Category: Baltimore News

Mark Matthews of Clean Slate America talks about the expungement process. For people who have been convicted of certain crimes, expungement is a way to get their criminal record erased. Matthews will explain what expungement is and how to go about getting it done. The workshop will take place Pennsylvania Ave. branch of the Enoch […]

On May 28, the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS) will rent out the Timonium Fairgrounds for the Summertime Adopt-a-Thon, a multi-shelter, mega adoption event. All adoptions are first come, first served and adoption fees have been waived for all pets at the event. Standard adoption procedures still apply. Adopters should bring a valid […]

Baltimore’s always free and utterly unique Sowebo Arts and Music Festival is gearing up to return May 29 beginning at noon. Located in the heart of Southwest Baltimore, the Sowebo Arts and Music Festival welcomes the summer with several of the city’s best sculptors, painters, jewelry makers, and fashion designers and some of their best […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream:  http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll discuss President Obama’s push for overtime pay expansion with two opposing views on the issue. And we’ll explore the move for a $15/hour minimum wage in Baltimore from the perspective of small business owners. These stories and much more, coming up this evening on AFRO’s First Edition with Sean […]

Have you seen this young girl?? Her name is Daiona Talbot and she is missing. She is 13 years old (D.O.B 7-14-2002) She is 5’2 in height and weighs 200 pounds.  She has brown hair and eyes. She attends Beechfield Elementary/ middle school which she is in the 8th grade. Her last known location was […]

John Nero, center left, and Edward Nero, center right, brother and father of Officer Edward Nero, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, are escorted out of a courthouse after Nero was acquitted of all charges in his trial in Baltimore, Monday, May 23, 2016. (AP […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Edward Nero, one of the six officers connected to the death of Freddie Gray was cleared of all charges by Judge Barry Williams today. How will this verdict affect the cases against the other officers? We’ll have a full analysis of the verdict with legal experts Sheryl Wood of […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland elections officials say they’ve found “significant” problems in an ongoing review of Baltimore’s primary election. Linda Lamone, state administrator of elections, says most of the problems were caused by untrained judges who scanned ballots that they shouldn’t have. Lamone did not know how much longer the review would take. She says workers were still finding documents on Thursday morning. […]

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan this week signed legislation that strengthens the state’s equal pay law. The bill increases transparency, shining a light on possible pay disparities by prohibiting businesses from penalizing employees who disclose or discuss their salary. The measure also buttresses anti-discrimination statutes in the existing Equal Pay for Equal Work law by also […]

Map of Baltimore TIF Projects. (Image Courtesy Baltimore Development Corporation) More than 100 protesters and concerned citizens swarmed City Hall to express their concerns about the city’s TIF (Tax Increment Financing) Program during a Baltimore City Council hearing on May 19. The evening hearing was hosted by Councilman Carl Stokes (D-District 12), chair of the […]

The brother of well-known Baltimore rapper Kevron Evans, better known as Young Moose, was the victim of a shooting in the city’s Belair-Edison neighborhood on May 17, according to police. At about 9:52 p.m., officers from the Northeast District responded to a reported shooting on the 4200 block of Sheldon Avenue. When they arrived on […]

Sonja Santelises, new CEO of BCPS, is getting ready to take over one of Baltimore’s most important jobs. (Courtesy photo) Baltimore City Public Schools newly appointed CEO, Sonja Santelises is following through on a quote made famous by the poet, Nikki Giovanni, who once wrote, “While language is a gift, listening is a responsibility.” Santelises […]