Category: Baltimore News

The Maryland Chili Championship will take place on July 18th from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Living Classrooms’ headquarters at the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park located at 1417 Thames Street in Baltimore, MD. This marks the first time Baltimore is hosting the Maryland Chili Championship. Tickets are $10 and proceeds will benefit […]

The BHL Ministries are hosting their 1st annual Awards Scholarship Ceremony & Scholarship Benefit Crab Feast on July 18th. The event will be held at the Forum Caterers located at 4210 Primrose Avenue. Tickets are $70 and to purchase call 800-930-3704.

George Clinton performs July 17 at Artscape. (Photo courtesy of Twitter) This year Artscape will be held from July 17th – July 19th. Artscape is America’s largest free arts festival, attracting 400,000+ attendees over three days. Artscape features 150+ fine artists, fashion designers and craftspeople; visual art exhibits on & off-site, including exhibitions, outdoor sculpture, […]

Rovenia Madison (Photos by Michael Davenport) Rovenia Madison reached yet another milestone as she celebrated her 80th  birthday. From the moment she was escorted into the venue, by her grandson Jordan Brown, the evening was magical. The applauses filled & the smiles brightened the room. As they subsided, renowned saxophonist Isaac Parham began to play happy […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We get the insights of our regular contributors AFRO reporter Roberto Alejandro and Stephen Janis and Taya Graham of the Real News Network on law enforcement’s implementation of, “the war room,” in response to the city’s surge in homicides. Plus, a report from Graham and Janis on what many […]

Baltimore PoliceVerified account‏@BaltimorePolice 9:01 PM – 11 Jul 2015 Shooting: 2600 block of Boone Street. A male reported to be shot in the head. Det’s are investigating. Dispatched @ 8:37pm 10:37 PM – 11 Jul 2015 Shooting: 4300 block of Wabash Ave. A male was reported shot in the head. Det’s are investigating. Dispatched @9:53pm […]

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation recently announced that it would be selecting five high school students from the Greater Baltimore Area to participate in an eight-week paid summer internship at a local non-profit through its student leader program. In Baltimore the unemployment rate for those ages 16-24 remains at a record high of 19.4 […]

(Screenshot from a YouTube video) The long-faded sign proclaimed the store’s fares—liquor and lottery. On April 27, however, the establishment on the corner of North and N. Fulton avenues resembled an ants’ nest—looters swarming in and out of the dark, yawning opening, toting pilfered goods away. Hours later—after the burial of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old […]

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake poses with some of the participants of the “Minority Male Makers” program. (Courtesy Photo) Often young Black boys are underrepresented in the science and technology fields. According to the most recent data from the National Science Foundation, Blacks hold only 4.6 percent of the jobs in the science and engineering fields. Seeking […]

Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney general, announced in May that the Department of Justice was investigating the record of the Baltimore Police Department. When Tawanda Jones was contacted by a lawyer from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, she was anxious to tell her story about how officers from the Baltimore City Police Department and Morgan […]

Former Police Commissioner Anthony Batts. (AP Photo) “Changing the police department to the future Baltimore Police Department, that we have the opportunity to obtain, is going to take time. We’re on the road, we’re making those changes, we’re going in the right direction, and it doesn’t matter whether Tony Batts is here or not, change […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We’ll dissect the details of the historic Iran nuclear deal with an expert on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. Plus, we ask our listeners to reveal their thoughts on the ubiquitous homicide rate. Is City Hall doing enough and what is the role of the vast majority of Baltimore […]