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‘Who would take the time to care enough?’: A bus driver helped a missing woman with dementia get home safe
A bus driver realized that a missing woman with dementia was her passenger — and helped her get home safe.
Ride On Montgomery County Transit driver Tillwonna Gollman-Stevenson is being commended for her actions in identifying a missing senior with dementia and facilitating her safe return earlier this month.
Howard Street Tunnel reopens to freight trains, but double-stacked cargo starts next year
Freight trains will start rolling under Baltimore once again, but double-stacked cargo won’t begin until additional bridge work finishes early next year, officials said.
CSX passenger train passes through the renovated Howard Street Tunnel during the Howard Street Tunnel celebration in Baltimore on Friday.
Hear ye, hear ye: The do’s and don’ts of Renn Fest
With just a few weekends left in this year’s season, here are tips and suggestions to get the most out of Renn Fest.
Pie, cheesecake and woven crowns for sale at Maryland Renaissance Festival on Sept. 20, 2025.
ICE officer drops gun, points it toward bystanders during Hyattsville arrest
An Immigration and Enforcement Customs (ICE) Officer was captured fumbling and then pointing a gun toward bystanders during an arrest on Wednesday morning in a busy Hyattsville intersection.
An ICE officer points a gun toward bystanders during an arrest on Wednesday in Hyattsville.
Suit alleges state illegally removes Medicaid benefits from those with intellectual and developmental disabilities
About 18,000 Marylanders who have intellectual and developmental disabilities and participate in the waiver programs are at risk of being removed, say the lawyers filing suit.
Baltimore Police investigate 2 unrelated deaths, stabbing that left man dead
Baltimore Police are investigating the deaths of two unidentified males found in different neighborhoods Thursday and a stabbing that left a man dead.
A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
Baltimore County Police solve 44-year-old Lochearn murder
Baltimore County Police have identified 75-year-old Alan Bass as the man who killed 59-year-old Samuel Allen in his Lochlearn home more than four decades ago.
A poster of Lochlearn resident Samuel Allen, who was murdered in 1981.
Anne Arundel Police need help finding pair who kidnapped woman, threw her over bridge
Anne Arundel County Police need help finding a pair of suspects who they say attacked a woman in Glen Burnie two years ago, stuffed her in the trunk of her car and threw her off the Curtis Creek Drawbridge.
MILLERSVILLE, MD - THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2025 - The Anne Arundel County Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division in Millersville.
Period stigma meets its match in Howard County teens
Teen period clubs like the one at Mount Hebron High School have successfully expanded access to menstrual products in Howard County.
Katherine Zheng, Ahana Roy, and Isha Ande organize and distribute menstrual supplies to several bathrooms at the Howard County Library.
Howard Janet, a lawyer with an ‘outsized personality,’ fought for clients and family
Howard Janet died on Sept. 18 after complications from a heart and kidney transplant. He was 70.
Howard Janet.
A good Chesapeake Bay Bridge yarn can’t be stopped by facts. They might even help.
The picture was alarming. A Dundalk woman posted a photo of a Bay Bridge deck support looking off-center, askew atop the pilings. And so, another Bay Bridge myth is born — it’s slipping!
The state is considering replacing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
From Belgium to Baltimore: Why neighborhoods are using these devices to gather traffic data
Telraam devices are all over Europe. Now they’re helping Baltimore neighborhoods track traffic.
These small plastic devices from the Belgian company Telraam count and sort vehicles that move past them, and can even measure their speed.
Baltimore man was exonerated after 20 years behind bars. But did he fool prosecutors?
Exonerated of the crime, Melvin Thomas, now 45, collected $1.6 million in wrongful conviction compensation from the state in 2021. But he wanted the city to pay, too, and filed a lawsuit against the police department and officers involved with the case.
Letter: I raised the flag to full staff to honor those Charlie Kirk denigrated
Liz Walsh, chair of the Howard County Council, says she raised the flag to full staff to honor those who had been denigrated by Charlie Kirk.
An American flag flying over the George Howard Building in Ellicott City.
Severe thunderstorms moving through the Baltimore area
Rain showers and thunderstorms are likely to continue today and into the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
A car drives past The Senator theater on York Road during Monday’s torrential downpour. Photographed Monday, July 14, 2025.
Baltimore man found not guilty of rape in case initially upended by delays
Derwin Cox, of Upper Fells Point, was found not guilty on Tuesday in Baltimore Circuit Court of second-degree rape, third- and fourth-degree sex offense, home invasion and related offenses.
Derwin Cox, 51, of Upper Fells Point, was found not guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court of second-degree rape, third- and fourth-degree sex offense, home invasion and related offenses at the end of two-day trial.
Teen girl in foster care found dead at the Baltimore hotel where she’d been living
Her death comes one week after publication of a legislative audit that criticized the state for placing nearly 300 foster children in hotels instead of homes over a two-year period.
Department of Human Services building on S. Charles Street, in Baltimore, Wednesday, February 26, 2025.
Hand-count confirms Annapolis Democratic primary results
After 2 1/2 hours poring over the thousands of ballots cast last week in the Annapolis primary election, officials said their audit confirmed the results released Tuesday in the five contested Democratic races.
Employees at the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections office in Glen Burnie hand-count ballots on Sept. 25, 2025 in the Annapolis primary.
Wheaton hit-and-run victim identified by police
The 52-year-old woman was from New Carrollton, police said. Authorities continue to search for the driver who drove away.
Baltimore Banner names Audrey Cooper, experienced newsroom executive, to top editing job
Audrey Cooper helped usher the country’s most listened-to public radio station and the San Francisco Chronicle through integral change.
Incoming Banner Editor-in-Chief, Audrey Cooper.
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