Category: Baltimore News

Further indictments were handed down this week as law enforcement authorities continue to crack down on the UDH gang, which operates in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore. Antione White, 26, pleaded guilty Nov. 5 to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in connection with his gang activities as a member of the UDH […]

Baltimore City State’s Attorney-elect Marilyn Mosby. (Baltimore, MD) The Baltimore City Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will hold its Annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Friday, November 7, 2014 at 6:00 pm at Martin’s West, 6817 Dogwood Road, Windsor Mill, MD. Baltimore City State’s Attorney-elect Marilyn Mosby will deliver […]

Baltimore has over $800 million in capital (maintenance and repair) needs in its public housing stock, and receives around $4 million annually to address our deteriorating housing supply from the federal government.  At current funding levels, it would take the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) 200 years to address the capital needs of its […]

Congressman Elijah Cummings addresses the audience at a recent forum on police-community relations. The need to reform the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Right (LEOBR), the importance of filing complaints against officers, and the benefits offered by body-worn cameras all emerged as points of convergence between law enforcement officials and those concerned with protecting citizens […]

Walter Gill, the first African American to graduate from Baltimore City College, addresses the school’s 175th anniversary gala. On a day in the fall of 1956, West Baltimore teenager Frank Coakley stood with a feeling of awe before his new school, a Gothic-style edifice dubbed the “Castle on the Hill,” located in Northeast Baltimore. “I […]

Councilman Elect Julian Earl Jones, Jr. with wife Sabrina Jones, are the new first couple of Baltimore County’s African American community. Rising to rank of the first African-American lieutenant, captain, battalion chief and now division chief in the Anne Arundel Fire Department might have been enough of an achievement for most men, but for Randallstown’s […]

Gilchrist Hospice Care is hosting Breakfast with Santa, 8 to 10 a.m., Dec. 6 at Applebee’s Restaurant, 8610 LaSalle Road in Towson.  Santa, Mrs. Claus, Rudolph and the elves will be there.  A complimentary photo with Santa will be provided. Proceeds benefit Gilchrist’s partner hospice in Tanzania. For more information, contact 443-849-8283 or ghc_tanzania@gilchristhospice.org

RCA Inspiration artist Jason Nelson has a Top 10 hit on his hands with the powerful single, “I Am.” The song is from Nelson’s forthcoming album, Jesus Revealed, and has been steadily climbing the charts since its release. It jumped two spots from last week to reach the #10 position on this week’s Mediabase Gospel […]

Being forced to live in areas of concentrated poverty and far from work are just some of the consequences many Marylanders face because of the state’s lack of source of income (SOI) protection laws, which require landlords to accept any legal form of income for the purpose of renting their properties.  New, if limited, protections […]

Baltimoreans United In Leadership Development (BUILD) more than tripled its goal of reaching 2,000 city voters between Election Eve and the close of polls on Nov. 4 with an eye to making sure Baltimore made a difference in Maryland’s elections. Sen. Barbara Mikulski encouraged BUILD workers in their outreach plan. “Those running for office right now […]

Get-out-the-vote rally for gubernatorial candidate Anthony Brown with Elijah Cummings. First lady Michelle Obama was the show at a get-out-the-vote rally for gubernatorial candidate Anthony Brown on Election Day eve in Baltimore.  Brown promised to be a partner to the city, then let Obama take over the stage to what was, hands down, the evening’s […]

Two members of the “UDH” drug organization have been sentenced to 10 years in prison each for their roles in distributing crack cocaine and heroin in Baltimore’s Cherry Hill neighborhood. Tony Johnson, also known as “Tony Mack,” 27, and Russell Lumpkins, 25, were sentenced to 10 years with five years of supervised release for conspiracy […]