Article

    Here are the contract decisions the Orioles must make to start the offseason
    The O’s have until five days after the World Series to decide on options and talk exclusively with their free agents before other teams are allowed to sign them.
    Baltimore Orioles pitcher Zach Eflin (24) delivers a pitch in a game against the Chicago White Sox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, May 30, 2025.
    What we learned about the Orioles’ managerial search | Banner Baseball Show
    The Orioles' president of baseball operations indicated a willingness to change his approach.
    Maryland woman arrested for several home break-ins caught on camera
    Shannon Gough was charged with multiple counts of burglary, theft and destruction of property.
    A still from a video shared by Howard County Police that allegedly shows a woman during a burglary.
    What we know about how a government shutdown would unfold
    Neither side is showing any signs of budging, with the House not even expected to be in session before a shutdown has begun.
    The U.S. Capitol building before dawn on March 26.
    ASL isn’t the same as English. Black Baltimorean ASL is a language unto itself.
    American Sign Language is distinct and separate from English. In Baltimore, Black ASL has its own vernacular.
    Interpreter Billy Sanders joins Mayor Brandon Scott, during an announcement of the city's strategy to address teen violence, including enforcement of the youth curfew, at a press conference on May 24, 2023.
    The future of natural gas in Maryland could be rewritten in Silver Spring
    The 2024 state law, named the WARMTH Act, calls on Baltimore Gas and Electric Company and Washington Gas Light Company to develop pilot programs that would incorporate geothermal energy — collected underground from the Earth’s natural heat — in low-and-moderate income communities.
    Residents of an apartment in Silver Spring use an air quality tester to test the levels of nitrogen dioxide in their home after briefly cooking on the stove. The air levels of NO2 are high and do not sharply decrease when the stove is turned off; the rate remains steady long after the cooking is complete.
    Parents and teachers need state child care funding. So why is the money frozen?
    The state projected getting back down to 40,000 child care scholarships by September. But the program is still thousands of vouchers over budget.
    Students take advantage of the nice weather and play outside in the sandbox and on the playground
    With an email, Salisbury plant gets a pass on EPA rules for toxic gas
    In July, Trinity Sterile got a waiver from the EPA to keep releasing the same amount of toxic chemical ethylene oxide until at least 2028.
    Trinity Sterile in Salisbury uses a potent but highly carcinogenic chemical to disinfect medical supplies.
    ‘Let’s be nice, please’: Debate over sidewalks gets testy amid safety concerns
    The Montgomery County Department of Transportation wants to add sidewalks in Kensington. Neighbors are turning on those who welcome the change.
    Many residents on Clearbrook Lane and Dresden Street in Kensington believe that their neighborhood is safe for pedestrians and doesn't require sidewalks. The county installed this caution sign there more than a decade ago.
    Spike Gjerde to open French bistro inside former Cindy Lou’s Fish House
    One of the biggest names in Baltimore dining is taking over Cindy Lou’s Fish House in Harbor Point and opening a French bistro.
    Woodberry Kitchen owner Spike Gjerde is photographed at Woodberry Kitchen on July 10, 2024.
    Orthodox Jewish shopping center won’t be part of University Boulevard Corridor Plan
    While members of the Montgomery County Council’s Planning, Housing and Parks Committee are divided on the plan, the group agreed to redraw its proposed boundaries so that the Kemp Mill Shopping Center would not be directly impacted.
    Man and woman identified in apparent Timonium murder-suicide
    An 89-year-old man and an 87-year-old woman were identified as two people dead after an apparent murder-suicide in Baltimore County.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    The Greene Turtle will close in Towson amid ‘Thirsty Thursday’ backlash
    Greene Turtle CEO Geo Concepcion plans to close the York Road location, calling it “the most expensive and shortest-lived project in the Greene Turtle’s 50-year history."
    People walk past The Greene Turtle sports bar on York Road during a recent Thirsty Thursday.
    Ravens star DL Nnamdi Madubuike out for the year with neck injury
    Nnamdi Madubuike’s season is over.
    Ravens defensive tackle Nnamdi Madubuike is out for the year with a neck injury.
    Viral video of man in chokehold outside Baltimore bar under investigation
    The video appears to show the two men in an argument before one of them wraps his arm around the other man’s neck and lifts him toward the street.
    Baltimore Police are investigating a video, posted on X on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, depicting an assault in Federal Hill.
    Maryland to close one of Jessup’s prisons
    The Maryland Correctional Institution-Jessup will close and 700 men incarcerated at the facility, along with 300 staff, will be transferred to other facilities by June.
    Gov. Wes Moore announced on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, that the state is closing the Maryland Correctional Institution-Jessup, one of the prisons at the state correctional complex in Jessup.
    4 takeaways from Orioles’ end-of-season press conference: Pitching additions, Rutschman’s rebound and more
    What president of baseball operations Mike Elias and interim manager Tony Mansolino said about veteran leadership, offseason plans, Adley Rutschman’s role and a healthy return for Heston Kjerstad.
    Orioles president of baseball operations Mike Elias takes questions from reporters at the team’s end-of-season press conference.
    Maryland trimming 500 state jobs through buyouts, eliminating vacancies
    With hundreds of jobs eliminated, Maryland’s state budget will see $47 million in savings annually.
    About 500 state government positions are being eliminated, as 332 workers agreed to buyouts and 170 vacant posts are being abolished.
    81-year-old Silver Spring man with dementia found dead in woods, police say
    The body of George Frederick Corum Jr., 81, who has dementia and disappeared from his Silver Spring home on Tuesday, was found in a wooded area Sunday night. Police said no foul play is suspected in his death.
    Montgomery County’s top doctor counters feds on vaccines, Tylenol
    Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Kisha Davis is strongly rebuffing federal officials’ claims that autism is linked to vaccines and Tylenol. She’s also warning of the promotion of an experimental drug, leucovorin, to treat autism.
    Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Kisha Davis, center, speaks on May 13, 2025, at an event where Council President Kate Stewart presents a proclamation recognizing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) Action Day with ME Action Maryland. M.E. is a chronic autoimmune disease that drastically limits the lives and activities of those who contract it.
    Load More Stories
    Oh no!

    Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes. If the problem persists, please contact customer service at 443-843-0043 or customercare@thebaltimorebanner.com.