Category: Baltimore News

As summer flows into autumn, the AFRO is set to broaden its reach with the expansion of its radio program, AFRO: First Edition, on WEAA 88.9.  The show, which has run on Sunday nights since 2006 with a pre-recorded format, will now be a live, two-hour program running Monday through Friday, creating a greater space […]

This is the first in a series that highlights the high quality workmanship Black owned companies provided at the luxurious Horseshoe Casino. Jeff Hargrave BALTIMORE – Jeff Hargrave, head of Mahogany Inc., is sure that after his crew’s hard work on Baltimore’s new Horseshoe Casino, he can tackle any project anywhere. His firm specializes in […]

Dr. Charles Simmons serves as president of Sojourner Douglass College. BALTIMORE – When students, faculty and friends of Sojourner Douglass College come together Oct. 2 for the school’s annual President’s Gala and Scholarship Banquet, the focus will be on “Fulfilling the mission…Continuing the Dream.” In addition to celebrating the life’s work of the founder and […]

(left) Dennis Smith, a student in his second semester with Year Up; and (right) Year Up alumnus Alfons McQuaige. There is a basic premise that underlies the work Year Up, a non-profit that trains and prepares inner city youth for careers in information technologies (IT), does in Baltimore and 11 other cities across the country: […]

Last month’s opening of Baltimore’s new, splashy Horseshoe Casino has attracted droves of gamblers from around the state, the region and the nation hoping against all odds to strike pay dirt. But, some organizations created to help those who abuse gambling focus much of their energy on the people who live within a 10-mile radius […]

A Baltimore police officer, who is seen viciously beating a man June 15 in a CitiWatch video that began circulating this week, has been suspended while an investigation of the incident ensues, officials announced Sept. 16. “This will not be tolerated,” Baltimore City Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said of Officer Vincent Cosom’s behavior at a […]

Seven young artists from Baltimore City will showcase their talents through performing arts at the renowned Eubie Blake National Jazz and Cultural Center, 847 N. Howard Street in Baltimore, 6 p.m., Sept. 20.  The Speak Life Tour (SLT) is a creative arts mentor platform for youth in the community to showcase their talents through poetry, […]

BALTIMORE — It’s a Tuesday morning, almost two weeks before comedian and actor Tommy Davidson comes to town for three days of appearances at the Baltimore Comedy Factory, and he’s trying to pronounce the city’s distinctive accent on the phone for me. Comedian and actor Tommy Davidson. “I love Bawlmore,” he says “Boolmar. Balmore.” His […]

My Sister’s Place in Baltimore has become a safe haven for many women and their children that are struggling to get back on their feet.  The Catholic Charities organization provides these women with meals and services that help them get back into the workplace and into their own homes. The women and children who come […]

Author, and Baltimore native, Wes Moore. American Graduate Day 2014 returns this fall for its third consecutive year with Wes Moore, best-selling author and U.S. Army veteran, as host for the all-day broadcast, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sept. 27. Broadcast and streamed live from the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center in New York […]

Former Baltimore City police officer Teresa Rigby-Menendez, founder of Survivor Wear Inc. Former Baltimore City Police officer Teresa Rigby-Menendez does not remember the day that cut short her law enforcement career. Just over three years on the force, Rigby-Menendez had been assisting a motorist on I-83 when an oncoming vehicle lost control and slammed into […]

Simmie Knox, African American artist stands beside his portrait of Frederick Douglass in the Maryland Governor’s mansion. To Simmie Knox a face is an open book. “Everything is in the face – joy, sorrow, kindness, mean-spiritedness…,” he said. That ability to read faces and, in so doing, capture the essence of an individual is what […]