Author Archives: Blair Adams

(Updated 8/2/2013) Baltimore City school board member Anthony A. Hamilton submitted his letter of resignation Aug. 1 after several inconsistencies were disclosed about his personal and professional background. According to Baltimore NBC affiliate WBAL-TV, Hamilton used another man’s academic record to produce false credentials. “As a result of Mr. Hamilton’s actions and claims we are […]

One East Baltimore pastor has taken matters into his own hands and is staging funerals in an attempt to show young adults what it means to take a life. Amidst the spasm of street violence that seems to grip the city, Pastor Drew Kyndall Ross, of Resurrection Church, led his first simulated funeral, on July […]

Three days past her due date, a Baltimore mother-to-be gave birth in the front seat of her SUV to her second child, while she and her husband attempted to make it to the hospital in the early hours of July 27. Wendy and Gerard Talley, both 32, were enjoying a typical Friday evening at their […]

Baltimore police July 25 arrested Capone Chase, 19, less than a week after naming the suspect “public enemy number one” for the execution-style shooting death of Ramon Rodriguez, 21. Chase was arrested without incident in the 1500 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in the early morning hours, police said. Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said public response […]

(Updated 7/26/2013) A federal grand jury July 22 indicted 14 local residents for conspiracy to distribute heroin in Baltimore, the U.S. attorney announced July 25. Armed with search warrants, over 100 federal law enforcement agents and Baltimore police officers arrested nine of the defendants. Two defendants are in custody on state charges and three remain […]

Baltimore police said July 22 they are looking for Capone Chase, 19, an alleged Black Guerrilla Family gang (BGF) member who, police said, is responsible for the shooting death of Ramon Rodriquez July 13 on a playground in the city’s Greek Town neighborhood. Chase , described by police as a black male with several facial […]

On a warm summer night, the Williams family was operating as normal. Terrena Williams, the matriarch of the household, was at work, daughter Diamond, 16, and son D.J., 13, were at home. Their dad, Damond Williams, who lives just a few blocks from the family, was with his girlfriend and their small children. Diamond and […]

Dr. James E. Wood, chairman of the department of Orthopedic Surgery at MedStar Harbor Hospital, answers questions on joint replacement and other orthopedic concerns. With over 30 years of practice in total joint replacement and arthroscopic diagnosis and repair of peripheral joints, Wood is excited about helping patients regain their previous lifestyles. AFRO: How has […]

A 16-year-old Baltimore girl was found dead with her throat cut in the early morning hours of July 19 in an incident that police said may be connected to a suicide elsewhere in the city. Shortly before 1 a.m., city police responded to the 3100 block of Liberty Heights Ave. in northwest Baltimore after receiving […]