Author Archives: Blair Adams

As part of his drive to improve the quality of life in Baltimore, Rev. Jamal Bryant, pastor of Empowerment Temple, led what he called a “Breaking Every Chain” demonstration around the Baltimore City Detention Center Oct. 27 before going inside the jail to pray for those incarcerated. For several blocks on a brilliant Sunday afternoon […]

A Baltimore waitress was fired after her managers told her she wasn’t able to have blonde highlights because “African-American women don’t have blonde hair.” Farryn Johnson, 25, worked as a waitress at Hooters in downtown Baltimore for a year prior to her dismissal. But Johnson said she faced discrimination from her managers, who were White, […]

Five students from Reach Partnership School in East Baltimore were taken to an area hospital Oct. 22 after a school administrator allegedly sold them cookies that contained an unknown substance, said to be marijuana. According to city police, the school police contacted them on Oct. 22 regarding multiple students coming forward and stating “they had […]

Picture Belair Road 20 years from now. Will there be eloquent landscaping framing several small, owner-operated boutiques and businesses? Will you be able to tell the difference between Baltimore City and Baltimore County? Doretha Hilton, of the 4200 block of Moravia Road thinks Belair Road should be crime and trash free. Department of Transportation Chief […]

Thirty-two year old Latreshia Gowdy was allegedly fatally stabbed during a brawl with another woman over her ex-husband. Natafre Green, 30, was found in her car shot multiple times. Diamond Williams, 16, was found dead in her West Baltimore neighborhood with her throat gashed. These three cases are among 24 so far this year in […]

A 40-year-old Baltimore man was shot and killed by police after a routine traffic stop turned into a confrontation between the man and police officers. Police said that Shawn Dewayne Dean, pulled over by two officers after he failed to stop at a stop sign, was shot by one of two police officers who stopped […]

Students at Coppin State University are providing lunches for Baltimore’s homeless through a social media based venture entitled the Hashtag Movement (Movement), started by a group of young Los Angeles philanthropists. Brittney Wagner, 22 a senior at Coppin State University, said she viewed the Movement as a way of marrying the need for student community […]

Dr. Frank M. Reid, Oct. 13 launched a yearlong observation of his 25 years of pastoral service at Bethel AME Church in Baltimore, themed “Honoring the Footprints of a Legend.” During his 9:45 a.m. service in east Baltimore, Reid stood among nearly 500 congregants, as many members and notables came together to honor one of […]

After a year on the job, Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts believes he has identified the problem areas, learned the underlying sources of crime in violence-plagued neighborhoods and made inroads towards gaining the trust of citizens and the rank and file. At least he hopes so. Sitting in his downtown office recently, he talked […]