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Baltimore schools ignored antisemitism complaints, ADL alleges
Baltimore City Public Schools, the complaint says, knew its schools were hostile places for Jewish students.
An ADL complaint says the Baltimore school system, which is headquartered on North Avenue, hasn't done enough to address what the group says is harassment of Jewish students.
Baltimore adds new speed cameras in school zones
Starting in August, new speed cameras in Baltimore school zones and a vehicle height-monitoring system will be activated.
A rectangular grey box that houses an automated traffic camera stands on a city sidewalk as a blurred black SUV drives by.
Staff failed to prevent sexual activity at youth detention center, watchdog finds
The report also criticized the agency for mismanaging an evacuation during a flood risk and rising assaults on staff.
A state watchdog has found significant safety failures at a Western Maryland youth facility.
Baltimore’s register of wills office spent over $1M on media, unaired TV show, audit finds
In response to the audit, the wills office, which has been led by former Baltimore City Councilwoman Belinda Conaway since 2014, called the allegations “unsubstantiated” without elaborating.
Belinda Conaway, who was elected as Baltimore City's Register of Wills in 2014.
Baltimore hosted the nation’s best poets — and crowned a king
Twelve poets vied last week for Charm City Slam's champion title, a highly regarded position in Baltimore's "mecca" of a slam poetry scene.
Black Chakra, center, sits on the stage with his fellow poets after being named the winner of the Charm City Slam Finals at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in Baltimore.
How a MAGA school board takeover roiled an Eastern Shore county
After a MAGA-aligned majority took control of Somerset County's school board, they tried to get rid of librarians and fire the superintendent. The community pushed back.
Somerset County Board of Education in Westover, MD, Saturday, July 26, 2025.
Martha’s Vineyard is a summer stronghold for Maryland’s Black elite
When summertime hits Maryland, Black Marylanders don't go to Ocean City, they head to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. Some say it's a "Black Utopia."
From left, Lillian Robinson, her son Connor, and her husband Corey Robinson, during a vacation at Martha's Vineyard.
The Dish: How Peter’s Inn turned garlic bread into a signature Baltimore app
Thirty years ago, Peter’s Inn turned garlic bread into its signature appetizer. Amid changing menus and times, the stalwart dish remains.
At Peter’s Inn, garlic bread is one of the few items that doesn’t come off the menu. Here is the item in 2024.
Baltimore metalheads celebrate the legacy of rock icon Ozzy Osbourne
Metalheads from across the Baltimore region gathered at Ottobar’s weekly Metal Monday — this time to pay tribute to the rock icon, who died at age 76 last week in the UK while surrounded by family.
Jeremy, left, lifts his friend as others cheer during this week’s Ozzy Osbourne-themed Metal Monday at the Ottobar.
Inside the Dugout: Brace yourself for the trade deadline
The idea of this team, coming off two playoff appearances, now being deadline sellers, would have been incomprehensible entering the season.
Cedric Mullins jogs back to the dugout in the 9th inning of a game against the Colorado Rockies.
Maryland will require giant ‘windscreen’ to shield South Baltimore from CSX coal dust
Maryland environmental regulators to impose new restrictions on a coal export terminal in South Baltimore, blocking CSX dust from polluting neighborhoods.
Loaded coal cars are wait to be offloaded at CSX’s Curtis Bay Coal Pier on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
Maryland native Katie Ledecky remains unbeatable in the 1,500 freestyle, taking the title again at the worlds
It was Ledecky’s second medal in these games after taking bronze in the 400 free behind Canadian Summer McIntosh.
Katie Ledecky of the United States celebrates after winning gold medal in the women's 1500m freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
Would-be saviors of Pimlico’s lost barns aren’t ready to call it quits
It’s never easy being Don Quixote, the mad Spanish knight who tilted at windmills aboard his noble nag, Rocinante.
Demolition crews got started Thursday at Pimlico Race Track in Baltimore, starting with the barns along Winner Avenue. Work was expected to be finished by the end of July.
Baltimore families ripped apart by ICE detentions, deportations
Baltimore immigrant families now are coping with the sudden separation from loved ones and navigating both the consequences at home and the uncertainty of what happens next.
Southwest Baltimore meat plant reopens after carbon dioxide incident hospitalized employees
Holly Poultry, the meat processing and distribution plant in Southwest Baltimore where a carbon dioxide incident on Sunday affected 10 employees, returned to normal operations.
First responders working the scene at a HAZMAT incident at Holly Poultry, a poultry processing plant in Southwest Baltimore on Sunday July 27, 2025. Five people were hospitalized and five more were treated at the scene. A fire department spokesperson said dangerously high levels of carbon dioxide were found inside the plant.
Imprisoned man’s death at Jessup Correctional Institution under investigation
Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a man imprisoned at Jessup Correctional Institution that occurred over the weekend.
The Maryland State Police logo emblazoned on a lectern in front a police vehicle from a separate agency before a press conference, pictured outside the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barracks on 11/10/22.
Souvlaki is evicted in Hampden just weeks after crowdfunding plea
Souvlaki Greek Cuisine was evicted Monday despite a recent plea to community members to fundraise and help the beloved Hampden restaurant reopen.
A Baltimore City Sheriff outside of the now-closed Souvlaki on Monday.
Former teacher and pastor denied bond after charges of sexually abusing students
A former teacher and pastor in Anne Arundel County was ordered to be held without bond on Monday after he was charged with sexually abusing students, according to court officials.
An Anne Arundel County Police vehicle.
Van with a body inside pulled from Inner Harbor went missing in 2014, police say
A minivan with a body inside was pulled from the Inner Harbor last week. It had been reported missing more than a decade ago, according to the Baltimore Police Department.
Baltimore City Fire and the Baltimore City Police Underwater Recovery Team work to pull a Silver Cab from the Inner Harbor on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
Banner Book Club takeaways: Anne Tyler’s ‘Three Days in June’
What we learned during the first Banner Book Club conversation about Anne Tyler’s “Three Days in June.”
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