Baltimore City

H. Furlong Baldwin, who led Baltimore’s Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Co. for more than two decades, died Dec. 7 from complications of multiple myeloma. He was 92.

The Peale, the first purpose-built museum in America, announced a new executive director ready to take the storied museum into the future.

Three more court buildings in Baltimore have tested positive for the bacteria that can cause Legionnaires’ disease, officials announced Friday.

Over 2.3 million Marylanders are expected to travel during the holiday season with many heading out this weekend, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.

After sitting vacant for nearly two decades, the old East Baltimore Community School building is expected to be demolished next year.

An Ellicott City woman pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzling more than $1 million from a real estate agency and using the funds to pay for vacations, Taylor Swift tickets and more, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office.

A financial firm is suing Vivo Baltimore over missed payments on a $45 million loan. The newly renovated apartment building is located downtown.

The plaintiffs challenging Baltimore jail health care, led by the ACLU’s National Prison Project, have nominated three of their own selections to become medical monitor.

“Loch Raven Overlook” will be constructed near where Tuesday’s deadly shooting occurred in Towson.

Deanta Dorsey was an Edmondson-Westside High School sophomore when he was killed in the shooting.

The poorest, least well-served communities lose when schools are closed, a former teacher says.

David Schweizer, a Maryland native who directed shows at Baltimore Center Stage and in Los Angeles and New York, died on Dec. 5 of a heart attack. He was 74.

A note from Baltimore Banner Editor in Chief Kimi Yoshino on The Banner sharing data about U.S. overdoses.

American discount retailer Big Lots announced Thursday it's closing all stores across the nation, including 21 locations in Maryland.

Luigi Mangione, who’s accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, waived extradition from Pennsylvania to New York to face charges including first-degree murder.

Peter Thomas, formerly of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” and Bar One in Baltimore, will serve 18 months in prison for failing to pay the government more than $2.5 million in employment taxes.

Following a lawsuit filed this summer, an investor is forcing La Cite Development to sell a troubled apartment complex in West Baltimore, court records show.

Gordon Staron, 35, of Abingdon in Harford County, was sentenced on Thursday in Baltimore Circuit Court for the murders of Keith Bell and Javarick Gantt.

The settlement would not admit any wrongdoing from the Baltimore university, a spokesperson said.

Baltimore City Schools’ choice program is good for ensuring kids get a chance to go to schools outside their area. But it’s one more choice for parents to make.