Community issues

A beaver that bit a 13-year-old at Cunningham Falls State Park tested positive for rabies, according to the Maryland Department of Health.

Here's how Howard County’s top 10 schools shook out on the annual state math and English exams.

Prince George’s County Public Schools’ standardized test scores crept up slightly in English and math, but disparities across race, disability and language persist.

“The pain is still going to be there, but stuff like that makes me happy, to know that his legacy still lives on, and people still miss him and still remember him,” Sonsy Gaba said.

While shootings victimizing teens between ages 13 and 18 remain above pre-pandemic levels, they have fallen sharply this year compared to the same time period in 2023, a Banner analysis has found. This dashboard is updated with the latest data from BPD.

The Banner taste tested several beers brewed in collaboration with the county tourism board.

Vincent Ayd, the 71-year-old owner of Towson’s Ayd Hardware, is seeking a buyer for the profitable, no-frills store.

COLUMN | Jen Pauliukonis is collecting data on gun violence in the state as no one has before.

The former mayor of Morningside, Bennard Cann, is under investigation after an audit found financial irregularities and unauthorized ATM transactions in the Prince George's County Municipal Association's bank account.

The Hot August Music Festival in Cockeysville is canceled this year due to low ticket sales, organizers announced Monday.

Howard County Police have obtained an arrest warrant for Darwin Carcamo-Santiago, 24, who is accused of strangling his girlfriend.

A two-alarm fire in Ellicott City sent two firefighters to the hospital, according to Howard County Fire and Rescue Services.

A prominent appellate attorney who argued dozens of Supreme Court cases and helped launch SCOTUSblog was sentenced to six years in prison.

Baltimore County Police are investigating after a cyclist was fatally struck by a vehicle that fled the scene in Dundalk over the weekend.

Del. Gary Simmons, an Anne Arundel County Democrat, was charged July 23 with one count of second-degree assault.

A serial flasher has been on the loose in Canton. Police know who he is but have not caught him yet.

A driver died after a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning, according to Montgomery County Police.

COLUMN | After years of Baltimore City asking for a Trader Joe’s, we finally get one ... that’s so close to the county, there’s a county office building in the parking lot. I don’t think that’s good enough.

State officials will spray next week in Crofton and Severn to kill mosquitoes after West Nile virus was detected in the insects.

In a new filing, Bank OZK said it was now considering splitting up the undeveloped land at Baltimore Peninsula, calling it a “complex asset with multiple parcels.”