<?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/fatal-crash-traffic-stop-howard-county-columbia-KJIVCM2RWJCFVHKM43OMJSLI34/</loc><lastmod>2026-01-17T22:06:21.228Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/5BBMESZRRRGT5GIYEQTHAEXNSU.jpg?auth=7ef3ac28e1f4241e5d1443c74f9c69cea04fdb20ddc6950d1ac49105c3d0efd0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4710&amp;height=3140</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A driver died after fleeing from a traffic stop, Howard County Police said.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/ns-savannah-nuclear-powered-ship-baltimore-uncertain-future-YSHZQQQDXRC53PYDXWT2YZ72ZQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-01-17T21:54:22.259Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/3CBAFJYG2VFEHDUMA65VEWQE54.JPG?auth=345fa65e3ea779aae887c3ccc040d0ec737a7070d1232543fbb8345c7ef40df7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8618&amp;height=5753</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The NS Savannah at the Port of Baltimore.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/washington-county-triple-murder-arrests-EDZJMV4NLRG6DJDHZYPSMJMWQU/</loc><lastmod>2026-01-17T20:11:20.061Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/DSBH5R66VBEZZPT7I6D2T5WL5Y.jpg?auth=8932e6b2c865ba47dfb8e43a070278f4a0d1041108b97dc4419751c78097e151&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8104&amp;height=5403</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maryland State Police arrested Lanea George, 40, of Owings Mills, and David Chapple, 43, of Baltimore, in an ongoing homicide investigation into the deaths of three Clear Spring residents.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/climate-environment/weather/baltimore-weekend-weather-snow-ATELNZNLKRFBNELRZATITDES4I/</loc><lastmod>2026-01-17T17:28:28.186Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QEQ4EYTN2VADDD4U5RZDJLBHZY.JPG?auth=9d6dba529ff4d6c146ec86d7fbba812d9053ed57fadf35dda9d8d1e7b2f9a4ca&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4500&amp;height=3000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Some snowfall began on Saturday morning, with the heaviest accumulation just north and west of Baltimore.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/real-estate/circa-1800-stone-farmhouse-sparks-glencoe-VAUW4VREXVHSDNXB2G46XT37LU/</loc><lastmod>2026-01-17T16:00:01.956Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OUVGZ4MCBNFDDL4OO6LNJ2JKXU.png?auth=b9d2521546c24900379ca9445fd96f1e5e79510c4a135ab2e627de982c9843cc&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1280&amp;height=854</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/chesapeake-bay-black-history-map-YE4SY7C2LFHEZB4MLUIC3XQFMQ/</loc><lastmod>2026-01-17T10:30:00.894Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/P6IQUEH7HJGMVD7AJBEK34NPD4.jpg?auth=a64be324a86b9ab5cba064909c3de29127331dd5398b2b77c4ab5e99dff03973&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1200&amp;height=906</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Samuel Outlaw opened a blacksmith shop in Onancock, Va., in 1927 that served local watermen and farmers for decades.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/film-tv/baltimore-trivia-host-jonathan-hugendubler-jeopardy-tournament-IDEF33P6VREAHJ56QEZPRVUC64/</loc><lastmod>2026-01-17T02:54:24.897Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/CT6TATSN35BFFBAAGBWLZD7UWU.jpg?auth=29809a946c76c9ff2513cd9e1ec224a21f05b8c289437c82cfcdcba7cdc8f910&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore trivia host and college professor Jonathan Hugendubler returned to “Jeopardy!” for the tournament of champions.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/dundalk-essex-fires-baltimore-county-KDTBXGAUKVHNHBS7R57QS2I2ZY/</loc><lastmod>2026-01-17T02:53:35.304Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/W7DOFMZ6ABEZLNY7LZEZP5QOSQ.png?auth=dbc94a95d92dd9c50ccf7c737154bbb6cd72f1203f898565f37483ca3d2fe28c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1107&amp;height=826</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A two-alarm fire Friday in the 1000 block of Foxcroft Lane in Essex hospitalized four people — one of whom has life-threatening injuries — and spread to other homes, fire personnel said.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>