Community issues

Noah Settles, the D.C. rapper who goes by the name No Savage, is facing robbery and assault charges in Prince George’s County. He and three others allegedly walked into a convenience store in Fort Washington and stole cigarettes, vapes and candy.

Experts who spoke to The Banner said it’s unclear what, if any, charges seven youths could face following the Aug. 4 crash in Germantown that killed a Virginia man.

Baltimore Police Officer Robert Parks was captured in a viral video chasing Antrell Smith and striking him with his patrol vehicle in Northwest Baltimore on Oct. 28, 2025.

Calvert County commissioners have passed a six-month moratorium on data centers, officials announced Tuesday.

Federal immigration officials who repeatedly locked up a Baltimore man contrary to a judge’s orders could now be held in contempt of court at a hearing scheduled for this week.

A man is dead after a traffic stop in Bel Air on Saturday night turned into a fatal police encounter.

A North Carolina man who was accused of urinating on a family, including an 8-year-old girl, at a Morgan Wallen concert in Baltimore last month has been extradited to Maryland, online court records show.

The ponies’ deaths have stirred grief in the community, leading some to call for lower speed limits and hefty fines.

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy instructor Berhanu Kibret will remain in immigration detention, where he has been held for four weeks, a judge has ruled.

Bitty and Beau’s Coffee will shutter it's Dock Street location. All the Rage Vintage is pivoting to a new studio in Baltimore.

A woman was killed, and her child was injured after being struck by a vehicle in Rockville on Monday night, authorities said.

Criminals used construction equipment to smash through a Wells Fargo Bank near a busy intersection in Northeast Baltimore. 

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The 32-year-old Eastern Shore native graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia just as the musical “Hamilton” was becoming a sensation.

Construction this summer has shut down Metro’s Bethesda, Medical Center and Grosvenor-Strathmore stops since July 6.

Plans to relocate the FBI’s headquarters to Greenbelt can move forward after a federal judge, siding with Prince George’s County and the state of Maryland, blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to move the agency to an existing building in Washington.

State officials said an autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.

A 22-year-old was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of two 19-year-olds on Aug. 10 in Essex, according to Baltimore County Police.

Ronald Neverdon, 79, of Woodstock, who worked at the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School from 1973 to 2013, was charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with child abuse, perverted practice and sex offenses.