Baltimore City schools to ban cellphones with tough policy
The Baltimore City school board voted to ban cell phones during the school day beginning next school year, enacting one of the toughest policies in the region.
Principal Shawnette Williams collects a cellphone and headphones from a student arriving at Reginald Lewis High School in Baltimore. The school piloted a strict ban on cellphone use during the school day.
Baltimore City schools’ rainy day fund to cover $48 million in Trump cuts
Finances are sound enough to handle a significant hit from the federal government without creating a financial crisis, school officials said this week.
Dr. Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, said she has tried to keep finances on track, including rejecting political pressure to give contracts to groups that don’t provide services the schools need.
What to do in Baltimore this weekend, from a Fix-It Fair to Kids’ Opening Day
Whether you want to get a beloved item fixed for free, beef up your vinyl collection on Record Store Day or let the kids roam at Camden Yards, we’ve got you covered.
Tiph Browne works on a repair at the Station North Tool Library’s Fix-It Fair in Spring 2023.
It’s been a decade since Freddie Gray died. His twin reflects on her brother, not a martyr.
Ten years ago, Freddie Gray died at the hands of Baltimore Police. Now, his twin sister, Fredricka Gray, talks about his death.
Fredricka Gray, twin sister of Freddie Gray, in front of a mural of her brother on April 7, 2025.
It’s OK to pay someone to clean your house. Really.
We've been made to feel guilty about outsourcing things like housecleaning if we aren't super elite. Time to let that go.
A Collection of Multi Colored Cleaning Supplies Collection Includes Chenille Microfiber Cleaning Cloth, Rag, Scouring Pad, Cleaning Sponge, Dish Cloth and Dish Towel on Pink Background Directly above View.
Judge weighs fate of one of Baltimore’s most controversial land deals
A lawsuit challenging a 19-year-old Poppleton land deal between the city of Baltimore and a controversial developer had a pivotal hearing Wednesday.
A portion of the La Cite development can be seen beyond older homes in the Poppleton neighborhood of Baltimore on February 26, 2025.
What Maryland’s Blueprint changes mean for schools
The outcome put some education advocates at ease, reassuring them that school system budgets — already stretched by inflation — won’t take as big a hit as they’d feared.
Students and other attendees hold signs during a joint bill hearing for the Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act, Gov. Wes Moore‘s proposal to revamp the Blueprint for Maryland‘s Future.
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
A video captures Westminster woman arrested by ICE agents on her way to work.
Youth ministry leader faces more than 70 charges after sexual abuse allegations surface
A Catonsville youth ministry director was indicted Monday on more than 70 charges, stemming from allegations of sexually abusing minors.
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.
Facing wall of landowners, power line developer will seek court order to survey route
The line is part of a $5 billion portfolio of projects planned by the region’s grid operator, PJM Interconnection.
A white “x” marks the site of the new proposed transmission tower on Brandon and Marie Hill’s farmland in Parkton, MD on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024.
Does Baltimore need new taxes to renovate the Convention Center? Consultants may decide
On Monday, state lawmakers passed a bill that extends the life of a Convention Center and tourism task force for another year, at a cost of about $350,000.
The Baltimore Convention Center on April 2, 2025.
A Baltimore housing program is leading the nation in a key metric
A Cityscape paper found the Baltimore area is bucking a national trend.
West Baltimore housing
They raised $16 million for Key Bridge disaster relief. None of it went to victims’ families.
A community foundation raised money for the Maryland Tough, Baltimore Strong fund under the explicit premise that Key Bridge victims’ families would see some of it.
Remnants of the Francis Scott Key Bridge before dawn on the one-year anniversary of its collapse.
Hopkins trailblazer scrambles to protect cancer research as Trump cuts hit home
The world-class pancreatic cancer researcher at Johns Hopkins University had so-called indirect funds slashed by the federal government.
Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee, deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Baltimore freezes spending at police, fire and parks agencies as economy slides
The freeze, which was announced to the City Council during a hearing Tuesday, was put in place two weeks ago.
City officials have frozen spending at several Baltimore agencies that were over budget, including the police and fire departments.
Inside the Dugout: The Orioles’ highs and lows so far
It’s just early in this season, for a team that — as hard as it may be to believe — is different from last year’s.
The Baltimore Orioles prepare to take the field following the National Anthem and ahead of the team’s home opening game against the Boston Red Sox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Monday, March 31, 2025.
Patti LaBelle, Juvenile to headline Baltimore’s AFRAM festival in June
Soul legend Patti LaBelle and New Orleans rapper Juvenile will headline this year’s AFRAM festival at Druid Hill Park on Juneteenth weekend.
LEFT: Singer Patti LaBelle performs during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, on August 20, 2024.

RIGHT: Rapper Juvenile performs during the 8th Annual Black Music Honors in Atlanta, Ga., on May 19, 2023.
State gives Baltimore $1.5 million again for bike trail after city fumbled funding
State lawmakers once again carved out $1.5 million for Baltimore’s Greenway Trails Network months after the city fumbled the same amount away.
A former rail bridge crosses over Eastern Avenue near Haven Street. In a last-minute budget move, the General Assembly set aside another $1.5 million to help Baltimore purchase the abandoned rail right-of-way for a shared-use path to replace a grant the city lost for failing to use.
Maryland lawmakers approve end of clean-energy subsidies for trash incinerators
The proposal, which received final approval Monday from the Senate as part of a sweeping energy bill, comes as Maryland looks to slash energy-sector emissions to curb climate change.
The WIN Waste Baltimore trash incinerator is seen along Interstate 95 in Baltimore. The state legislature voted Monday to end clean-energy subsidies for incinerators.
McCormick planned ‘targeted’ price hikes to offset tariffs. Then Trump introduced the real ones.
Since Trump announced his plan for sweeping tariffs, companies have scrambled, and the stock market has nosedived. How McCormick plans to combat such a seismic shift remains to be seen.
McCormick Maryland Logistics Center in Sparrows Point, January 17, 2025.
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