Category: Baltimore News

Another chapter in the sex, drugs and corruption scandal at the Baltimore City Detention Center unfolded last week, as five former correctional officers, an inmate and a drug supplier entered guilty pleas, and another correctional officer was sentenced, for their roles in a racketeering conspiracy run by the Black Guerilla Family. The city was rocked […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake complained of shortness of breath and chest pains during the city’s Star-Spangled Banner celebration over the weekend and was taken to a hospital for tests. The mayor’s office says the 44-year-old was taken by ambulance to the hospital Saturday night. Spokeswoman Caron Brace says Rawlings-Blake was released from […]

Portrait of Frederick Douglass, unveiled on September 15, 2014 , that will grace on the wall’s of the (Maryland) Governor’s Mansion. Maryland history will be made Sept. 15 when a portrait of Frederick Douglass – the first likeness of an African American to grace the walls of the governor’s residence in Annapolis – is unveiled. […]

Mrs. Lucille Brooks played the piano for her church until two years ago. “Black people are full of music,” said 102-year-old Lucille Brooks. She should know. While she currently spends her days in the home she shares with her daughter on a quiet street in Catonsville, she’s spent a lifetime teaching the children of Baltimore […]

As its mandate, the exhibitions department at MICA presents work produced by students, faculty and alumni, and focuses on a broad range of developments in contemporary art, to expand the educational and cultural awareness for the region. The 2014 Sabbatical exhibition, Aug. 29-Sept. 21, features the work of 10 MICA faculty artists, and explores a […]

The leaders at Bon Secours Hospital along with the pastors of Central Baptist Church and Jones Tabernacle are joining forces to host at Bon Secours Hospital, 2000 W. Baltimore Street, an event for the community, Sept. 13 from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. to encourage fellowship, partnership and healthy living. For the past 26 years […]

Brig. Gen. Linda Singh, Army commander for the Maryland National Guard. Drills for soldiers in the Maryland National Guard and other units across the country have come to a screeching halt due to an unforeseen budget deficit. Officials at the National Guard Bureau have identified a $101 million shortfall of federal funds, and they say, […]

In the light of the recent events in Ferguson, Mo., the killing of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer, Baltimore residents gathered, Sept. 9, in a town hall meeting titled ‘Now what Baltimore?’ to discuss ways relations between police officers and community members might be improved. Held at the Empowerment Temple in northwest […]

One of three men who last year engaged in a summer stealing spree targeting 7-Eleven stores across Baltimore was recently sentenced to almost 20 years in prison. On Sept. 6, U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles Jr. sentenced 37-year-old Gary Cordell Howard, of Baltimore, to 235 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised […]

A Baltimore man was convicted Sept. 4 of the rape and beating of a woman in February 2009, authorities announced. According to the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office, at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 13, 2009, Edward Hammond, 26, approached a woman who had pulled over on the side of the road to retrieve an […]

Robert L. Wallace What does STEM have to do with the death of Michael Brown? Everything. Before you tune me out, take a moment to consider my explanation. Unless you have been living on another planet, no doubt you have been inundated with news coverage of the shooting death of Michael Brown by a Ferguson, […]

Want to help your neighborhood gain control over its own destiny? Want to help the next generation understand what civic pride and action mean? Then we need YOU to step up! Howard Park is about to begin a housing survey and needs to know the number of vacant houses, vacant lots and nuisance houses in […]