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The number of schools earning 4 stars (the second-highest rating) increased this year but so did the number earning 1 star.

Howard County Public Schools received high marks on the 2024-25 Maryland State Report Card.

Baltimore County had the most schools earning top marks on the Maryland School Report Card.

Nearly half of Baltimore City schools earned at least three stars out of five stars in the state ratings this year, up from 35% last year.

The annual Maryland School Report Card ratings allow parents and community members to compare how their local schools are performing.

Search our database to compare Maryland schools and their ratings.

As Maryland lawmakers push for additional in-state power sources, Constellation Energy is providing them a range of options. Among them: generating natural gas, creating battery storage and more.

Over 100 members volunteer their nights and weekends to emergency response in the Wheaton area, from fighting fires and assisting births, to cutting up cars and administering CPR. With over 11,000 calls annually, the Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad is considered to be one of the busiest in Montgomery County. And it's all volunteer.

It may not be a grand slam for the Perry Hall Denny’s, but the restaurant chain can take the win.

Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.

Federal workers haven’t been paid since September. Some of them are looking for odd jobs, while others are fully leaning into their side hustles.

For the sixth year, the Maryland State Department of Education will rate each school on a scale of one to five stars.

Church leaders, community members and descendants of those once buried at Mt. Zion cemetery on Wednesday will test their belief that not all remains were relocated when the site was developed.

The cost of rent in Anne Arundel County has increased more over the last decade than in any other jurisdiction in Maryland, a Banner analysis of recently released U.S. Census Bureau data found. Learn why.

Most Valuable Promotions, Paul’s promotional organization, said Saturday it was looking into the matter after a civil lawsuit was filed against Davis in Miami-Dade County last week.

Dre’Mont Jones has 4.5 sacks in the past four games and 19 pressures this season, according to PFF, more than any Ravens defender.

Maryland led 47-32 at halftime, but a 6-minute stretch without a basket to start the second half allowed Coppin State to get within 50-42 with 16:51 left.

More than 680,000 Marylanders — nearly 40% of them children — receive SNAP benefits each month to help keep food on the table. The average benefit is $180.

As part of the three-year, $49.5-million deal O’Neill signed with the Orioles, he could have exercised an opt-out clause following the 2025 season.

Z&Z Manoushe Bakery will serve the sandwich on Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The owners’ father, grandfather and uncle served the sub in shops around Montgomery County from the 1980s to the early 2000s.