Community issues

A Howard County judge has barred Food Network host Eric Adjepong from being alone with his daughter in a ruling the “Top Chef” alumnus linked to a longstanding custody battle with his ex-wife.

Gov. Wes Moore has spent at least a portion of one in every five days out of state since he took office in 2023 — and that pace of travel has accelerated as his national profile has grown, according to a Banner analysis.

The Anne Arundel County Fire Department is responding to an apparent explosion at a home in the Annapolis area Wednesday afternoon.

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have decided to return to the United Kingdom, but they won’t resume their roles as working members of the royal family, Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.

Penn State fraternity pledges were made to cut and package cocaine for a drug ring that was run out of two off-campus frat houses, authorities said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recovered approximately $50,000 worth of khat from the baggage claim area at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.

MOM’s said that the policy is part of a “broader dress code update that includes uniforms and name tags, all intended to support the customer experience.”

Baltimore’s transportation chief, Veronica C. Perry, is stepping down after less than two years on the job.

Another beaver has tested positive for rabies in the Montgomery County area, the third such case in the past month.

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.