Night reporter

Bridget Byrne

Bridget Byrne is a night reporter at The Sun. Since 2024, Bridget has covered Anne Arundel County’s public and private schools, as well as the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, higher education and library culture. Raised in Montgomery County, Bridget attended the University of Maryland, where she wrote for The Diamondback and graduated with a dual degree in journalism and politics. Contact her at bbyrne@baltsun.com.

Newspaper carrier dies in Harford County crash

August 31, 2026 at 7:48 p.m.

Maryland State Police said they believe the surviving driver was impaired by alcohol when he passed through a solid red light and crashed.

49 West Coffeehouse, Winebar & Gallery is a popular restaurant with lawmakers during the Maryland General Assembly session. (Paul W. Gillespie/Staff)

Coffee shop known for live music sold in downtown Annapolis

August 31, 2026 at 3:50 p.m.

The new owner of an Annapolis coffee shop will add chocolates and pastries. She plans to keep the business's live music and art displays.

Maryland law enforcement, Baltimore youth meet on the basketball court

August 29, 2026 at 5:12 p.m.

Baltimore youth and police officers from across Maryland met on the basketball court Saturday for the Battle of the Badges, an effort to build community trust.

Crews respond to a possible mercury spill in the 8600 block of Tower Bridge Way in Lutherville on Friday. (Bridget Byrne/Staff)

Several evaluated but no injuries in Baltimore County mercury spill

August 28, 2026 at 10:52 p.m.

The department’s hazardous materials response unit was deployed to the 8600 block of Tower Bridge Way in Lutherville, the department said.

Amentum, a government and commercial services contractor, has a regional office at 7710 Milestone Parkway in Hanover. The company is laying off nearly 400 people. (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff)

Government contractor laying off nearly 400 employees in Anne Arundel

August 28, 2026 at 2:21 p.m.

Amentum, headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, has a regional office at 7710 Milestone Parkway in Hanover.

Baltimore Police car on the street during an investigation into a shooting in the 2000 block of N. Bentalou St. (Lloyd Fox/Staff)

Man fatally shot in McElderry Park

August 30, 2026 at 1:14 p.m.

A man was fatally shot in Baltimore's McElderry Park neighborhood Thursday evening. Officers responded around 8:42 p.m. to the 500 block of North Lakewood Avenue for a report of a...

Thea Canlas is a Filipina American artist whose “conceptual, research-driven work explores the entanglements of diasporic Philippine identity through craft and material histories, sculptural objects, and installations.” (Courtesy of Create Baltimore)

Winner announced for 2026 Janet & Walter Sondheim award

August 28, 2026 at 5:45 p.m.

Create Baltimore selected Thea Canla for the 21st edition of the Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize, a $30,000 grant for artists in the Baltimore region.

WBAL NewsRadio to lay off staff; programming modified

August 31, 2026 at 1:32 a.m.

The station has been on the air since 1925 and is owned by Hearst, which is primarily a television and publishing company.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming.

Baltimore seeks to halt order requiring records be turned over to inspector general

August 25, 2026 at 8:38 p.m.

The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are seeking to pause an order requiring it to provide records in lawsuit with Inspector General while the city appeals.

FILE – Dolly Parton poses for a photo at her office in Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 11, 2005. (AP Photo/John Russell, File)

Dolly Parton’s legacy lives on in the books of Maryland kids

August 25, 2026 at 7:55 p.m.

The music star and philanthropist's Imagination Library of Montgomery County has distributed more than 180,000 books to Maryland children in need.

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