After some doubt, Kentucky Derby winner to take part in Preakness
Trainer Kenny McPeek announced the decision to send the horse to Baltimore for the second leg of the Triple Crown next Saturday.
Mystik Dan (right), winner of the Kentucky Derby, will race in the Preakness Stakes.
Jones hopes union support will overcome Stokes’ deep roots in 12th District
The East Baltimore district has been reshaped, adding Little Italy and Harbor East to neighborhoods including Greenmount West, Oldtown and Remington.
Councilman Robert Stokes gives brief remarks about his optimism in the community cleaning program called Clean Core, on E 20th and Kennedy St., in East Baltimore on February 6, 2023.
An upstart is taking on a City Council heavyweight in the 11th District
Costello and Blanchard both live in Federal Hill. Blanchard serves as the neighborhood association’s president, a role that Costello once held. Both say they are committed to delivering stellar constituent services.
Councilman Eric Costello and Zac Blanchard, both running for City Council District 11
Commentary: Why I could never hate Drake or Kendrick
How the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar rap feud has refreshed one writer’s hunger for the genre.
Rappers Kendrick Lamar, left, and Drake are at odds.
For sale: What you can get for $215K-$234K in Baltimore
In this week's real estate roundup, a trio of Baltimore rowhouses in Butchers Hill, Waverly and Pigtown are for sale — all right around the city’s median home price.
In majority-Black Baltimore, white voters could be key to Sheila Dixon’s success
The city’s white demographic is expected to play a pivotal role in electing Baltimore’s next mayor. With Sheila Dixon, who has attracted a loyal base of Black voters throughout her career, white residents can help sway a tightly contested race, according to experts.
Arch McKown poses for a portrait outside his house with his Sheila Dixon yard sign.
Woman arrested, charged with arson in Papi Cuisine fire incident
A 47-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with arson and related offenses in connection to a May 6, 2024 fire at Papi Cuisine in South Baltimore.
The Federal Hill restaurant suffered an alleged "deliberate attack" Monday morning, according to an online post.
Key Bridge collapse sends oysters to a new home
Since 1995, an oyster reef has existed at Fort Carroll, an uninhabited island in the Patapsco River near the Key Bridge.
A collection of buckets full of spat- or baby oysters- sits on the edge of the Port Covington Marina during a volunteer event with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation on Friday, May 10, 2024 in Baltimore, MD. (Wesley Lapointe / for The Baltimore Banner)
People with severe mental illness are languishing in jail. Now the state has to pay
A crush of court orders and the lack of psychiatric hospital bed space have led to a record-high waitlist for jail transfers.
Baltimore County Detention Center located in Towson, MD.
Man sentenced for deadly shooting of Mervo student
Jeremiah Brogden, a junior at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School and a running back on the Mustangs varsity football team, was shot and killed as classes let out for Labor Day weekend in 2022. He was 17.
Jeremiah Brogden was shot and killed as classes at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School let out for Labor Day weekend in 2022.
Brandon Scott
Learn about Brandon Scott, incumbent in the Baltimore mayoral race.
Mayor Brandon Scott has held the position since December 2020.
Sheila Dixon
Learn about Sheila Dixon, Democratic candidate in the Baltimore mayoral race.
‘The Office’ reboot is about a dying newspaper. I’m not laughing.
“The Office” reboot will focus on volunteer reporters, but there’s nothing funny about the sad decline of news.
A reboot of “The Office,” NBC’s beloved comedy series, will take place in a Midwestern newsroom.
Mayor Scott promised to change Baltimore. The job has changed him.
The new dad describes his return to therapy, the personal toll of youth homicide, and why his work isn’t done.
Mayor Brandon Scott lashes back at criticism he's too green for the job. "I'm 40 years old. I'm clearly an adult."
The enduring appeal of Sheila Dixon
Legions of supporters have held steady for the former mayor since she resigned. They say she’s needed now more than ever.
Surrounded by supporters, Sheila Dixon announces her official run for mayor at Gold Street Community Park on September 7, 2023. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
Prison or probation? Attorneys make conflicting recommendations for Marilyn Mosby’s sentence
Mosby’s attorneys, Federal Public Defender James Wyda and Assistant Federal Public Defenders Maggie Grace and Sedira Banan, said, “Jail is not justice for Marilyn Mosby.”
Prosecutors recommended that former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby be sentenced to 20 months in prison. Mosby’s attorneys are asking a judge to sentence her to probation.
St. Agnes Hospital reacts to ‘mini-disaster status’ after cyberattack
The Maryland Emergency Medical Services System, which monitors hospitals across the state, placed St. Agnes in mini-disaster status, meaning new patients to the emergency room were rerouted to other hospitals.
Ascension St. Agnes Hospital says it reacted quickly following a cyberattack on its computer systems that forced the facility to stop admitting new patients to the emergency room.
Shannon Sneed says she’s the progressive choice for City Council president
When Sneed jumped into the race last October, she entered as an underdog in a contest that already pitted an embattled incumbent against a formidably financed council colleague.
Former Baltimore City Councilwoman Shannon Sneed announces her candidacy for City Council President outside of the Baltimore City Public Schools headquarters on E. North Ave. on Friday, October 20. Sneed represented the city's 13th District, and most recently ran for Lt. Gov. for the State of Maryland alongside gubernatorial candidate Tom Perez.
As funds run dry, a program for young storytellers enters its final chapter
Through film, animation, photography and writing, young people were given the tools to tell their stories at Baltimore Youth Film Arts.
Through Baltimore Youth Film Arts, young people learned the ins and outs of producing films and other art forms.
To take on a vulnerable incumbent, Zeke Cohen built a full-throttle campaign
Cohen has not masked his ambitions for higher office, even publicly flirting with a run for mayor this year.
Zeke Cohen has dramatically outraised both of his opponents, reporting more money in the bank at the April filing deadline than Nick Mosby and Shannon Sneed combined, despite heavier spending.
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