Maryland names 7 Blue Ribbon schools after feds end national awards
Maryland had ended its program after the 2019-2020 school year but will now resurrect it.
Students at St Joseph School celebrated their Blue Ribbon win with cheers, signs and confetti on Sept. 23, 2024. The U.S. Department of Education ended the national program this year.
Police seek two Silver Spring men in North Bethesda homicide investigation
Two Silver Spring men are wanted for first-degree murder linked to the Sept. 21 slaying of Akwalabeng Fontava, who was found dead in a North Bethesda apartment, police said.
A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
Inside the Dugout: The Orioles who played through pain
Jon Meoli remembers the Baltimore Orioles who played through the pain in the past season.
Jordan Westburg of the Baltimore Orioles walks off the field from second base due to an injury in the first inning.
Montgomery County Council responds to surveillance concerns after gas-powered leaf blower ban
Complaints about gas-powered leaf blowers had to include a photo or video of the person using the leaf blower before enforcement could begin, leading to concerns about surveillance.
A Baltimore-area serial rapist is appealing his case. One survivor is fighting back.
Serial offender Alphonso Hill is asking a judge in Baltimore County Circuit Court on Wednesday to let him receive post-conviction relief, overturn his 60-year sentence for raping eight women in Towson from 1978-1989, and grant him a new trial.
Exterior of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County in Towson, Md. on Monday, May 19, 2025.
‘Federal workers are not political pawns.’ Civil employees brace for shutdown.
The Banner interviewed current and former federal workers to hear what they think of the potential government shutdown — and how they’re preparing for it.
Former Baltimore educator resigns from Iowa superintendent job as deportation battle unfolds
Former Superintendent Ian Roberts, who worked with the Baltimore City Public Schools for years, had been under the impression from a prior attorney that his immigration case was “resolved successfully,” said attorney Alfredo Parrish.
This photo provided by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts on Feb. 26, 2025. (ICE via AP)
Towson, Morgan State universities both cleared after bomb threats
At least two local universities evacuated parts of their campus because of bomb threats Tuesday.
Towson University
Ahead of potential government shutdown, NTSB schedules Key Bridge meeting for November
During the hourslong meeting, federal officials will discuss probable cause and safety recommendations regarding the 2024 disaster that decimated the bridge and killed six construction workers.
Preliminary stages of the Key Bridge rebuild have begun, with testing on piles driven into the riverbed.
Humberto, Imelda churn in Atlantic, raising rip current risks for Maryland coast
Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay area could see some minor coastal flooding with the possibility of some moderate flooding in the bay area caused by the hurricanes.
This GOES-19 GeoColor satellite image taken Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 and provided by NOAA, shows weather systems in the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Imelda, left, and Hurricane Humberto at right. (NOAA via AP)
Trump suggests using American cities as training grounds for military
President Donald Trump joined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday in declaring an end to “woke” culture before an unusual gathering of hundreds of top U.S. military officials who were abruptly summoned to Virginia from around the world.
President Donald Trump is greeted by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth before speaking to a gathering of top U.S. military commanders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Quantico, Va.
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.
Jon Meoli: Mike Elias says the Orioles need to evolve. Where can that actually make a difference?
After an 87-loss season, more with the Orioles is wilting than thriving. Not Mike Elias’ perspective, though.
Mike Elias, Baltimore Orioles President of Baseball Operations, takes questions from reporters at the team’s end of season press conference at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Md., on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025.
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
Letter: UnitedHealthcare and Johns Hopkins are failing patients. Both should be ashamed.
UnitedHealthcare and Johns Hopkins Medicine failed to reach an agreement to keep the latter in the former’s network. Michael Scally, an employee of UHC and a patient at Hopkins, says both organizations should be ashamed.
Johns Hopkins Hospital campus.
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.
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