Category: Baltimore News

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u National politics with political commentators Catalina Byrd and Sean Breeze, including a not so secret meeting between VP Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren as Biden continues to contemplate a 2016 run for the Democratic nomination. Additionally, we’ll discuss the ACLU protests petty crime arrests in Baltimore and the […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u A review of the week’s top stories from the pages of the AFRO American Newspaper through the reporting of Roberto Alejandro. And our other regular contributors Stephen Janis and Taya Graham of The Real News Network, join in for a round table discussion on City Hall and law enforcement. […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore has had more killings than New York City this year, and its homicide rate per 100,000 people is greater than New York’s and Chicago’s. Baltimore has had 212 killings this year. New York has had 208, despite a vast population disparity. New York has 8.2 million residents, while Baltimore has 622,000. […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Baltimore City Police Officer Wesley Cagle has been indicted on charges including first degree attempted murder, in connection with the shooting of an unarmed burglary suspect last December. It’s the second time in four months Baltimore police have been indicted on criminal charges. We’ll talk about it with our […]

Baltimore City Council member Helen Holton Baltimore City Council member Helen Holton will step down at the end of this city council term. Holton, who represents District 8 and heads up the council’s budget committee, made the surprise announcement at the end of the August 17 meeting. She said that she was doing it because […]

Dr. Keiffer J. Mitchell Sr. Dr. Keiffer J. Mitchell Sr., a Baltimore physician, died on August 18 at the age of 73. According to his son, Keiffer J. Mitchell Jr., he passed surrounded by family at Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore after a brief illness. “All of Baltimore mourns the loss of a member […]

Cary Hansel, a Baltimore-area civil rights attorney, tells the {AFRO} that he plans to file a lawsuit on behalf of residents of the Gilmor Homes public housing project. (Courtesy Photo) A Charles Village attorney says he expects to file lawsuits on behalf of Gilmor Homes residents over the poor conditions of the units at the […]

Two campers share a hug at Roberta’s House. (Photos Courtesy Roberta’s House/Shantivia Brown) Annette March-Grier is no stranger to death and grief. “I was born into and grew up around the funeral industry,” the now-55-year-old said. March-Grier’s parents were founders of March Funeral Homes, one of the premier mortuary companies among Blacks in Baltimore. As […]

Alvertis Alexander, Model and Fashion Designer of Alve’. (Photo credit Charise Wallace) Baltimore Fashion Week held a party in the middle of the event called “The Gala,” a celebration of upcoming Fall fashions. The event took place on August 13 at the Pier 5 Hotel in Baltimore and gave guests, models and designers a chance […]

The Howard Park Civic Association, Inc. hosted an “Outdoor Family Movie Night” where they showed “Annie (2014)” on Saturday August 15 at Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary School (East Lawn). This was a free event and popcorn was served.

Dr. Marvin L. ‘Doc’ Cheatham, Sr., president of MAHNA. (Courtesy Photo) On July 17 the Matthew A. Henson Neighborhood Association held a second Salute to Baltimore’s own Billie ‘Lady Day’ Holiday, a free event at the Leonard E. Hicks Multi-Purpose Community Center located at 2718 W. North Avenue. Billie Holiday died on July 17, 1959. […]

Ashburton Area Association hosted a Homebuyers tour to highlight their neighborhood on July 18. The tour was sponsored by Live Baltimore and more than 40 potential homebuyers showed up to tour Ashburton. An Ashburtom “Meet & Greet with Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake” was held on August 9 at the home of association president Beatrice Scott. This […]