At long last, Pawnee Nation ancestral remains are returned from a Baltimore museum
The Baltimore Banner used a database created by the investigative news site ProPublica that tracks roughly 600 federally-funded institutions — which includes museums and universities — around the country that still hold ancestral remains. One of the institutions is in Baltimore.
Photo collage showing silhouettes of two adults and a child walking over prairie landscape, with excerpts from 1997 letter from Maryland Historical Society to the Pawnee Nation.
From catering to jumbo lump crabmeat, Black Marylanders have shaped U.S. food history
From the inception of catering to the creation of fine dining, Black Marylanders have played a large role in shaping America’s food history, several experts say.
Food historian Tonya Hopkins.
15-year-old girl in critical but stable condition after being shot on school grounds
The girl is at least the fifth teenage gunshot victim in the last 24 hours.
Police respond to Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle School after a teenage girl was shot on school grounds.
Baltimore lawmakers push public safety proposals
”There’s a sense of urgency that we need to be mindful of,” said Del. Caylin Young, a first-year lawmaker from East Baltimore.
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates and state lawmakers promote public safety bills in the general assembly in Annapolis on February 15, 2023.
Baltimore spending board approves BGE conduit deal despite effort by two members to delay vote
The vote culminated a dramatic series of events at Wednesday’s Board of Estimates meeting, in which the protest by Council President Nick Mosby and Comptroller Bill Henry, both critics of the deal, tried but failed to delay the decision.
Mayor Brandon Scott sits next to the empty chairs of Nicholas Mosby and Bill Henry both who opted not to attend the Board of Estimates meeting in an effort to defer the vote on the citiy’ purposed contract with BGE, at City Hall in Baltimore, February 15, 2023.
The Dish: Resurrecting Black history, one cookbook at a time
As the creators behind local staples like crab cakes and terrapin stew, African American cooks have shaped Baltimore’s long history as a dining destination while almost never getting credit.
Cookbooks from the collections of Toni Tipton-Martin and W. Paul Coates are on display at Johns Hopkins Eisenhower Library.
In blaze at ABC Capital property, an injured man, 11 dead dogs and 2 angry investors
Records related to the burned home highlight another way ABC Capital’s owner was enticing investors — and that business model is also coming under scrutiny.
The inside of a home where a Jan. 25 fire critically injured a 58-year-old man, also hurt a woman, and killed 11 dogs. The home was owned by an ABC Capital investor who is among the scores who say they were ripped off, and highlights another wrinkle of the company's business, a loan company called Wall Street Wealth Management.
Restaurants, bars weigh future of outdoor parklets as city proposes fee
The Department of Transportation is considering an annual charge of $10 per square foot
Restaurants like Sláinte along Fells Point’s waterfront have set up “parklets” for guests to enjoy outdoor dining.
No. 4 City outscores Lake Clifton
Undefeated Knights punch ticket to Baltimore City boys basketball final; Parsons scores 26
City's Daniel Parsons (5) heads up to the basket as Lake Clifton's Kris Mitchell (left) defends during Tuesday's Baltimore City boys basketball contest. Parsons led all scorers with 26 points as the fourth-ranked and undefeated Knights advanced to the city title game with a 64-47 victory over the No. 5 Lakers in Northeast Baltimore.
Developer has abandoned plans to demolish former Hampden bookbindery and bird roost
Segall Group is no longer interested in the building “at this time," a representative for the property told Councilwoman Odette Ramos.
Each September, thousands of chimney swifts spend the night  in Hampden's old bookbindery as they journey from Canada to South America. This year, could be the last as the building has been purchased and possibly slated for demolition.
Sex at the Maryland Zoo: Bizarre animal facts to wow (or terrify) your Valentine’s date
Did you know that hyenas give birth through their half-foot long clitoris, or that squirrels have a bone in their phallus? All this and more at The Maryland Zoo.
Female North American river otters are induced ovulators, which means they only ovulate after having sex, rather than having regular cycles like humans.
Baltimore liquor violation fines could increase from $3,000 to $20,000
Lawmakers want to increase the maximum fine that bars, restaurants and other establishments can face for liquor violations.
Mayor Brandon Scott takes questions during a year-end press conference in City Hall on Wednesday, December 21.
Eddie Conway, former member of the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party and local news host, dies at 76
The prison reform activist was hospitalized last year with an unspecified illness.
Marshall "Eddie" Conway, photographed as part of a series entitled "Struggle: Portraits of the Civil Rights and Black Power".
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band announce Camden Yards show
The band is also set to play the official grand opening of CFG Bank Arena on April 7.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
John Waters on Valentine’s Day, his first ‘sick joke’ and being busier than ever
Baltimore’s bard of good-natured shock will come home for “A Date With John Waters,” a Valentine’s Day show that isn’t your standard flowery fluff.
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974). He wrote and directed the comedy film Hairspray (1988), which was an international success and was later adapted into a hit Broadway musical.
Perspective: How the Eubie Blake Center saved one 16-year-old
Actor and singer Keith Snipes recalls how the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center provided the foundation for his training as an artist. Decades after his first time there, he credits the center with training countless young, aspiring performing artists and making a difference in their lives.
Eubie Blake Center on Howard St., serves City youth by teaching them performance and visual arts in Baltimore.
Judge upholds 2 ethics violations against Nick Mosby, but rules council president didn’t take money from controlled donors
Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Fletcher-Hill struck down the finding that Mosby took money from controlled donors, calling the evidence presented by the board’s legal team extremely weak
Council President Nick Mosby listens during a Baltimore City Board of Estimates meeting inside City Hall on 10/5/22.
Internal emails detail pressure state police troopers faced to drive up traffic ticket numbers
Communications also raise questions about the agency’s contention that the “expectations” system doesn’t function as a quota.
Excerpts from a leaked email about a quota system at Maryland State Police.
Former Poppleton resident, nonprofit allege Fair Housing Act violations in federal complaint
The complaint alleges that the city has violated the Fair Housing Act repeatedly since 1975, when Baltimore officials first adopted a plan to redevelop Poppleton.
Angela Banks speaks at a press conference on why she filed the complaint.
Are The Speed Cameras Actually Calming Traffic On The JFX? Or is I-83 still like the Grand Prix? | The Maryland Curiosity Bureau
Six months ago, Baltimore installed speed cameras on The Jones Falls Expressway, on a stretch of the highway where unsafe driving and traffic accidents have been a problem for years. So, are the cameras having their intended effect?
The northbound view of I-83, from the 41st Street bridge. Post-mounted speed cameras monitor traffic in both directions at this location.
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