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Shayla Colon

Shayla

Shayla Colon is an express reporter for The Banner. She comes to Baltimore from New York, where she worked on a series about violence prevention for The New York Times’ Headway team and covered New York City for the Metro desk. Before that, Shayla covered private markets for the Financial Times, with a focus on real estate and sustainability. She also reported on local government and communities in Connecticut and upstate New York for Hearst newspapers. Catch her around town sporting a Yankees cap, a nod to her hometown team.

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Police arrest 49-year-old man in Canton flasher case
Baltimore Police arrested a man they believe is responsible for a series of flashing incidents in Canton.
Baltimore Police have arrested a man they believe to be the Canton flasher.
Woman’s plight with Canton flasher sends police on the hunt
A serial flasher has been on the loose in Canton. Police know who he is but have not caught him yet.
Police are searching for a serial flasher in Canton.
19 hospitalized by suspected food-related illness at Laurel youth academy
Nineteen people were hospitalized Sunday after a cluster of illnesses at an Anne Arundel County youth academy prompted a mass casualty response.
Nineteen people were hospitalized Sunday after a cluster of illnesses at the Capital Guardian Youth Challenge Academy in Laurel prompted a mass casualty response.
Nude artist returns to a Baltimore pedestal, this time in a Speedo
The man, a performative artist who goes by the name Ham, reappeared on a pedestal in the Mount Vernon neighborhood Sunday.
Hamb, the performance artist arrested for nude installment on a pedestal in the Inner Harbor, resurfaces in scantily clad pedestal pose in Mount Vernon on Sunday, July 26, 2026.
Patterson Park pool reopens after latest poop vandalism
The Patterson Park pool reopened to the public on Sunday after vandals damaged the pool and contaminated it with feces Saturday, marking the fifth such incident at a city-owned pool this season.
People swim at the Patterson Park pool on Sunday after it was suddenly closed due to vandalism the night before that left the facility’s pool damaged.
Lightning the biggest threat as storms return to Maryland
Rounds of thunderstorms are expected to move through the region and Maryland’s coast, with frequent lightning posing the biggest threat through much of the week.
Saturday, July 4, 2026 — Mother Nature put on an early fireworks show as thunderstorms move through Baltimore, delaying the 4th of July fireworks show.
Driver cut off school bus that crashed into Parkville pharmacy, police say
A driver crossed into oncoming traffic, setting off a chain-reaction accident that sent a school bus carrying students from the Maryland School for the Blind crashing into a Parkville pharmacy Tuesday, according to Baltimore County Police.
JULY 21, 2026 - A bus crashed into a building in Parkville on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
3 injured when bus carrying Maryland School for the Blind students hits Parkville building
One child and two adults had minor injuries after a school bus carrying at least a dozen people crashed into a building in Parkville on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
First responders are on the scene of an accident in the 7800 block of Harford Road where a school bus carrying children from the Maryland School for the Blind ended up in a building.
Search for missing boater in Anne Arundel shifts to recovery mission
The search for a man in Rock Creek after he jumped into the water Sunday and never resurfaced turned into a recovery mission Monday, officials said.
The search for a man in Rock Creek after he jumped into the water Sunday and never resurfaced turned into a recovery mission Monday, officials said.
Maryland’s extreme weather brings heat-related deaths, illnesses
The number of emergency room and urgent care visits due to heat-related illnesses spiked from 55 to nearly 500 the week of the July Fourth heat wave, according to state data.
A man running away from the camera's t-shirt is drenched with sweat.
Microsoft layoffs hit Maryland video game workers in Montgomery, Baltimore counties
Maryland is losing more than 350 jobs as software giant Microsoft makes deep slashes to its video game divisions.
Rockville-based Bethesda Game Studios is among the companies impacted by the Microsoft layoffs.
Videos show chaotic moments before MTA bus slams into Pikesville building, injuring dozens
Video footage of an MTA bus crash in Pikesville shows the bus racing through an intersection, crossing lanes, striking about a dozen cars, taking out an electrical pole and slamming into a building, leaving more than 30 people injured.
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 — Video shows a bus at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Reisterstown Road in Pikesville.
‘War scene’: MTA bus crash, string of collisions injure more than 30 in Pikesville
Baltimore County fire crews responded after a bus crashed into a building Wednesday in Pikesville, leaving more than 30 people injured.
First responders work on the scene of a multivehicle crash on Reisterstown Road in Pikesville on Wednesday evening.
Pilot called in emergency moments before fatal Bowie plane crash, report says
The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Wednesday morning about a fatal plane crash that happened in Bowie in early June.
SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2026 - A portion of the wreckage can be seen at the site where a plane crashed in the woods near a residential area and playground off of Scarlett Oak Court in Bowie on Saturday night.
Authorities identify man fatally shot by Baltimore Police officers after high-speed chase
The Maryland attorney general’s office has identified the Anne Arundel County man who was fatally shot by six Baltimore Police officers following a high-speed chase early Sunday morning.
Baltimore Police investigate a shooting in the 3300 block of the Clifton Avenue that involved officers early Sunday, July 5, 2026.
Maryland braces for flash flooding, damaging storms as thousands remain without power
Another round of thunderstorms is expected to sweep across Maryland on Sunday evening, threatening flash flooding, damaging winds and more power outages as tens of thousands of residents remain in the dark from Saturday night’s storms.
Saturday, July 4, 2026 — Mother Nature put on an early fireworks show as thunderstorms move through Baltimore, delaying the 4th of July fireworks show.
Fuel vapors may have caused Chesapeake City boat explosion, injuring 10
Residents of Cecil County and Newark, Delaware, were injured Saturday afternoon when a boat exploded moments after refueling at a Chesapeake City marina.
A team of Maryland Deputy State Fire Marshals are actively investigating a boat explosion in Cecil County with multiple injuries on Saturday, July 4, 2026.
Driver fatally shot by Baltimore Police after pursuit in car linked to carjacking
A man, who police have not identified, was fatally shot early Sunday during an encounter with Baltimore Police officers following a 20-minute car chase.
Baltimore Police investigate a shooting in the 3300 block of the Clifton Avenue that involved officers early Sunday, July 5, 2026.
Lightning strike possibly caused 4-alarm Baltimore warehouse fire amid severe storms
A lightning strike is believed to have ignited a four-alarm fire at a Curtis Bay warehouse Saturday evening as severe thunderstorms swept across Baltimore, capping a day of triple-digit heat with flooding, power outages and emergency calls.
Baltimore firefighters battle a four-alarm fire in South Baltimore on Saturday.
Police remove naked performance artist from former Columbus statue pedestal at Inner Harbor
A naked man momentarily stood where the Christopher Columbus statue used to be near the Inner Harbor on Saturday morning.
Saturday, July 4, 2026 — Baltimore Police take a naked man into custody after removing him from the Columbus pedestal near the Inner Harbor.
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