Category: Baltimore News

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police have arrested a 14-year-old boy in the slaying of a 16-year-old student at one of the city’s top public high schools. Police said Wednesday that the boy has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder. He’s the third person to face charges in the death of Arnesha Bowers. She […]

Lt. Gov. Rutherford spoke at St. Frances Academy’s Commencement in Baltimore on June 7. (Photo Courtesy Executive Office of the Governor) Boyd K. Rutherford, the state of Maryland’s third African-American lieutenant governor said his new role has been “interesting” and a balancing act. Not quite into his fifth month in office, Rutherford has already juggled […]

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (AFRO File Photo) “If you want to have your kid run amok 24 hours a day, go live out on a farm somewhere,” said Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake, in a clip aired on Fox 45 News in May 2014. The context was a heated public debate over an expanded curfew […]

Qiara Butler, whose cousin of Tyrone West died in police custody in 2013, speaks about police over overzealousness on The Larry Young Morning Show. (Photo Credit: Kamau High) One of the hardest things to do as you get older, sometimes, is to let a young person talk without interupting to inject your wisdom. That’s what […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Some thoughts on the 2014-2015 year in Baltimore City Public Schools from the perspective of three teachers from the Teachers’ Democracy Project. Plus, our regular contributors Stephen Janis and Taya Graham of The Real News Network and AFRO reporter Roberto Alejandro offer observations on my interview yesterday with Baltimore […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u A wide-ranging interview with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, including her thoughts on the latest surge in violence and homicides in Baltimore. Plus, we’ll talk about Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s pledge to give Baltimore more than $3 million for summer jobs for the city’s youth and another $4 million for […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u The latest news from the 2016 Presidential Campaign Trail, including Hillary Clinton’s first official campaign stump speech and Jeb Bush’s official hat toss into the ever-expanding GOP fray for the nomination. Plus, as homicides rise in Baltimore, arrests have plummeted in several neighborhoods. We’ll examine this troubling trend with […]

A federal grand jury has returned a nine-count racketeering indictment for 14 alleged members of the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) gang, bringing the total number of BGF members and associates indicted in federal court since April 2009 to 118. The indictment, which was unsealed June 11, charges the 14 men with conspiring to violate federal […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u A review of some of the major stories of the week from the pages of the AFRO American Newspapers as told through the eyes of AFRO reporter Roberto Alejandro. Plus, more reporting on news from Baltimore City Hall, Annapolis and law enforcement with Alejandro and two other recurring guests […]

In memory of Mother Fannie Estelle Hill Grant, the Lyndia Grant Show is hosting a health fair to promote longer living and healthier lifestyles, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., June 13, at The Mill, 1500 Union Avenue, Baltimore. John Hopkins University Hospital, the Baltimore Health Department, American Diabetes Association, Maryland Chapter; Baltimore Fire & EMS […]

Keith Figgs, pictured with his three children at his recent graduation. He hopes to use his life story of overcoming the streets to help guide other youth in his Sandtown community. (Courtesy Photo) The allure of the streets was strong for the teenaged Keith Figgs, who was buffeted by anger over the lack of parental […]

Though born in Parsons, Kansas, Dr. Levi Watkins Jr. is remembered for his pioneering work in cardiac surgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore. In remembrance of his life and work, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake recently signed a bill naming a fountain in Patterson Park after him. Watkins died earlier this year from complications of […]