Category: Baltimore News

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u A review of some of the week’s top stories from the pages of The AFRO, through the reporting of Roberto Alejandro. Plus, more reporting from our other regular contributors, Stephen Janis and Taya Graham of The Real News Network.  It’s all coming up this evening on AFRO’s First Edition […]

Mrs. M. J. Malone (mother of Robert, Jr., Joyce & Kewanee) was born August 31, 1915. Mrs. Malone, a retired elementary school teacher, is celebrating her 100th birthday. For the past few years, she has resided in Baltimore, MD with her youngest daughter, Kewanee. To send birthday wishes to Mrs. Malone email keemar1@comcast. net.

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll discuss Wednesday’s tragic double murder and suicide in Southern Virginia, which took the lives of journalists Alison Parker, Adam Ward and Vester Flanagan, with veteran newsman Charles Robinson of Maryland Public Television’s State Circle. Plus, we’ll unpack yesterday’s interview with Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh in reference to […]

Double-hand transplant recipient eight-year-old Zion Harvey. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) BALTIMORE (AP) — An 8-year-old boy who became the youngest patient to receive a double-hand transplant has left the Philadelphia hospital where the procedure was done and was returning to his Maryland home. Ashley Moore, spokeswoman for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said in an email […]

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says the last inmates in the dangerously decrepit men’s section of the Baltimore City Detention Center are being moved out as it permanently closes by the end of business Aug. 25. The detention center predates modern penal facility standards, with some of its walls dating to the 19th century. It has […]

Sen. Catherine Pugh (D-Baltimore City, on right) and Del. Curt Anderson (D-Baltimore City), co-chairs of the Public Safety and Policing Workgroup, listen to testimony during a hearing on the state’s controversial law enforcement officers bill of rights on Aug. 24. (Photo by Roberto Alejandro) Police reform advocates gathered at the memorial for Thurgood Marshall and […]

Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh In an attempt to rebuild trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve, Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh released a new set of guidelines aimed at ending discriminatory profiling in the state on Aug. 25. The document details ways police investigations can avoid being discriminatory.  Statewide adoption […]

The Steppin’ Out Bunch is hosting a reunion for retired educators. Join them on August 31 from 12 noon to 4 p.m. at Martin’s West, 6817 Dogwood Rd, Windsor Mill, MD 21244, for music, food, lots of dancing, and reconnecting with old friends and colleagues. Contact Mildred Long Harper (410) 978-7074 for more information. Proceeds […]

Kevin Liles, of the Better Baltimore Foundation, and the Baltimore County Public School’s Superintendent Dr. Dallas Dance are hosting a back to school festival at Security Square Mall, Baltimore County on August 29 from 12 noon to 4 p.m. The festival features educational games, free backpacks, school supplies and immunizations. This is an opportunity for all […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Eight months after the Justice Department announced new restrictions on racial profiling, yesterday Maryland became the first state to implement guidelines that would severely restrict law enforcement officers from singling out suspects based on race, ethnicity and sexual orientation. Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, who announced the new guidelines […]

Come out and meet Doc McStuffins at the Howard County NAACP Youth Council’s family health fair on August 29 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The health fair will be at the Ridgley Run Community Center, 8400 Mission road, Jessup, Maryland. Contact soulq10@gmail.com for more information.

The Coppin State University Urban Studies Program with the Matthew A. Henson Neighborhood Association presents, ‘1963 – One of the most tumultuous years in Civil Rights’ WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE SELMA? This historic presentation is on August 28 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Coppin State University, 2500 W. North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216 in […]