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Darreonna Davis

Darreonna

Darreonna Davis is an express desk reporter at The Baltimore Banner. She previously reported at the intersection of gender, politics, health and economic policy as a fellow for the 19th News. Before that, she reported for Forbes, was an intern at Inside Climate News covering environmental justice, aided the team behind “The Lead with Jake Tapper” at CNN, and co-produced packages and digital documentaries with the specials unit at CNBC. Darreonna is a native New Orleanian with ties to Memphis and Holmes County, Mississippi. She’s also an alumna of Howard University. Feel free to contact her at darreonna.davis@thebaltimorebanner.com with any tips.

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Upon arrival to the 700 block of Wilton Farm Drive, in a neighborhood populated by single-family duplexes, Baltimore County Police found three people shot in one of the homes.
Baltimore County Police find 3 people dead in Catonsville home
Baltimore County Police found three people dead in a Catonsville home on Thursday.
A still from a selfie video posted to Reggie Carroll's instagram page in May where he posted about the Katt Williams Heaven On Earth Tour in Washington, D.C.
Artists, comics mourn Baltimore comedian Reggie Carroll’s death
Baltimore comedian Reginald “Reggie” Carroll was gunned down in Southaven, Mississippi, on Aug. 20, local officials said.
Body camera footage from June 24, 2025, shows police engaging with Dontae Melton, who they say was having a mental health crisis at the intersection of Franklintown Road and West Franklin Street. Officers detained the man in handcuffs and leg shackles.
6 hours of police bodycam video reveal a Baltimore man’s final moments
Dontae Melton Jr. died in the early hours of June 25, and Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division is investigating his death in Baltimore Police's custody.
State police are investigating a crash near Exit 89 that shut down Interstate 95 in both directions and hospitalized a Harford County Sheriff’s deputy.
Harford deputy injured in pursuit of Penske truck loaded with stolen Applebee’s cooking oil
A Harford County deputy was injured Tuesday while trying to stop a Penske truck carrying stolen Applebee’s cooking oil, triggering a chaotic chase along Interstate 95 that briefly shut down the highway.
Mosquitos at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Malaria Research Institute Insectary.
Central Marylander first to test positive for West Nile virus in the state this year
Someone in Central Maryland tested positive for West Nile Virus, the first confirmed case in the state this year, the Department of Health announced Friday.
Sebastian Kettner fishes on Jennette's Pier as waves from Hurricane Erin crash ashore in Nags Head, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
Erin spurs Baltimore-area coastal flood warnings as Ocean City declares no swimming at beaches
Weather officials placed Anne Arundel County under a coastal flood warning until 10 a.m. Sunday, suggesting 2-2.5 feet of flooding is possible. In Annapolis, sandbags are being provided as officials warn residents to take precautions.
State Police arrested an Anne Arundel County man for impaired driving early Thursday morning (Aug 21, 2025) after a crash injured a trooper who was conducting a traffic stop on the Capital Beltway.
Anne Arundel man arrested for striking state trooper while driving drunk, officials say
An Anne Arundel County man was arrested and charged with drunk driving after he struck a trooper’s car and injured another trooper early Thursday morning, Maryland State Police said.
Attorney General Anthony Brown said in a statement Wednesday that he won’t charge Gary Brown, a bailiff at Baltimore City Eastside District Courthouse, in the shooting death of Garry Wright Jr.
No charges for bailiff in Baltimore City courthouse shooting, officials say
The state attorney general’s office announced it won’t charge the bailiff involved in a fatal shooting at Baltimore City Eastside District Courthouse this year.
State Trooper Police Car from the Maryland State Police on parking lot.
7-vehicle wreck in Prince George’s County leaves 2 women dead
Maryland State Police are investigating a multivehicle collision that killed two women and hospitalized five others Tuesday afternoon along Route 202 in Prince George’s County, officials announced.
This GOES-19 GeoColor satellite image taken Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025 at 1:20 p.m. EDT and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Erin churning slowly toward the eastern U.S. coast. (NOAA via AP)
Hurricane Erin spurs Ocean City closures, flood warnings across Maryland coast
Though not expected to make landfall in the U.S., Hurricane Erin does stand to impact rip currents and increase the likelihood of tidal flooding in some parts of Maryland, charging weather officials to take action.
The Halloween tradition in Montgomery County has previously been ranked among the best haunted houses in the country.
Field of Screams Maryland cancels 2025 season, promising transformation
Field of Screams Maryland, a decades-long Halloween tradition in Montgomery County, is canceled this season amid renovations, officials announced.
Police are investigating a fatal crash in Owings Mills involving an unlicensed teen and an elderly woman who was killed on Saturday.
Police investigate fatal Owings Mills crash involving unlicensed teen and elderly woman
Baltimore County Police are investigating a fatal crash in Owings Mills on Saturday involving an unlicensed teenager and a 74-year-old woman who was killed, officials said.
he W-Sapphire bulk carrier is seen anchored off Sandy Point the morning after an explosion occurred in one of its holds as it was leaving the Port of Baltimore
Cargo ship sends mayday after explosion near Key Bridge, no injuries reported
A cargo ship near the site of the Key Bridge caught on fire and sent out a mayday call.
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 and #BCoPD faced off at the grand opening of Wawa on Belair Rd for the coveted “Hoagie Hero” crown. The heat was on, but the members from Parkville Precinct clinched victory by crafting three boxes of hoagies faster than the fire crew could say “extra mayo!”
Baltimore County welcomes new Wawa as police beat firefighters in ‘Hoagies for Heroes’
A new Wawa opened Thursday at 8100 Belair Rd. in Nottingham, Baltimore County.
The Baltimore County Fire Department and Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services Special Ops safely rescued a horse from a pit on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
‘Not a call that you get regularly’: How this towing company helped firefighters rescue a horse
Bruce Leibowitz of Rockdale Towing Company received a call to help remove a horse from an 8-to-10-foot-deep pit in Reisterstown, one of the strangest things he’s had to move in his 30-year career.
The Baltimore County Fire Department responds to a 2-alarm apartment fire on the 1800 block of Rambling Ridge Lane in Pikesville on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
Lightning strike sparks Pikesville apartment fire that displaced 6 families, killed dog
Lightning struck a Pikesville apartment building, sparking a three-alarm blaze that caused a partial roof collapse, displaced over a dozen people and killed at least one dog, fire officials said.
Roca youth worker John Young, center, and member Lamontae Royster serve hot dogs to Baltimore Police officers Dennis Gillespie and Stephanie Uruchima at Roca’s National Night Out cookout on August 5 outside the Waxter Center in Baltimore.
From the streets to second chances: How Roca is changing the lives of Baltimore’s young men
Baltimore City is on track to see another year of historic declines in homicides. Here’s one organization contributing to that work.
Seen reflected in a car mirror, a woman crosses St. Paul Street in Baltimore with an umbrella during a thunderstorm on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
Central Marylanders avoid major flooding as storms bring heavy spurts of rain
Central Maryland was spared major flooding Thursday, with storms bringing moderate rainfall and minor high-water reports before moving south by evening.
Baltimore Police released a sketch on Thursday, August 14, 2025, as they continue to seek information about skeletal remains located on August 13, 2024, in the 1600 block of McKean Avenue.
A Black woman’s remains were found in a Baltimore home last year. Now police seek her identity.
The bones of a Black woman who ranges between 35-50 years old were found in a vacant property in the 1600 block of McKean Avenue last year.
The Baltimore County Fire Department and Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services Special Ops safely rescued a horse from a pit on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
Nearly 30 firefighters rescue horse that fell into pit in Baltimore County
Baltimore County firefighters rescued a 32-year-old horse from a pit Thursday morning, officials said.
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