Category: Baltimore News

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u A look back at some of the week’s top stories from the pages of the AFRO American Newspaper, through the reporting of Roberto Alejandro. We’ll also examine the burgeoning impact of Donald Trump’s GOP candidacy for president. Plus, our other recurring guests, Stephen Janis and Taya Graham of The […]

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, center, speaks alongside Maryland Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services Stephen Moyer at Baltimore City Detention Center, Thursday, July 30, 2015, in Baltimore, to announce his plan to immediately shut down the jail. The jail grabbed headlines in 2013 after a sweeping federal indictment exposed a sophisticated drug- and cellphone-smuggling […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s monthly homicide count is reaching a historic high for a second time this year. Police reported a fatal shooting Wednesday night, bringing Baltimore to 42 homicides so far in July. That matches the number of slayings recorded in May, which was the deadliest month since August 1990, when the city recorded 42 […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u A week before Sandra Bland was found dead in a Texas jail cell, a young Native American woman named Sarah Lee Circle Bear died in a jail cell in South Dakota. But, it’s a story very few know about. We’ll examine the severe lack of media attention given to […]

Baltimore officials have released thousands of pages of documents related to unrest following Freddie Gray’s death. Officials released the material Monday to The Associated Press and other outlets in response to public information requests. The 29 documents include emails among officials, as well as statements and news releases. The documents from behind the scenes include complaints […]

The Educate One Foundation presents the 1st Annual Unify Baltimore Back to School Rally at Mondawmin Mall on August 22nd from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Radio One 92Q will be on hand to broadcast while WBAL-TV 11 News reporter Karen Campbell will host the event. Approximately 2,500 backpacks and school supplies will be donated […]

Rising Over Standards and Excelling with Diamonds on the Rise are having their 2nd annual back to school drive on August 21 from noon to 4 p.m. at 2520 Francis Street, Baltimore. Please join us for a carnival style day filled with fun, free food and supply giveaways.Donations and Vendors are welcomed. Contact 443-379-9396 or […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u The AFRO’s Roberto Alejandro has another, “On Background,” report, this time looking into deplorable conditions at Gilmor Homes, where Freddie Gray lived and the response of the city in improving conditions there. Plus, our other recurring guests, Stephen Janis and Taya Graham of The Real News Network join the […]

Double-hand transplant recipient eight-year-old Zion Harvey accompanied by Dr. L. Scott Levin, left, and his mother Pattie Ray, stands during a news conference Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in Philadelphia. Surgeons said Harvey of Baltimore who lost his limbs to a serious infection, has become the youngest patient to […]

(AP Photo/Matt Rourke) To those for whom justice has long been denied, the criminal cases against the Baltimore police officers indicted in the death of Freddie Gray may seem to be moving at a snail’s pace. But legal experts say the progress is as should be expected. “People should anticipate that the process is going […]

A demonstrator holds up a sign during a rally at the Thurgood Marshall memorial in Annapolis on July 23. Advocates and residents had come to Annapolis that day to press for law enforcement reforms in Maryland. (Photo by Roberto Alejandro) “I have to be honest and say I’m not pleased to be here. I’m tired […]

A vacant unit that sits next to an occupied one has no working locks, allowing access to whoever wants to use it and causing anxiety for residents living next door. (Photo by Roberto Alejandro) Residents of the Gilmor Homes housing project face long waits for maintenance repairs to serious issues from heaters malfunctioning during winter, […]