The alleged leader of a Baltimore area drug gang, along with a dozen of its members, have pleaded guilty to racketeering and various other charges. Members of “Murdaland Mafia Piru,” including Dante Bailey, 37, (center) aka “Gutta,” or “Almighty.” (Photo: Twitter) Takuma Tate, 39, of Baltimore pleaded guilty March 13, “to participating in a racketeering […]
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Baltimore County Seeks New Trial
Baltimore County officials have filed a motion for a new trial in the wrongful death civil case of Korryn Gaines, in which her family was awarded more than $37 million in damages. The County has also filed for a reduction in the amount of the verdict. The family of Korryn Gaines (with her son Kodi […]
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Two Sexual Assaults in Two Days Reported at Hopkins
Despite what seems like a demonstrative security presence on and around the campus of Johns Hopkins University, two sexual assaults have been reported at the school within a few days of each other. Johns Hopkins University (Courtesy Photo) Multiple Baltimore media outlets are reporting that a female student filed a complaint of sexual assault with […]
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Former Superintendent Dance Pleads Guilty to Perjury
Former Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent S. Dallas Dance pleaded guilty this morning to four counts of perjury for failing to disclose nearly $150,000 he was paid for private consulting work while he was Baltimore County superintendent. He abruptly left that post in April, with three years left on his four year contract. Former Baltimore […]
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Combating Violence at the Grassroots
House of Delegates Majority Whip Talmadge Branch (D-45), is pushing a bill that would expand the Safe Streets violence deterrent program, which has demonstrated strong success in the four Baltimore communities where it has been implemented: Cherry Hill, McElderry Park, Park Heights and Sandtown-Winchester. The legislation, which passed the House last Friday by a vote […]
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Historic Grace Memorial Destroyed By Fire
March 4 was a terrible Sunday for the members of venable Grace Memorial Baptist Church in East Baltimore, when a catastrophic 2-alarm fire erupted at the church located at 1100 N. Eden St. Congregants had been attending Sunday school at the time of the blaze. No one was injured. Historic Grace Memorial Baptist Church at […]
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Four Months Later, Murder of Det. Suiter Haunts City
In one week it will be four months since Baltimore Homicide Det. Sean Suiter was gunned down in one of the most violent neighborhoods in West Baltimore, under incredibly dubious circumstances. His murder remains unsolved. The narrative put forth by the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), under the leadership of former Commissioner Kevin Davis is, Suiter, […]
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Bill Banning Tackle Football Sacked in Committee
A bill that would have banned tackle football, heading in soccer and checking in lacrosse for children under 14 on publicly funded fields, was killed in a Maryland General Assembly House committee recently. Del. Terri Hill (D-12), a surgeon, filed a bill that would have banned contact sports for youth under 14. The bill was […]
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Baltimore Students March Against Gun Violence
Hundreds of students from area high schools walked out of their classrooms today and took to the streets of East Baltimore to protest gun violence. Students from schools including Paul Laurence Dunbar High School and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute marched down Fayette St., to City Hall in the spirit of the protests that have erupted around […]
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Baltimore Beat’s Short Run Ends
The short run of the Baltimore Beat, an alternative weekly newspaper, is over. “Ugh terrible stupid news. Our publisher has decided to stop publishing the Baltimore Beat. The paper is over,” Brandon Soderberg, the newspaper’s managing editor said Tuesday on Twitter. Lisa Snowden-McCray was the editor-in-chief of The Baltimore Beat, which is shutting down immediately […]
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Baltimore Schools Lose Heat, Again
With the return of temperatures hovering around freezing this morning, heating issues at some area Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS) have also returned. Douglass High School in West Baltimore is without heat today. One teacher at the school, who did not want to be identified for this article said, “Douglass High School has no heat […]
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State of Emergency Declared as Baltimore Buffeted by Powerful Windstorm
Baltimore residents were battered by a violent nor’easter Friday and Saturday that claimed at least one life, derailed a freight train, tossed tractor trailers and sparked hundreds of thousands of power outages throughout the region. Strong winds, part of a nor’easter pummeling Baltimore and Central Maryland caused widespread damage throughout the city, including a downed […]