Community issues

As Amtrak moves forward with its plans for a new tunnel under West Baltimore, residents in the area feel left in the dark.

Fayette Street Outreach began with a woman’s call to leadership

After years of the nonprofit that runs the state fair “living paycheck to paycheck,” Brewster said, he organized volunteers in fundraising campaigns and advocated in the State House to raise more than $10 million.

Vendors in stalls on Montford sold blintzes, jewelry, trinkets and shots of a honey liqueur called medivka. Cooks served stuffed cabbage, pierogis, potato pancakes and borscht. Although the overtone was quaint and festive, thoughts of the war in Ukraine were present.

The convention, in its 23rd year, brings together people from all sorts of fandoms. Including Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott.

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Officers responded around 7 p.m. to the intersection of North Pulaski and Presstman streets. Police said the girl had been shot in the 2100 block of Presstman Street.

The shooting happened on the same block of the Bywater neighborhood where, on July 27, another fatal shooting occurred.

The Baltimore native defeated designers Laurence Basse and Brittany Allen in the finale of TV's "Project Runway All Stars.” Cromartie dedicated the season to his older sister, Chimere Faye Didley, who died of cancer last year.

FBI agents visited the school headquarters a year ago, probing timecard irregularities and overtime fraud, sources said at the time.

Mosby, 43, who was in office from 2015-2023, is charged in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with two counts of perjury and making false statements on a loan application

About 75% of the monitoring wells around Maryland have seen water levels drop over the last 40 years, some by as much as 100 feet, according to an investigation from The New York Times.

The Department of Public Works previously told The Banner the city was hoping to fix the sinkhole by April of this year.

Dozens of local drivers are working their way through a hiring pipeline, Superintendent Michael Martirano told board of education members.

City officials might have expected tough questions Thursday night at a community forum following up on an investigative report of the July 2 mass shooting in Brooklyn. Instead, some community members wanted to say thanks.

A gastroenterologist at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Centerexplains what the disease is and why it could cause the Boss to take a month off.

Howard County EMS joins state Medevac officials in offering whole blood to trauma patients in the field.

Chris Bendann, 39, now of Baltimore, is charged in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of possession of child pornography.

The new, temporary contract will bump pay and offer better benefits for MV Transportation employees while union leaders continue to work for a long-term deal. Drivers have complained about bedbugs in some vans.

The shooting happened on the evening of June 11 during a birthday party when a dispute broke out over a parking issue on a residential street.