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Darreonna Davis

Darreonna

Darreonna Davis is an express desk reporter at The Baltimore Banner. She previously reported at the intersection of gender, politics, health and economic policy as a fellow for the 19th News. Before that, she reported for Forbes, was an intern at Inside Climate News covering environmental justice, aided the team behind “The Lead with Jake Tapper” at CNN, and co-produced packages and digital documentaries with the specials unit at CNBC. Darreonna is a native New Orleanian with ties to Memphis and Holmes County, Mississippi. She’s also an alumna of Howard University. Feel free to contact her at darreonna.davis@thebaltimorebanner.com with any tips.

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Mount Vernon farmers market to open June 25 as Eddie’s remains in limbo
The weekly Mount Vernon Farmers Market opens at 100 W. Eager St. on June 25.
Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood. Organizers say locally grown fruits and vegetables, herbs, meats and more will be available at the new farmers market.
Body of missing Towson University student who went missing in Potomac River is found
Crews on Tuesday recovered the body of a Towson University student who went missing while swimming in the Potomac River near Great Falls on Sunday.
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2026 - Search crews on Tuesday recovered the body of a swimmer who was reported missing on Sunday evening. Nazir Bell, 20, was last seen Sunday evening in Potomac River IAO Billy Goat Trail A, across from Sandy Landing.
3 members of NASA’s newly announced Artemis III space crew have Maryland ties
NASA introduced the Artemis III mission crew members, and some of them spent time in Maryland.
The Artemis III crew poses for an official portrait. From left: Andre Douglas, Luca Parmitano, Randy Bresnik, and Frank Rubio.
Pasadena man accused of fleeing mounted Ocean City Police, causing horse to collide with tree
A Pasadena man allegedly ran circles around mounted Ocean City Police, caused one of the animals to collide with a tree and sprinted into traffic on Coastal Highway before being arrested, according to court records.
Cooper Vann Choney, 19, of Pasadena, was charged with trespassing, interfering with a police animal and resisting arrest after allegedly fleeing from police in Ocean City.
DPW suspends work on project as it investigates cause of treatment plant explosion
City officials paused the capital project work that likely led to the explosion at the Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant on Tuesday.
Baltimore City firefighters were called just after 1 p.m. Tuesday to the 3500 block of Asiatic Avenue for reports of an explosion, department spokesperson Veobia Akilo said. The block is the site of the Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Friends, fraternity brothers remember Curtis Knox’s humor, charisma after fatal shooting
Baltimore Police identified the 41-year-old fatally shot in the 1000 block of South Hanover Street on Saturday as Curtis Knox.
Friends, fraternity brothers and colleagues from Volo Sports gather at Claddagh Pub in Canton to mourn Curtis Knox, a 41-year-old man who was fatally shot in South Baltimore on Saturday, June 6.
3 injured in explosion at South Baltimore wastewater treatment plant
Two people were injured in an explosion at a South Baltimore wastewater treatment plant, fire officials said.
Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant
Tall ships, new exhibits, parties: How Marylanders are celebrating America 250
From the arrival of tall ships in Baltimore to new museum exhibits, lectures, concerts and block parties, there’s no shortage of things to do to mark America's 250th birthday in the coming weeks.
“She Speaks: Black Women Artists and the Power of Historical Memory”, an art exhibit that examines American history through a Black feminist lens, on view at Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum in Annapolis.
Police search for shooter after man is fatally shot while driving in Towson
Baltimore County Police say the shooting happened along York Road in Towson Friday afternoon.
Baltimore County Police officers respond to a reported shooting that occurred along York Road in Towson on Friday afternoon. Bullet holes can be seen in the door of a vehicle.
A Havre de Grace tea room is the backdrop for an HBO reality show
An HBO reality show crew will film at Bella’s Tea Room in Havre de Grace on Sunday.
Bella's Tea Room is the setting of an upcoming HBO show.
2 Baltimore men sentenced for roles in attempted carjacking that left a driver dead
A federal judge sentenced two Baltimore men on Tuesday to lengthy prison terms for their involvement in an attempted carjacking that turned deadly in 2022, officials said.
The Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse is seen on July 23, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Garage explosion critically injures man near Annapolis
A man was transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center on Tuesday after an explosion in a detached garage at a home near Annapolis, fire officials said.
Anne Arundel Fire Department
Yes, Maryland, we’re still in a drought
Heavy rain toward the end of May helped Maryland’s drought a little bit, but it wasn’t enough, officials said.
Umbrellas were a necessary accessory for the outdoor venues at a rainy Artscape last month.
Superyacht tied to controversy over Justice Clarence Thomas’ travels slips into Baltimore
ProPublica reported in 2023 that Thomas, who joined the Supreme Court in 1991, regularly accepted trips from Harlan Crow on his yacht, Michaela Rose, and a private jet without reporting them.
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2026 - Billionaire Harlan Crow's superyacht, Michaela Rose, docks in the Inner Harbor Marina in Baltimore on Thursday. It is best known for taking Justice Clarence Thomas on well-publicized cruises.
Police seek public’s help finding people who shot 11-year-old in Upton
Baltimore Police released surveillance footage after an 11-year-old boy and a 26-year-old man were shot in Upton on Wednesday.
A still from surveillance video released by the Baltimore Police Department on Friday in an attempt to identify people in connection with a drive-by shooting on Wednesday in Baltimore's Upton neighborhood that injured an 11-year-old boy and a man.
Woman’s body recovered from Barclay rowhouse a day after 3-alarm fire
Baltimore City firefighters recovered a body in a rowhome burned by the three-alarm fire Thursday afternoon, officials said.
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2026 - Aftermath of the 3-alarm fire that ripped through rowhomes in the Barclay neighborhood of Baltimore on Thursday afternoon.
Maryland records first heat-related death of 2026
An older man died in Calvert County this month due to the heat, Maryland Department of Health officials said, the first heat-related death in the state this year.
Ben Jones sips a bottle of water inside the Zeta Center for Healthy and Active Aging, one of the Baltimore City Health Department’s cooling centers, in northwest Baltimore, Md. on Monday, June 23, 2025.
11-year-old shot on West Baltimore playground during drive-by shooting, police say
An 11-year-old was shot while playing on a playground in West Baltimore Wednesday night during an apparent drive-by shooting targeting a man who was also struck by gunfire, officials said.
Baltimore Police blocked off the area between the McCulloh Homes and Furman L. Templeton Elementary School with yellow tape and littered the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Dolphin Street near the Robert C. Marshall Recreation Center with over a dozen orange evidence cones on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
3-alarm fire rips through upper levels of rowhomes in Barclay neighborhood
Firefighters responded to the 2200 block of Guilford Avenue just before 12:30 p.m. and found the second floor of a 2.5-story rowhome engulfed in flames, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department.
Baltimore City Fire responds to a three-alarm fire that erupted through upper levels of rowhomes in the Barclay neighborhood of Baltimore on Thursday afternoon.
Baltimore County man told police voices in his head pushed him to kill brother’s friend
A 22-year-old man was jailed and held without bond after Baltimore County Police said he told them voices in his head prompted him to kill his brother’s friend.
6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
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