Community issues

In an opinion docketed Sunday, Circuit Judge Michael Malone ruled in favor of the Historic Preservation Commission of Annapolis.

Calvin Young III will replace Marvin James, Scott’s chief of staff of two years, who is stepping down next month

Storms might roll into the region as the Orioles play their home opener against the Boston Red Sox.

Harford County State’s Attorney Alison Healey said a sequestered jury is an “almost impossible task in 2025.”

Emmitsburg, Maryland fears the Trump administration’s suspension of the National Fire Academy classes will harm the economy. And emergency workers say the public will be less safe without this training resource.

Legislation backed by top Democrats aims to address rising energy prices and ballooning demand by building power plants.

Victor Martinez-Hernandez, 24, is set to stand trial starting on Tuesday in Harford County Circuit Court on charges of first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree rape, third-degree sex offense and kidnapping.

Baltimore County Police detectives have charged a 23-year-old man with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Taejhiana Walker, 22.

Shane Lanham, 28, was pronounced dead on Saturday at Eastern Correctional Institute.

Steven Schupak, the incoming CEO of Maryland Public Television, recently spoke with the Banner about the challenges facing public media and what MPT is doing to meet viewers where they are.

Harborview Marina’s floating neighborhood of 278 slips is set to meet an abrupt end on Monday, and the sailors wonder if the owners' legal fight is playing a role.

Two members of Jews United for Justice urge Senate President Bill Ferguson to agree to put SB422, which would stop youths from automatically being charged as adults for crimes, to a vote in the state Senate.

Hundreds of Orioles fans — kids on shoulders, old-timers in throwback jerseys — streamed into the stadium. They made beelines for the petting zoo, the 1983 World Series trophy, the dugout tours and the prospect interviews.

The Baltimore Police Department is investigating a shooting that left four people injured Saturday afternoon in the city’s Northern District.

Hundreds of protesters are lining both sides of Reisterstown Road outside the Owings Mills Tesla dealership, expressing outrage at the company’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk.

Mike Singer’s livestream riveted the world last year. He and thousands of others are dedicated ship watchers — specifically keeping tabs on the Dali.

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The port of Baltimore is named after Helen Delich Bentley, but the Banner is giving her short shrift by not recognizing that.

Dominique Dawes, the Maryland native who became the first Black American gymnast to win an individual medal in the Olympics, is headed to Baltimore for a women’s festival next weekend.

A reader says a proposed power transmission line that crossed three protected Maryland wildlands will not benefit our state and would encourage future environmental exploitation.