Community issues

These Taylor Swift songs give us strong Charm City vibes.

Family members of Theodore McKeldin, remembered as the “father of the Inner Harbor,” want to preserve his waterfront memorial amid Baltimore-based MCB Real Estate's plans to overhaul Harborplace.

Alan Geslicki, 32, has been charged with first-degree murder.

While Amtrak’s new Frederick Douglass Tunnel will keep its passenger trains running under West Baltimore for decades to come, local leaders and residents want a say in how the federally subsidized company plans to invest in communities above the tunnel while it’s building.

The Baltimore Banner selected 13 community leaders as its 2024 Emerging Leaders honorees, who will be recognized at an event in May.

For 15 years, Fresh McKenzie farm in Baldwin was a dreamy place for families to visit and pet farm animals. But a dispute between siblings has forced the farm to shut down.

Mosby’s now ex-husband, Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby, a Democrat who’s running for reelection this year, had arrived earlier on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt. He’s on the list of potential witnesses.

Abandoned cars and other illegal dumping continue to plague the park

Anne Arundel County plans to give away 7,000 Chromebook laptops over the coming months as part of a program to help close the digital divide.

The union for firefighters in Baltimore County said the Fire Department has been removing engines from service each day because of staffing issues. A woman died after a house fire in Catonsville just hours after an engine in the suburb was taken offline yesterday, the union said.

Police said the boy was stabbed by his mother’s boyfriend.

Mayor Brandon Scott said he was “devastated” by the killing.

Traffic fatalities in Maryland rose over a 5-year period statewide by just over 10%, from 512 deaths in 2018 to 566 in 2022. Meanwhile, the figures in the Baltimore metro region remained virtually unchanged.

Rescuers said a woman who fell in Baltimore’s icy harbor died, but later said she didn’t. A doctor calls the reason basic physiology.

Volunteering at the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter is a good way to find fulfillment while caring for dogs of many varieties with many backstories, Baltimore Banner Orioles reporter and dog lover Andy Kostka says.

Who is the person behind the ‘RLong’ graffiti tag painted all over the Baltimore region? The Baltimore Banner tracked down some theories — and here’s what we discovered.

Assistant U.S Attorney Sean Delaney said the government could soon rest its case against Mosby, 44, a Democrat who served as Baltimore state’s attorney from 2015-2023.

Charles Osgood, a five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist who anchored “CBS Sunday Morning” for more than two decades and spent part of his youth in Baltimore, has died. He was 91.

A three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals found Anne Arundel County could require gun dealers to distribute suicide prevention and conflict resolution literature. A gun rights group intends to appeal.

Supervisors at all levels failed to enforce overtime policies, according to a state audit.