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As opioid deaths plague Baltimore, the city’s strategy is silence
Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration has opted to remain silent on the city’s response to overdose deaths as it navigates litigation with opioid makers and distributors.
People protested the city’s response to overdoses at City Hall in Baltimore last month.
Police shooting of Baltimore teen prompts outrage among residents
Authorities have released few details about the Monday night shooting, which follows two others that unfolded under similar circumstances last year in Baltimore. All three encounters escalated quickly, starting when officers saw someone on the street and believed they could be armed.
Myreshia Macon, the mother of a 17-year-old who was shot and killed by Baltimore police officers, right, visits a memorial for her son near the scene of the shooting in Baltimore, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024.
Acknowledging concerns, Mayor Scott promises improvements in DPW’s culture of bullying
Scott says people caught mistreating their fellow employees will be ‘held accountable.’
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks at a news conference inside Baltimore City Hall on July 15, 2024.
New Reginald Lewis Museum exhibit shows power of media in the Civil Rights Movement
“iWitness: Media & the Movement” is a new exhibit that launches Thursday at The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History & Culture. The yearlong exhibit coincides with the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
"iWitness: Media & the Movement" is a new exhibit at The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History & Culture.
Man who dragged Baltimore Police sergeant defiant at sentencing
Joseph Black told Detective Sgt. Kenneth Ramberg that he needed to take responsibility for his role in a traffic stop in 2022 in Park Heights that left him with life-changing injuries.
Baltimore Police take a suspect into custody in the case of a sergeant who police and witnesses say was dragged by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop.
State officials withhold name of teen killed by police, citing privacy law
As independent investigators in the Maryland Attorney General’s Office probe the fatal police shooting of a boy on Monday, they say they are required by state law to withhold his identity — and potentially much more related to the investigation.
7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer’s car is parked on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
Canton’s OneDo Coffee Roasters to open Inner Harbor location
Baltimore’s Board of Estimates on Wednesday approved the lease for OneDo Coffee Roasters to take up a 1,156-square-foot space, with an expected opening next spring.
OneDo Coffee Roasters is the first-ever tenant for the BGE Pavilion at Rash Field Park in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
How a woman in Baltimore was able to file criminal charges against the rapper T.I.
“This case highlights a concern that the State’s Attorney has raised previously and uncovers legislative changes that should be considered to ensure fair and appropriate use of the court commissioner’s office,” said James Bentley, a spokesperson for the Baltimore State’s Attorney's Office.
T.I. was arrested on Sunday at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after a woman in Baltimore went to a district court commissioner and swore out charges against him. He’s pictured here at an event in Inglewood, California on June 27.
Harborplace’s Bramble to get $16M from city for ‘Murder Mall’ redevelopment
What was once known as “Murder Mall” will now become headquarters for a city office, with Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration ready to award $16 million to developer and campaign supporter P. David Bramble.
Photo illustration shows David Bramble with view of Harborplace pavilions in background.
Rock band Little Feat arrived in Maryland at a crossroads. Great songs would follow.
Tracks such as “Rock & Roll Doctor” and the title track, which name-checks Baltimore, have remained mainstays of Little Feat’s live repertoire.
CIRCA 1975: (L-R) Keyboardist Bill Payne, guitarist Paul Barrere, singer and guitarist Lowell George, drummer Richie Hayward, percussionist Sam Clayton and bassist Kenny Gradney perform onstage with the rock and roll band "Little Feat" circa 1975. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
He was charged with illegal voting. Why does he run Baltimore’s elections?
For more than a decade, the city has awarded millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to a Florida company to do much of the work that falls under the Baltimore City Board of Elections’ purview.
Gov. Moore calls for ‘full investigation’ after Baltimore sanitation worker’s heat death
A coalition of Baltimore City Council members and AFSCME Council 3 leaders came together Tuesday morning to demand more protection for public employees following the heat-related death of a sanitation worker, Ronald Silver II.
Patrick Moran, President of AFSCME Maryland Council 3, decries working conditions at the Department of Public Works at a press conference following the death of Ronald Silver II, who was on the job with the DPW's Bureau of Solid Waste when he died, outside of City Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
More than 100 West Baltimore homes are still without gas after water issue, BGE says
The Department of Public Works is investigating how water got into the gas lines, prompting the company to shut off service in the area for multiple days.
Planned Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. rate hikes are coming in January 2025.
Shot and then prosecuted: How a victim in Baltimore became a defendant
His situation illustrates how people in Baltimore Circuit Court can be both victims and defendants at the same time.
In less than two years, Curtis Hunt was shot in Baltimore on two separate occasions. Both times, police allege he illegally had a gun on him.
Summer campers rescued after sailboat sinks in Inner Harbor
A boat full of summer campers setting sail in the Inner Harbor started sinking, prompting a rescue effort.
A Baltimore City Fire Department boat approaches a boat sinking in the Inner Harbor near the Domino Sugar factory on Aug. 5, 2024.
Power restored to most BGE customers after weekend storms
More than 7,000 Baltimore Gas and Electric customers, most in Baltimore, did not have power Monday morning, down from 14,000 customers on Sunday night.
Crews clean up a fallen tree on Falls Road near Western High School on Sunday. Saturday night storms have left thousands without power.
Is Artscape cursed? Let’s examine the evidence.
The superstitious among us are secretly wondering if some festival organizer stepped on a crack in the pavement or walked under an errant ladder. All we know is it has just been one thing after another with Artscape these last few years.
Storm clouds fill the sky just before rain hits Artscape, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. Thunderstorms washed out concerts scheduled for Friday also.
What are those swarming bugs in Patterson Park?
There’s no need to worry — unless you’re a cicada.
A captured cicada killer from Patterson Park.
Five barbecue spots in and around Baltimore even a Southerner can love
As a Southern transplant, I was skeptical about barbecue in Baltimore. These five spots had me pleasantly surprised.
The three-meat plate at Blue Pit BBQ in Hampden. (Ramsey Archibald/The Baltimore Banner)
He’s got game: Baltimore tailgating planner takes Ravens, Orioles fans on the road
Brian Snyder’s BMORE Around Town offers both in-town tailgating packages and weekends of fun cheering for Baltimore’s teams at away games without all of the stress of planning travel.
Brian Snyder, owner of BMORE Around Town, poses for a portrait in the company’s outdoor tailgate space near M&T Bank Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024.
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