Category: Baltimore News

Kimberly Rouse-Smith and a picture of her son, who was killed in a dirt bike accident. (Photo by Lisa Snowden-McCray) When Council Member William “Pete” Welch introduced legislation calling for the construction of a dirt bike park at last month’s Baltimore City Council meeting, he brought Baltimore mother Kimberly Rouse-Smith with him. The park, Welch […]

Sean Yoes Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh recently laid out what he called a “distillation” of current laws prohibiting racial profiling in law enforcement, viewed by some as a positive step in the effort to reform law enforcement. During an interview on August 26 on First Edition, which airs on WEAA 88.9 in Baltimore, Frosh […]

The now closed Baltimore Men’s Detention Center (Photo credit: James Bentley) On Jul. 31, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced his plan to close the Baltimore Men’s Detention Center “immediately.” The storied jail, part of several detention centers on the property, was built in 1859 and parts of it have housed everyone from Edgar Allan Poe […]

Members of Sandtown-Winchester United discuss possible ways to make their neighborhood better. (Photo by Lisa Snowden-McCray ) The members of Sandtown-Winchester United, a recently formed community group in West Baltimore, are establishing the infrastructure of what they hope will soon be a far-reaching, all-encompassing way of making their neighborhood better. The group met August 29 […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u An interview with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake talking about issues ranging from education to law enforcement. Plus, Baltimore City Public Schools opened its doors officially for the 2015-2016 school year yesterday and we’ll bring together a round table of experts to talk about engaging our Black boys, the state […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u National politics with commentators Catalina Byrd and Sean Breeze, including more trouble for Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie’s “Fed Ex,” plan for undocumented immigrants.  Plus, remembering former Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel with veteran journalist Charles Robinson and the 2016 race for Baltimore mayor may be getting more interesting. It’s […]

This Jan. 29, 2009, file photo shows former Maryland Gov. Marvin Mandel posing in front of a photo that dates back to the end of his administration in the late 1970’s in Annapolis, Md. Mandel, whose 26-year career in state government ended with his 1977 conviction on political corruption charges, has died. He was 95. […]

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 […]