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Downtown theater marks new era with artistic director hire
Everyman Theatre’s new artistic director, Brandon Weinbrenner, discusses his time in Houston and his plans for taking over the storied Baltimore arts organization.
Brandon Weinbrenner, a 41-year-old Dallas native, starts as Everyman Theatre’s new artistic director later this summer.
Catching up with the island winner of the popular MrBeast reality TV show
Mia Speight won a private Panamanian island on “Beast Games.” Come back for Season 2? The Baltimore native couldn’t say no.
Mia Speight makes her surprise return to “Beast Games” in the first episode of Season 2.
Maryland Senate committee advances ICE mask ban bill
Though the passage came as little surprise — leadership in both chambers have made curbing ICE a top priority — an amendment to the law took some teeth out of it.
Federal immigration officers deploy pepper spray at protesters after a shooting Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis.
Man charged in Edgewater homicide sought victim’s $300K life insurance payout, police say
A man who police allege fatally shot another man at an Airbnb in Edgewater and then dumped his body in Baltimore had been made the beneficiary of the victim’s $300,000 life insurance policy two weeks earlier, court records indicate.
Anne Arundel County police arrested Bryan Alberto Cazares on Friday in St. Mary’s County.
Maryland sees drop in Hispanic graduations as immigration raids ramp up
A precipitous drop in the number of Hispanic students and foreign students learning English has fueled a 1 percentage point decline in the state’s graduation rate for 2025.
A student walks past lockers in the hallway outside Damien Ford’s Baltimore School for The Arts classroom on Dec. 21, 2022. Ford teaches an African American Literature class where shows his students comparisons between Lauryn Hill lyrics and the work of Zora Neal Hurston.
65-year-old man dies in Upton rowhouse blaze, officials say
Baltimore City fire officials are investigating after a 65-year-old man died in an Upton rowhouse blaze Tuesday morning, the first fire fatality of the year.
Truck 55 sits in the Baltimore City Fire Department station in Pigtown on Thursday, June 29, 2023.
Bitter cold grips Maryland as forecasters eye another winter storm
Frigid temperatures, brutal windchills and possibly another storm lie ahead for Maryland.
After a major winter storm over the weekend, Maryland could see more snow soon.
‘Completely unacceptable’: Moore’s office chides Trump over Baltimore ICE facility video
Gov. Wes Moore’s office slammed the Trump administration for the conditions depicted in a widely circulated video showing an overcrowded holding cell at the downtown Baltimore field office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Gov. Wes Moore’s office called out the Trump administration on Tuesday.
Hutzell: A little time travel helps explain Maryland’s power dilemma
COLUMN: Demand for more electricity shows no sign of slowing. It’s driven by the rapid growth of data centers, which power the AI behind Alexa and Gronk. As Gov. Wes Moore prepares his plan out of this mess, a look at the next decade explains what’s happening.
Transmission lines travel north from Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Constellation’s nuclear power plant in Lusby, Maryland.
Third Maryland prisoner is killed this month after record year
A prisoner was killed inside the Jessup Correctional Institution on Monday, representing the third prison homicide this month, state officials said.
Barbed wire is seen outside the Maryland Correctional Institution in Hagerstown on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.
Financial adviser Deborah Owens wanted to teach 1 million women how to build wealth
Deborah Owens, a Columbia financial adviser who wrote books and hosted radio shows on personal finance, died Jan. 4 of cancer. She was 66.
Deborah Owens.
Hotel Ulysses, Baltimore’s ‘sexiest’ new hotel, has unpaid taxes
Hotel Ulysses, an upscale hotel in Mount Vernon in Baltimore City, racked up a $290,000 in unpaid taxes, court records show.
Hotel Ulysses, an upscale hotel in Mount Vernon, racked up a $290,000 in unpaid taxes, court records show.
A broken eye socket and frostbite, but no storm surge for Maryland ERs so far
Maryland hospitals have treated some more snowstorm-related patients, but it's not been overwhelming so far, officials say. They are, however, ready for ice to send more their way.
A "care cart" with goodies is making the rounds for staff at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore.
As Maryland digs out of a snowstorm, another could be on the way
The Baltimore area registered about 11 inches of combined snow and sleet from the weekend’s snowstorm.
Stephen Suprik clears the snow around his car in Dundalk on Monday.
Curio Wellness CEO Michael Bronfein was an ‘anchor’ in Baltimore’s business world
Michael Bronfein, a serial entrepreneur and political fundraiser who co-founded the cannabis company Curio Wellness, died last Wednesday in Florida. He was 70.
Matthew Swinburne, left, listens, as Michael Bronfein discusses cannabis at Impact Maryland, a thought leadership conference hosted by The Baltimore Banner Tuesday, Oct.10, 2023 in Baltimore.
The long journey home made a little longer by ice and snow
At Penn Station and BWI, travelers dealt with delays and cancellations of planes, trains and buses amid Winter Storm Fern. Not everyone minded.
Travelers wait to board their Amtrak train at Penn Station in Baltimore on Monday.
After the snow comes the next challenge for schools — extreme cold
As Maryland schools are clearing out from the winter snow storm, officials are trying to prepare for the next weather event: extreme cold.
Lockers in a hallway inside of Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Md. on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
BGE dodged major outages in the storm. But it’s not over yet.
The lights went out for around 1 million Americans during this year’s winter storm. But Marylanders made up fewer than 300 of those who experienced power outages.
Marylanders made up fewer than 300 of those who experienced power outages this weekend.
Jon Meoli: The Orioles have done plenty this winter. Why does it feel like another starter is so important?
The Orioles have accomplished a lot in the offseason, but still they fill one starting pitcher light.
Framber Valdez remains available as a free agent after the Orioles lost out on Ranger Suárez.
How much snow did Maryland get? Snow totals from the weekend storm.
Baltimore saw the largest snowfall in years over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
Chase Kneip sleds at the Navy Stadium in Annapolis on Sunday. Some places in Maryland saw more than 10 inches of snow from the winter storm, according to totals from the National Weather Service.
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