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After nearly 6 months, missing Baltimore boy Tristan King is found
The monthslong search for missing Baltimore boy Tristan King ended Friday morning in the Curtis Bay neighborhood, several people familiar with the case said.
Tristan King.
Everyone has seen Baltimore’s missing boy. So why can’t authorities find him?
Tristan King ran from a caseworker in Baltimore and has been missing since September. Brooklyn residents have seen him, but authorities can’t find him.
Finding Tristan King top priority as officials pledge accountability
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore called it “tragic.” Mayor Brandon Scott said the situation has him “pissed.” Baltimore Schools CEO Sonja Santelises is “heartbroken” because of the Tristan King story.
A missing boy was unenrolled from school in Baltimore. Here’s why.
State policy allows Maryland schools to unenroll students when they miss more than 10 consecutive days of class. That’s what happened to Tristan King — and it’s not uncommon.
Tristan King, who has been missing since Sept. 24, was unenrolled from Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary/Middle when he stopped showing up.
Parents of 5-year-old who starved to death in Baltimore plead guilty to child abuse
The parents of Zona Byrd, who weighed just 17.5 pounds when she died nearly two years ago, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of child abuse resulting in death.
Zona Byrd
Remember old-fashioned snow days? One schools chief had plenty of them as a kid.
Virtual school wasn’t an option then.
Dr. Mark Bedell, Anne Arundel County Schools Superintendent, addresses the audience after the end of public comment on proposed school redistricting plans during a meeting at Annapolis Middle School in Annapolis, Md. on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
Lockdown ends at Dunbar High School after report of a gun on campus
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Baltimore was on lockdown for over an hour on Wednesday after a report of a gun inside the school, according to school officials.
Police vehicles outside of Baltimore's Dunbar High School on Wednesday after a report of an armed person.
Baltimore City students struggle to get to school through snowcrete, bus cancellations
With inches of ice on top of snow and freezing temperatures, what is now left is snowcrete — an impenetrable coating of white that doesn’t easily yield to a snow shovel. Baltimore City students are left struggling getting to school.
Students wait to board a public bus near Western High School off Falls Road after school on Tuesday.
The long journey home made a little longer by ice and snow
At Penn Station and BWI, travelers dealt with delays and cancellations of planes, trains and buses amid Winter Storm Fern. Not everyone minded.
Travelers wait to board their Amtrak train at Penn Station in Baltimore on Monday.
Anne Arundel schools freeze central office hiring to control costs
Vacancies for teaching and other school-based positions won’t be affected.
Superintendent Mark T. Bedell said the freeze would not affect school-based positions.
Crofton parents determined to stop Anne Arundel school redistricting file legal challenge
Crofton parents who oppose Anne Arundel County’s school redistricting plan appealed Friday to the Maryland State Board of Education.
The Anne Arundel County school board gave parents a chance to weigh in on the redistricting plan at a meeting in October. Crofton parents who oppose the plan appealed Friday to the Maryland State Board of Education.
Ex-Greater Grace members express anger and heartbreak over investigative report
Former Greater Grace church members are reeling from a massive investigative report into the megachurch's response to sexual abuse allegations.
Former members of Greater Grace World Outreach, which is headquartered in East Baltimore, were reeling Friday after reading descriptions of church leaders ignoring, dismissing and downplaying allegations of child sexual abuse.
Independent investigators call on Greater Grace church leaders to step down
Greater Grace World Outreach should fire four top pastors and distance itself from controversial founder Carl Stevens, according to a report by an independent faith-based organization.
Photograph of long low building with unconventional church spire and cross, with empty parking lot in front. Outside of building is labeled "Greater Grace Church."
Anne Arundel schools superintendent unveils conservative $1.9 billion budget
Anne Arundel County Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell unveiled a $1.9 billion spending plan for next fiscal year that he characterized as responsible amid budgetary constraints and uncertainty at the state and federal levels.
Dr. Mark Bedell, Anne Arundel County Schools Superintendent, takes a microphone to speak after another parent interrupted public comment about proposed school redistricting plans during a meeting at Annapolis Middle School in Annapolis, Md. on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
Anne Arundel moving 700 students in redistricting plan nobody’s happy about
More than 700 Anne Arundel County public school students will attend new schools next fall.
A special Anne Arundel County school board meeting in October when parents weighed in on the county’s redistricting plans.
Anne Arundel board members clash over school redistricting plan as final vote approaches
The latest plan impacts as many as 780 students across the South County, a third of whom live in Crofton and attend Nantucket Elementary.
Ashley Eden of Edgewater speaks via video during a special Anne Arundel County school board meeting in October giving parents a chance to weigh in on the county’s redistricting plans.
These are Anne Arundel County’s newest 5-star schools
The annual Maryland School Report Card ratings allow parents and community members to compare how their local schools are performing.
Student holding pencil.
Gov. Moore sticking by human services secretary despite missteps
Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday that he was confident in Maryland Human Services Secretary Rafael López, despite the many challenges the embattled state agency has faced.
Rafael Lopez, Maryland secretary of human services, speaks during a panel on healthcare during the Baltimore Banner’s Inside the Legislative Session event.
Maryland already violated its newest foster care directive
On Oct. 22, Human Services Secretary Rafael López issued a policy directing social services providers to “immediately stop facilitating stays in unlicensed settings.”
The Baltimore City department of Social Services building.
These Anne Arundel parents thought they’d escaped school redistricting. They were wrong.
Whose children get to stay at Davidsonville Elementary is now among the most contentious battles in Anne Arundel County's yearlong redistricting process.
Parents and students wait for the school bus to Davidsonville Elementary School in Riva.
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