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1 month ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Abby Zimmardi |Hallie Miller
Law enforcement officials said the 18-year old suspect in a double shooting near the Mall of Columbia“confessed to shooting both victims”after a court-ordered GPS tracking device placed him at the scene one minute before the first 911 call. Emmetson Zeah, of Columbia, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, assault and other related offensesin connection with an incident Saturday that left one teenager dead and another critically wounded.
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2 months ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Dylan Segelbaum |Abby Zimmardi
The Maryland Supreme Court this week granted a new trial to a woman who was convicted of killing her newborn baby, ruling her internet searches about abortion during the early months of her pregnancy were irrelevant and a judge should not have allowed the jury to hear that information. Moira Akers, 43, of Columbia, was found guilty in 2022 in Howard County Circuit Court of second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death. She was sentenced to 30 years in prison. On Nov.
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2 months ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Kaitlin Newman |Abby Zimmardi
Traffic traveling both directions on Joppa Road in Baltimore County was backed up near Walther Boulevard on Thursday because of a large sinkhole. Baltimore County officials learned of the damaged road around 8:30 a.m., said Ron Snyder, a spokesperson for the Department of Public Works and Transportation. The Baltimore City Department of Public Works was working with an on-site contractor on repairs because a water main break caused the road to collapse, according to a department spokesperson.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Abby Zimmardi
The Maryland Department of Agriculture found a second case of bird flu Tuesday on a commercial chicken farm in Queen Anne’s County. This positive case, found through routine sampling, came four days after MDA officials detected bird flu on Friday in a commercial poultry operation in Caroline County. These are the first positive cases at poultry facilities in the state since 2023.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Abby Zimmardi
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Two Macy’s department stores in Bel Air and Woodlawn are set to close by the end of the first quarter of 2025, the company announced Thursday. The two Maryland stores are among 66 locations closing as part of Macy’s Bold New Chapter strategy, which includes closing 150 “underproductive stores over a three-year period,” according to the company. The stores set to close are in Security Square Mall and Harford Mall.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Abby Zimmardi
Two Macy’s department stores in Bel Air and Woodlawn are set to close by the end of the first quarter of 2025, the company announced Thursday. The two Maryland stores are among 66 locations closing as part of Macy’s Bold New Chapter strategy, which includes closing 150 “underproductive stores over a three-year period,” according to the company. The stores set to close are in Security Square Mall and Harford Mall. The closings are affecting locations across more than 20 states, according to Macy’s.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Abby Zimmardi
The Maryland Department of Agriculture on Friday said it detected bird flu at a commercial broiler in Caroline County through routine sampling. This is the first case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a commercial poultry operation in Maryland since 2023, according to MDA, and it follows two positive cases of bird flu in the last month in neighboring Kent County in Delaware.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Abby Zimmardi
As the California wildfires ripped through buildings, displacing more than 180,000 people and killing at least five, the impact of the devastating flames across the country were felt in Baltimore. Several Marylanders who now call Los Angeles County home have posted online about their safety. Natasha Rothwell, a University of Maryland alum known for acting and writing, took to Instagram Thursday to announce that she was safe and shared fire relief resources.
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Jan 5, 2025 | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Tim Prudente |Hayes Gardner |Abby Zimmardi |Lee Sanderlin
When Gabrielle Elkaim got hit with a $1,200 utility bill several years ago, she took swift action. The Charles Village resident hired an inspector to recommend energy-saving fixes. She sealed her windows with plastic, caulked the cracks and insulated under her porch. Her monthly utility bill dropped by half, she said, but only for so long. Her bill crept up to $630 in December 2022, then to $749 in December 2023. This past month brought an $883 hit. What else can she do?
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
92q.com | Abby Zimmardi
CLOSE Artscape, the city’s annual, free outdoor arts festival, will take place in May next year, many months ahead of its typical summer dates, Mayor Brandon Scott said Monday. The decision was made to move the festival from late summer to the start of the season in May because of poor weather on past event weekends, Scott said. … this story continues.
