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Joppatowne High School students are expected to return to the classroom on Thursday following an emotional week after a teen was killed in a shooting inside the school.

As many as 1,000 people are expected to attend this event, including many of the region’s leading business, civic, health, education and nonprofit leaders. The event, hosted in partnership with Defender One and presented by Whiting-Turner, will be held on Oct. 1 at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.

Two entrepreneurs are raising funds to build the Taiwanese-style Luna Cat Collective in Howard County by December.

Miss Maryland USA Bailey Anne recently spoke to The Baltimore Banner about a variety of topics — from her favorite food to her heroes in life — as she begins the rest of her barrier-breaking reign.

The lessons of Marian Wockenfuss echo for generations of her candy store employees across Baltimore.

The teen is being held at the Harford County Detention Center. He’s also charged with first- and second-degree assault and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony/crime of violence.

The penguin, Mr. Greedy, is survived by his longtime companion, Mrs. Greedy, and 230 descendants.

The Maryland Supreme Court ruled that the rights of Young Lee, Hae Min Lee’s brother, proceedings were violated.

The needs of this growing population are largely invisible in discussions about the future of Lutherville-Timonium, says community organizer Jenny Torres.

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The school’s principal and resource officer heard a commotion in the first-floor men’s bathroom, but did not hear the shot.

The Maryland Offshore Wind Project can build more than 110 offshore wind turbines about 10 miles off the coast and power over 718,000 homes on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Baltimore’s Safe Streets gun violence reduction program celebrated a milestone Friday, as three more sites marked over 365 consecutive days without a homicide.

State senators and delegates from Baltimore County have become the latest to criticize grid operator PJM over the proposed 70-mile transmission line.

One federal official said the “WhisperGate” malware attack in January 2022 could be considered Russia’s first shot in the war. The cyberattacks penetrated U.S. companies and targeted Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure and computer systems unrelated to defense, including the judiciary, emergency services, food safety and education, they said.

Jaemaun Joyner’s attorneys shared body camera footage of the incident, calling it an “act of terrorism,” but Police Commissioner Richard Worley backed the officer.

A 76-year-old man died after an overnight fire Wednesday at a house in Pikesville.

Gabe Ortis, 26, from Baltimore and Terran “TK” Foster, 31, from Prince George’s County, will join 16 others in a competition to be sole survivor and claim a $1 million prize.

The National Transportation Safety Board, which regularly looks into incidents involving pipelines, is investigating the Bel Air home explosion.

Troy Antwaun Spencer, 50, of Allendale in Southwest Baltimore, had pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person and possession of a firearm in a school zone.