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Baltimore’s Waterfront Promenade could get a new name and a signature event
The idea to rename the Baltimore Waterfront Promenade was inspired by Baltimore missing out on USA Today’s list of top riverwalks multiple times for years.
The Baltimore skyline is seen above the Harborplace pavilions and the Inner Harbor.
Baltimore changes trash pickup time to protect workers from summer heat
Baltimore’s Department of Public Works is changing the trash pickup time for city residents in an effort to protect employees from the summer heat. 
Trash cans on North Chester Street are set out for pickup in the afternoon of Thursday, August 29, 2024.
New owner expected for Mount Vernon landmark church
The Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church has been searching for a financial lifeline to maintain its historic building.
Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
Is owning a home better than renting? It’s complicated.
Past generations were led to believe that buying a home vs. renting was the ultimate sign of adulthood. Now, that line of thinking is shakier.
Meet the Salvadoran family whose pupusas shaped Baltimore County
The family behind Reisterstown's El Paraiso eatery became the go-to spot for more than just the usual Salvadoran fare.
Marvin Rodriguez and his mother, Maria Rodriguez, make pupusas together at El Paraiso on June 26, 2025. She says her son makes them very, very well.
A city-owned hotel has been losing money since 2008. Here’s the cost to taxpayers.
By 2024, the city-owned Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor was supposed to have paid out $39 million, plus taxes, to Baltimore. Instead, it has cost the city millions to keep afloat.
The Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor has not made a single distribution payment back to the city’s general fund, despite projections that it would have paid out more than $39 million by now.
Change at Baltimore court could hurt immigrant children, advocates fear
A recent policy change at Baltimore City Circuit Court could lead to the separation of children from their parents or guardians.
6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
Developer Craig Smith mixed hard-nosed business with generous heart, global curiosity
Craig Smith, a commercial real estate developer who also used to run a family trucking business, died June 7 of lung cancer. He was 82.
Craig Smith.
Amid spat with mayor, theater owner wants another chance to bring historic Havre de Grace venue up to code
On July 1, Havre de Grace shut down the historic State Theater, saying the 300-seat venue had continued to hold events without a final permit.
The State Theater of Havre de Grace held an event called Lockdown Festival in 2020, where performances were live streamed during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
St. Vincent offers a haven for homeless kids. For one counselor, it’s also a homecoming
How a camper, Isaiah Magruder, turned counselor hopes to support kids at Camp St. Vincent in Baltimore this summer.
Camp counselor Isaiah Magruder, center, with his campers during one of Camp St. Vincent’s youth activity sessions at Patterson Park in June.
‘It’s so distressing:’ Neighbors plead for quiet from noisy military ships berthed at Locust Point
Residents of Baltimore's Locust Point neighborhood are accustomed to the sound of ship horns and train whistles, even the Domino Sugar plant. But some say the noise and lights from two massive Navy ships that recently docked near their homes has been unbearable. They want to know what officials are going to do about it?
A pair of huge Navy ships, the USNS Charlton, left, and the USNS Pomeroy, docked near residential homes at North Locust Point on June 5. Since then, residents say that the ships have never turned off the engines -- meaning that they are always making tons of noise, shining bright lights into people's windows, and making the air all smelly with diesel.
Photos: Baltimore region celebrates the 4th of July
Hundreds of people in and around Baltimore and beyond took time to enjoy and celebrate America's Independence this year on the Fourth of July.
Fireworks light up Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on July 4th, 2025.
Fourth of July needs these 5 essential workers in Maryland
The Banner spoke to the people who make Independence Day work while the rest of us are enjoying a leisurely day.
After the storms died down, customers showed up to The Cow for some ice cream in Reistertown, Md. on July 1, 2025.
Mayor says emergency dispatch system failed due to heat during Baltimore Police custody death
Baltimore’s emergency dispatch system failed due to the heat during a mental health response that ended with a man dying while in police custody, Mayor Brandon Scott confirmed.
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.
New details revealed about Baltimore’s plan to reduce drug overdose deaths by nearly half
After Baltimore City scored a windfall of new money from settlements with drug companies, leaders unveiled a draft plan of how to tackle substance use.
Mayor Brandon Scott at a press conference at Baltimore City Hall last summer laid out his plans for managing the money won from pharmaceutical companies as part of ongoing opioid litigation.
Another CVS in Baltimore is closing its doors
The pharmacy at 3300 Belair Road will shut down July 9, shrinking the number of CVS pharmacies in Baltimore to 18, according to an email statement by the company.
FILE - The CVS Pharmacy logo is displayed on a store on Aug. 3, 2021, in Woburn, Mass. Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, his office secured $152 million over the next decade in a settlement against CVS in opioid claims, the largest sum that the state has brought in by itself in opioid-related litigation.
BGE rate hikes drive Baltimore leaders’ demand to stop ‘Operation Pipeline’
City leaders are arguing a program to replace aging gas lines with more durable material is costing city residents.
City leaders are arguing a BGE program to replace aging gas lines with more durable material is costing city residents.
WBAL’s Rob Roblin approached reporting with humor and heart
WBAL’s Rob Roblin was a skilled storyteller — he made sure people knew how he felt, his family said. And people responded to it.
Rob Roblin.
After ICE arrest, Baltimore courts tighten checks on law enforcement
The change comes less than a week after the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office reported that a pretrial services employee invited agents into the courthouse.
6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
Arms on the Farm: Breaking down Orioles pitching prospect Trey Gibson
Gibson, a strikeout artist, is carving up Double-A just two years after signing as an undrafted free agent.
Since the start of 2024, Trey Gibson leads all Orioles pitching prospects with at least 100 innings with 12.49 strikeouts per nine innings.
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