys-believe-it-or-not-TTSXMG4BT5D2JMCRYCFSIBTQ3Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T17:00:52.389Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FAHETNFNEVGYBNXVRF3YCCKJZE.jpg?auth=7c0b506889437212c0ab48b57485eccc4be1c689ad3e8bf3736f424a77bf23cf&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5712&amp;height=4284</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The ball of string was made by staff at Haussner’s restaurant, which closed in 1999. It was sold at auction on Nov. 22.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/calverton-fatal-crash-2007-toyota-avalon-F63AJ5RWL5DTJAMJGILTQCHBZQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T16:28:27.546Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SGXFPWW7UVHFNAV5G44ST3WBV4.jpg?auth=642457fd5238bdeb41a3877ca442d7cf65ebb225e1ffc9ff5a103bdee8826d3d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5092&amp;height=3395</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[First responders pronounced a driver dead on the scene Sunday night in Calverton after a single-vehicle crash.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/6-7-six-seven-trend-fads-children-language-teen-4C7S75FCQRC7BO3RSNZJZZIUXQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T14:57:40.347Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/6LKFKVQ6XFCILDGF3DY3XQ74UQ.jpg?auth=303f3343945e11703e29b0c3eb13d8758f26d1f16b165b68b73c636866391391&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-jets-lamar-jackson-winning-streak-playoffs-WXGVYOELZRB2JGDDMJEHPVPSNU/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T14:24:09.821Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2VBT4B5QMRCS7ASKQJCVIVYJPE.JPG?auth=28b19107147132d9af2bba059ad77c0659d8dd9b539750f7838a4e772f5b004b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1947</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ravens running back Derrick Henry scores one of his two third-quarter touchdowns Sunday in a 23-10 win over the Jets.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/maryland-schools-enrollment-declines-C6FWKKHNYZH4DNJWAUOM4KLDGE/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T10:30:01.57Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FVQ74FRCLVGODGV7KPZBVZAAH4.jpg?auth=89311f28e14c59e4ef48508dbe8918a9303a7876ad02a82856244aaf97ef1674&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3600&amp;height=2401</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Seventh-grade students eat lunch at Robert Frost Middle School in Rockville.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/kate-stewart-county-executive-council-family-PTHCXBZ37NFCHMFFT7PGDPMXNA/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T10:30:01.309Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/WKKFIYWYTNG4TINNO3MKXFXWLA.JPG?auth=355acea6fb0315f4b34a9f35c7ab6408d0e240c3dc8aba8b0c32c4d53cc3c44c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3600&amp;height=2401</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Montgomery County Council President Kate Stewart speaks to volunteers and supporters during her campaign launch party in Silver Spring.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/thanksgiving-turkey-trot-ymca-bethesda-Q43E773YRNAJTAQGFU6UOR3MBM/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T10:30:00.946Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HMUDRHUDCNBLBHL3M7CFEVXHKM.jpg?auth=bfaf92613d6a9165c1cfa46a9c0d0ff3a846f3b5f8dbcdfa59558d68eb01ecb3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Runners participate in the 2024 Turkey Chase.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/baltimore-county-redistricting-central-EAZWWSIT4VBN5OTO6GE2HQKXLU/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T10:30:00.918Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/7TS4WP74R5FNBB3WAR2QC4MWRQ.jpg?auth=5e995eab6d981c82ef5ff96e02d6c9c5bc95506582767a3745c6581b591ad605&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7638&amp;height=5092</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Hampton Elementary School is one of 11 schools impacted in the latest redistricting efforts by Baltimore County Public Schools.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-jets-what-we-learned-winning-streak-NHU3TL6BGNDG3MXENOMIN7SXJY/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T10:30:00.918Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/F6SYUDYY6ZGZLKAYQ7FQJNBBBA.JPG?auth=e2ea8404c26568a06d8ee1d054050620922832095fca4bf45da9ba8d3a4e3e50&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2456</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ravens wide receiver Devontez Walker signals for a first down after making a catch in the fourth quarter.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/ravens-jackson-jets-afc-north-harbaugh-steelers-bengals-TWJOJAQDCNGKFOOIXR4D3DFI2Q/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T00:27:06.715Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/PPERTCWATJAKNKCDIV6LZVXRTY.JPG?auth=06aab0a61308942bcadbed3327c7a903b70dcc0b8bc4274e302822e52b2be234&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2072</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson completed 13 of 23 passes for 153 yards against the Jets.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/ravens-nfl/baltimore-ravens-new-york-jets-WSVLOBIJYVCT3HRW5BFEJVOHII/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T00:16:53.486Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/AE2N63VG5FHLJBIHVFS62J3YMM.JPG?auth=f3aa4b2c1f376b2f592fe93928db0b7a4caadd81a4ca1ca8434d3559eac82f65&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Running back Derrick Henry scored both of the Ravens’ touchdowns Sunday on 2-yard runs.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>