Baltimore City

COLUMN | Where there are people, there is plastic. People are crap. You can hold cleanup days from now until forever, and it won’t stop plastic from flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. To do that, you have to think big.

Six students at the Maryland School for the Blind wanted to make a film about pizza. They ended up making one about themselves.

After a start-and-stop construction process, The Paramount, an $86 million venue hosting up to 4,000 concertgoers, is expected to open soon near M&T Bank Stadium.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has transferred Fatima Ameaka, a public health researcher at Johns Hopkins, to a detention facility in Louisiana, according to a government website that tracks those detained by ICE.

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy instructor Berhanu Kibret won a teacher of the year award this month right before federal immigration enforcement agents arrested him for allegedly overstaying his visa.

Two counts, conspiracy and intercepting electronic communications, remain.

Matt Tacka, who worked as a host and producer at WYPR for over a decade, died Saturday of respiratory failure. He was 55.

In late June, with throngs expected at the Inner Harbor’s Sail250 event, Baltimore added checkpoints and extra rules for people entering Fells Point. Over a month later, the city is sticking with the increased enforcement through Labor Day.

COLUMN | What if this isn’t about parents’ rights and school bureaucrats? What if the lawsuit and threats to cut off school funding over pronouns and names are about seizing control of schools from local communities? Parents should be asking a lot of tough questions.

The empire of the once-splashy real estate developer Chasen Cos. is being divvied up, though some properties are languishing without new owners.

Vision House, where you once had to enter a code to get in, is opening more often and growing its appeal.

Iris “P Nut” Cormier, a beloved bartender at Drummer’s Lot Pub in Annapolis, died this month. He was 66.

A Johns Hopkins University public health researcher and former Fulbright scholar was detained this week by immigration agents while boarding a domestic flight as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement efforts at airports.

The Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance, a veteran arts nonprofit servicing Maryland, is shutting down after 25 years, its leadership told The Banner.

From Baltimore’s Birthday Bash to Patty Griffin, planetarium shows and family fun, here are some of the best things to do around the region this weekend.

Heritage Smokehouse will move to Jacksonville in Baltimore County this September after closing in Govans.

The star defensive tackle has been activated after originally being placed on the physically unable to perform list.

Administrative errors in Baltimore’s tax sale process put a teacher’s rental property at risk. Now the city is moving to help reverse the foreclosure.

Where other brunch spots trade on vibes and Instagram-ready decor, for chef Sammy Davis Jr., it’s all about the food.

A flood watch is in effect for Baltimore City and most of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard and Harford counties.