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Nori Leybengrub

Nori

Nori Leybengrub is an intern for The Baltimore Banner’s general assignment news desk. She is a recent graduate from Barnard College in New York City, where she majored in sociology and worked as a social studies teacher at a high school in the Bronx. Pikesville-born and raised, she’s reported for The Anniston Star in Anniston, Alabama, on everything from city government accountability to grassroots advocacy and rodeos. Nori also worked for her campus paper as a columnist, writing about a variety of student groups. Most early mornings, you can find her figure skating at the Mount Pleasant Ice Arena, where she has been an active member with the Baltimore Figure Skating Club for over a decade. She will work on The Banner’s news desk as a general assignment reporter.

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Parkville High 9th grader charged after gun found on campus
A ninth grader at Parkville High School has been charged as an adult on Friday after officers found the student in possession of a gun.
Baltimore County Police say officers responded to Parkville High School around 11:30 a.m. after administrators reported seeing what appeared to be the handle of a handgun in the book bag of a 16-year-old student.
Officials identify man killed and 6 officers involved in Dundalk shooting
Robert Adams, 55, of Dundalk, was shot and killed in the 2100 block of Larkhall Road by responding Baltimore County Police officers.
Baltimore County Police responded to a shooting Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in the 2100 block Larkhall Road in Dundalk.
Baltimore County Police shoot and kill man during barricade incident in Dundalk
Baltimore County Police responded to a shooting Wednesday night that turned into a barricade situation in Dundalk.
Baltimore County Police responded to a shooting Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in the 2100 block Larkhall Road in Dundalk.
Pikesville double stabbing leads to hourslong barricade amid a husband’s mental health crisis
A stabbing at a Pikesville home Tuesday morning turned into a barricade situation, leaving two adults hospitalized and drawing a heavy police presence to the normally quiet suburb.
Police arrived at a home on the 8200 block of Arrowhead Road at 10:25 a.m. Tuesday in response to a reported stabbing and found a man and a woman suffering related injuries.
Man charged after ‘extremely brutal attack’ leaves woman with over 12 stabs wounds in Towson
Baltimore County Police charged a 33-year-old man with attempted murder after an “extremely brutal” attack that lasted three minutes and left a woman critically injured with more than a dozen stab wounds.
Baltimore Police crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
Months after Lansdowne High student’s shooting death, 18-year-old charged with murder
Baltimore County Police charged an 18-year-old with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Lansdowne High School student earlier this year.
Lansdowne High School.
All Maryland Rite Aid stores closed, prescriptions transferred to new pharmacies
Rite Aid has officially closed all 16 of its Maryland stores, with customers’ prescriptions transferred to other pharmacies.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 16: A Rite-Aid is seen on October 16, 2023 in the Crown Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Rite Aid, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the country, has filed for bankruptcy and plans to close a number of stores across the United States amid slumping sales and lawsuits related to accusations that it helped fuel the opioid epidemic.
Skeletal remains found in West Baltimore vacant home
Baltimore City Police discovered what are believed to be human skeletal remains in a vacant West Baltimore home on Monday morning.
Police have discovered what are believed to be human skeletal remains in a vacant home in West Baltimore.
A rocky economy drives overcrowding at Montgomery County’s animal shelter — and beyond
Animal shelters across Maryland are struggling with record overcrowding — thanks in large part to an increasingly high cost of living.
Sheikina is a stray found near Sligo Creek, pokes her head through the door in between two kennels. Her kennel exemplifies one of the smaller kennels, that can be expanded when a door is opened separating the two. When the shelter becomes dangerously overcrowded, the door must be closed to house another dog, greatly reducing the amount of space each dog has access to.
Estranged husband charged with killing his wife 31 years ago
Donald Lester, 68, was charged on Friday with killing his estranged wife, Linda Lester, who went missing in October 1994 and was found dead days later, police said.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2025 - Joy Lepola-Stewart, Director of Public Affairs for the Baltimore County Police Department, addresses attendees at a press conference on Friday in Towson about about the Linda Lester cold case.
Bouncer in viral Federal Hill video turns himself in, charged with aggravated assault
Kevin Weaver, 41, was charged with first-degree aggravated assault for Saturday’s incident in which he was filmed placing a man in a choke hold outside Cross Street Public House on East Cross Street, police said.
Kevin Weaver turned himself into police custody in reference to an assault that occurred on September 27, 2025, in the Fells Point neighborhood.
Skateboarder killed in crash with pickup truck in Dundalk
Jose Romero-Alvarez was killed in a crash with a pickup truck Wednesday morning at a Dundalk intersection while skateboarding.
Jose Romero-Alvarez was killed in a crash with a pickup truck Wednesday morning at a Dundalk intersection while skateboarding.
Homeowner charged with arson allegedly disconnected gas line before Jamaica trip, police say
Baltimore County Police charged Mark Anthony Hawkins on Tuesday night with first-degree arson and malicious burning after the explosion of his Rosedale home in July.
Baltimore County fire officials are investigating an explosion and fire that leveled a home in Rosedale on Tuesday, July 1 2025.
Compromise and a ‘gentlemen’s agreement’: Why massive tax breaks for country clubs are here to stay
Thanks to a handshake deal, Montgomery County’s country clubs enjoy special tax breaks despite ongoing debates about fairness and land use in Maryland.
Columbia Country Club is located in Chevy Chase, close to D.C. and was founded in 1911.
Homeowner charged with arson months after Rosedale house explosion
Nearly three months after a Rosedale home exploded in the middle of the night, Baltimore County fire investigators charged the homeowner with arson.
The charred remains of a home on Callo Lane, seen on July 8, 2025, days after a powerful explosion rocked the quiet Rosedale neighborhood.
Monkton man charged in wife’s murder after her brother tried to stop fatal stabbing
New details have emerged since a Monkton man was charged with first-degree murder after Baltimore County Police say he killed his wife inside their home on Maplehurst Lane on Monday.
Anthony Lechner, 55, has been charged with first-degree murder after the death of his 56-year-old wife Kimberly Lechner, Baltimore County Police said.
Baltimore Police investigate 2 unrelated deaths, stabbing that left man dead
Baltimore Police are investigating the deaths of two unidentified males found in different neighborhoods Thursday and a stabbing that left a man dead.
A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
Severe thunderstorms moving through the Baltimore area
Rain showers and thunderstorms are likely to continue today and into the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
A car drives past The Senator theater on York Road during Monday’s torrential downpour. Photographed Monday, July 14, 2025.
Police respond to man who barricaded himself at Comfort Inn in Towson
Baltimore County police responded early Wednesday afternoon to a man who had barricaded himself inside a room at the Comfort Inn in Towson to avoid being arrested.
Baltimore County Police warned the community Wednesday afternoon that their presence was heavy on the 8800 block of Loch Raven Boulevard, in response to a barricade situation at the Towson Comfort Inn.
Thunderstorms bring threat of flash flooding, potentially strong winds to region
Scattered thunderstorms Tuesday evening are bringing the threat of flash flooding and damaging winds across the region, with the warning that parts of Anne Arundel County could see up to half a foot of water during high tide.
Cars driving along Compromise Street in Annapolis on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, after a downpour.
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