Baltimore News

By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, [email protected] When I entered the gates of the massive Montgomery Park complex on Monroe Street a couple of weeks ago I didn’t know what to expect. I hadn’t been there since a...

By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO Bowie State University graduate student Elijah Bell Clarke sensed history was looming as he and a classmate drove to Richmond, Dec. 11, to listen to oral arguments before the...

Submitted to the AFRO by Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead At any given moment, there are about a half a million stories that need to be told about the reality of growing up and trying to...

By Valerie Fraling, Special to the AFRO “How can I say thanks for the things you have done for me. Things so undeserved yet you give to prove your love for me. The voices of...

By The Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A former Maryland pharmacist has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for illegally dispensing thousands of oxycodone pills in exchange for sex with women...

By The Associated Press REISTERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Authorities say a stolen car crashed after a police pursuit in Maryland, killing a teen passenger. Citing a Baltimore County police release, news outlets report that a patrol...

By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan announced plans on Tuesday to create a $3.5 billion fund for school construction over five years. Much of the money will be available as the...

By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, [email protected] Many anticipated Time Magazine would name the current occupant of the White House their 2018 “Person of the Year.” Instead the venerable publication honored the entity Donald Trump has declared...

By The Associated Press TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Authorities say a Towson University student was killed in a hit-and-run in Maryland. News outlets report 20-year-old Mzimazisi Ncube was struck by a truck while crossing the street...

By The Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland's medical marijuana industry brought in $96.3 million during its first year of operation. The Baltimore Sun reports that between 250 and 350 people a day are applying to...

By AFRO Staff First Lieutenant Colonel Major Lucy Lyles was promoted, Dec. 5, to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Maryland Transportation Authority. With 25 years of service, she is the first Black female to...

By J. K. Schmid, AFRO Staff Writer Pastor Donte L. Hickman laid out his vision and its realization for addressing Baltimore blight at an interfaith roundtable Thursday. Hickman, of Southern Baptist Church, has been pastor for...