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Cody Boteler

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Cody Boteler is a reporter on The Banner’s Express Desk, reporting on breaking news, trending stories and interesting things in and around Baltimore. He’s lived in Baltimore since 2017, when he graduated from Towson University and lives in North Baltimore with his wife and two rescue dogs. Cody’s work has appeared in The Baltimore Sun, USA TODAY, Baltimore magazine, Industry Dive and more. If he’s not working, Cody enjoys checking out different bars in Baltimore, playing Dungeons & Dragons and working through his “to be read” pile.

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The new health professions building at Towson University moves most of the College of Health Professions programs into one building for the first time in the university’s history.
From high-tech simulations to rooftop gardens: Towson’s $192M health professions building by the numbers
The new building at Towson University includes simulation labs that feel like walking into the wing of a hospital or a primary care office.
Sarah Beth Clendaniel was arrested by federal authorities on charges that she plotted to destroy energy facilities in the Baltimore area.
Woman who conspired with neo-Nazis to attack Baltimore’s power grid faces 18 years
Prosecutors described Clendaniel as “an unrepentant, violent white supremacist and recidivist who is a true danger to the community” in their sentencing memo.
There is no free admission to the Maryland Zoo next week, despite what you may have read on Facebook.
No, admission to the Maryland Zoo is not free next week
There is no free admission to the Maryland Zoo next week, despite what you may have read on Facebook.
Gov. Wes Moore applauds as Chukwunonso “Vincent” Iweanoge, chair of the Governor’s Commission on African Affairs, raises the official proclamation to name September as African Heritage Month.
Gov. Wes Moore declares September as African Heritage Month
Gov. Wes Moore declared September 2024 as African Heritage Month in Maryland.
In this simulation image, a boat with a digital billboard, like the kind that regularly travels up and down the coast of Ocean City, is blocking the view of offshore wind turbines.
Offshore wind was approved in Maryland. Here’s what it could look like.
The Maryland Offshore Wind Project can build more than 110 offshore wind turbines about 10 miles off the coast and power over 718,000 homes on the Delmarva Peninsula.
The cast of “Survivor” this season features two Maryland residents. Baltimore’s Gabe Ortis is in the front row, second from the right; Terran “TK” Foster, from Prince George’s County, is third from the left in the front row.
‘Survivor’ 47 features two Maryland castaways
Gabe Ortis, 26, from Baltimore and Terran “TK” Foster, 31, from Prince George’s County, will join 16 others in a competition to be sole survivor and claim a $1 million prize.
A student group called University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine said the school canceled a reservation it had to hold a vigil at McKeldin Mall at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Maryland public colleges limit events on anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack
The University System of Maryland — which oversees the state’s public colleges — will not allow special events on Oct. 7 unless they “support a university-sponsored Day of Dialogue.”
A Maryland Department of Health spokesperson said there are three positive human cases of West Nile in Maryland, all in the Baltimore metro region.
Baltimore County will spray for mosquitos after insects test positive for West Nile
Multiple mosquitos in Baltimore County have been found to carry West Nile virus, so officials are conducting additional spraying.
The seal of the U.S. Attorney for Maryland.
Maryland pastor who misused COVID aid to purchase a Tesla sentenced to 18 months
Rudolph Brooks, 48, was charged in 2021 and authorities said he obtained more than $3.5 million in CARES Act Payroll Protection Program loans.
Coal piles at the CSX terminal in Curtis Bay can be seen around the neighborhood, and residents often complain of a fine layer of coal dust coating their homes.
State permit for CSX in South Baltimore would have a catch — barriers to block coal dust
The Maryland State Department of the Environment published a draft permit Thursday morning that would allow CSX Transportation to continue operating its coal terminal in South Baltimore.
6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
Woman charged with murder in Catonsville fatal stabbing of her sister, court records show
The 29-year-old woman who was arrested over the weekend and charged with murder after a woman’s death in Catonsville killed her sister after a wedding, according to charging documents.
Baltimore Police lights flicker at night.
Three teens, one adult charged in a string of burglaries at gun shops in multiple counties
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown on Tuesday said that over the course of three successful burglaries, the group stole at least 81 firearms and 10 firearm replicas from gun stores.
The renovated Catonsville branch of the Baltimore County Public Library features new furniture, new windows that let in more light, a dedicated teen area and two recording studios.
New Catonsville library goes beyond books with recording studios, video games
“This is the library they’re going to remember, but a thousand times better," Sonia Alcántara-Antoine, the CEO of the Baltimore County Public Library, said of the renovated Catonsville branch.
A man in silhouette adjusts his hat while running away from the camera. The Mildred Belle buyboat in the foreground frames the runner.
Baltimore declares code red as heat index could reach 109 degrees Wednesday
Dangerously high temperatures are forecast for the region Wednesday, and some Baltimore schools are set to close early.
Atlantic bay nettles, Chrysaora chesapeakei, in the Jellies Invasion exhibit at the National Aquarium. The nettles are cultured at the aquarium, meaning they can stay on exhibit year-round, despite a short life span.
Hey wait, where are all of Baltimore’s jellyfish?
The extra rainy start to Maryland’s summer saw makes it likely Baltimore will have a year without a jellyfish invasion, experts said.

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