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    Baltimore's “Highway to Nowhere” reflects bad decision making and disregard for the neighborhoods it harmed, says E. Evans Paull, a retired city planner and the author of “Stop the Road: Stories from the Trenches of Baltimore’s Road Wars.”
    As Baltimore rethinks ‘Highway to Nowhere,’ the clock is ticking for federal grants
    Community groups wonder why it’s taking so long to make progress in reimagining U.S. 40 in West Baltimore — aka the Highway to Nowhere.
    Travis Winstead Jr. smiles for a portrait in front of a stone archway that reads "The Baltimore City College."
    From shooting hoops to shooting photos, City College sophomore follows his passion
    How a student re-envisioned his involvement in sports
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    Baltimore Police identify Jan. 2 homicide victim as 16-year-old Carver Vo-Tech student
    The killing of Noah Gibson, the first homicide in the city in 2024, continues an upward trend in the number of Baltimore youths who have been shot since the coronavirus pandemic.
    Any disagreement suddenly means you’re the enemy, with neighbors turning on neighbors.
    Commentary: Nextdoor has been overrun with prejudice and misinformation
    Toxicity has its grip on yet another online app.
    LaWanda Wilson, principal of Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy, is interviewed inside the school on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.
    A West Baltimore principal chose her students’ future over her school’s
    With funding dwindling and classes on the chopping block, LaWanda Wilson did something rare and remarkable this fall.
    The Baltimore Orioles go wild in the clubhouse following the team’s playoff-clinching win against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. The Orioles earned a spot in the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
    Photos: The Baltimore Banner’s best photos of 2023
    As 2023 winds down, The Banner’s photo staff culled through the thousands of pictures we filed this year to highlight some of the most memorable frames, stories and projects from across Baltimore and the surrounding region.
    KIPP Harmony employee arrested after bringing gun to charter school
    The gun was found by another employee in a school bathroom.
    NaShona Kess, vice president of the NAACP Baltimore City chapter, speaks at a news conference at The People’s Park in Annapolis about the need for more investment in eviction prevention funding on Dec. 20, 2023.
    As evictions and expenses rise, Maryland renter coalition pushes for more aid
    A new report found that Maryland could see costs savings if lawmakers provided money upfront to prevent the displacement of those most at risk.
    Joyce Malecki.
    Joyce Malecki’s brother describes FBI exhuming her body as ‘very emotional’
    “I think of what she could have done with her life,” said Joyce Malecki’s brother, Darryl, as he discussed the FBI exhuming her body Thursday. He hopes there will soon be a break in the 1969 killing, which was investigated in the Netflix series, “The Keepers.”
    Promotional image for The Keepers on Netflix
    FBI exhumes body of Joyce Malecki, whose killing was investigated in ‘The Keepers’
    The FBI announced Thursday that it had completed the exhumation of Joyce Malecki from Loudon Park Cemetery. The Netflix documentary “The Keepers” explored whether Malecki’s murder was connected to the killing of Sister Cathy Cesnik in the early 1970s.
    Santa’s making a list and creeping me out
    For as long as I’ve been an adult, I’ve been petrified of costumed characters, including Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, mascots and Mickey Mouse and all his friends at Disneyland.
    Kevin Brown, better known as "Buster" or "the guardian angel" of Fells Point, died late last month at age 65.
    Remembering Kevin ‘Buster’ Brown, the ‘guardian angel’ of Fells Point
    For 20 years, Kevin Brown, who went by “Buster” or “Bustah,” made Fells Point a little warmer, safer and cleaner. He died late last month at 65.
    Rep. Kweisi Mfume speaks to a crowd gathered at a press conference where he awarded congressional funding for community projects in Baltimore.
    Rep. Kweisi Mfume announces nearly $1.3M to renovate homes, turn vacant lots to playground
    Funds were awarded to the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative and the Gwynns Falls Business and Homeowners Association for their environmentally friendly, community-based projects.
    Construction workers lay the wood flooring at P.S. 103, the new location of the Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center, on Nov. 29. 2023.
    Preserving the civil rights history of Old West Baltimore, one renovation at a time
    As the former school of Justice Thurgood Marshall gets transformed, plans are announced to renovate the home of the late Baltimore congressman Parren Mitchell.
    A community member looks at a proposed Red Line map during an MTA open house at the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s SMC Campus Center on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.
    Baltimore residents voice ‘strong preference for light rail’ at Red Line meetings
    At its latest round of open houses, the Maryland Transit Administration provided numbers from new data modeling for residents to consider
    A silver and blue Amtrak train emerges from a tunnel. In the background trees and a small piece of the Baltimore skyline are visible.
    Before it can dig, Amtrak has deals to make in West Baltimore
    The passenger rail company needs to financially compensate 532 property owners to be able to dig a new passenger rail tunnel underneath their homes. The project could cost as much as $6 billion to complete.
    Scene from an officer-involved shooting located at the intersection of Wilkens and Millington Avenues.
    Baltimore Police release bodycam footage of chase and fatal shooting of Hunter Jessup
    Four Baltimore police officers fired 36 shots at a man with a gun fleeing from them in the western part of the city earlier this month, Police Commissioner Richard Worley said Friday.
    Haneef Hardy, founder of the Unlimited Potential nonprofit, is photographed next to his 9-year-old niece, Sky Jones, during an interview with The Baltimore Banner at the Robert C. Marshall Recreation Center on July 3, 2023.
    Nonprofit helps West Baltimore kids shoot for ‘unlimited potential’
    Ultimately, Hardy said the aim is to let kids be kids, however that manifests for each of them. It’s a luxury he wasn’t afforded.
    Community members place stickers on a map of the proposed Red Line corridor on July 26, 2023, at St. Bernardine Church in West Baltimore, providing information that MTA hopes will inform plans for the Red Line.
    MTA releases modeling data for 6 proposed Red Line options
    Alternative 1, a light rail tunnel option that most closely resembles an alignment that was canceled by former Gov. Larry Hogan in 2015, wins out on projected travel time and overall ridership, as well as trips from zero-car households.
    Surveillance video showing the animal in a West Baltimore alley. Video courtesy of Paula LeVere.
    Was there actually a kangaroo on the loose in West Baltimore? We investigated.
    Could a baby kangaroo be living undetected in the alleys of Baltimore? Did someone’s exotic pet hop away? In this strange, surprising city, anything was possible.
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