Category: Baltimore News

A string of violent incidents over the weekend of Aug. 17 led to bloodshed in all quadrants of the city. During the mid-August weekend there were two triple shootings, four other shooting incidents and a fatal stabbing, according to records from the Baltimore Police department. One incident, a triple shooting in east Baltimore, left a […]

Two people are dead and two wounded during an early morning quadruple shooting in a south Baltimore neighborhood, following a string of violence that has occurred in the city. Police say on Aug. 20, around 5:47 a.m. they responded to the 1200 block of S. Carey Street for the report of a neighborhood disturbance. When […]

With one week left until the official start of school, the mayor’s office hosted their annual back-to-school rally, offering free school supplies to Baltimore city school students – helping families prepare for the 2013-14 school year. During the four-hour event, hundreds of parents and kids gathered at the War Memorial Plaza, on Aug. 17. With […]

BEL AIR, Md. (AP) — A former Maryland college student who told authorities he killed a man and ate his heart and parts of his brain pleaded guilty but not criminally responsible Monday. Alex Kinyua, 22, entered the plea to first-degree murder in the death of 37-year-old Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie last year. The former Morgan […]

Tisha Edwards, interim CEO of the Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS), said Aug. 14 she wants teachers and principals to be innovative and unafraid of being risk-taking educators in the coming school year. “I encourage everyone to be bold and courageous leaders for the city,” Edwards said in her first appearance as interim BCPS chief […]

In light of the July acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin one Baltimore city councilman wants the city to sever any financial connections with the state of Florida. During an Aug. 13 city council meeting, 7th District Councilman Nick Mosby proposed a measure that would limit the city’s commercial […]

Kanika Feaster, an African-American Baltimore City resident and program manager for LIFE, a local nonprofit, was recently hired as the recruitment coordinator for Horseshoe Casino Baltimore. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and CBAC Gaming, the owners of Horseshoe Casino, announced feaster’s appointment at a Board of Estimates meeting on Aug. 14. At LIFE, Feaster’s responsibilities included job […]

Madeline Porter is a self-confessed nerd and while being a nerd has at times left her feeling like an outsider, that was not the case recently. She was among more than 40,000 nerds at the Baltimore Convention Center for Otakon 2013, the 20th annual celebration of Far East Asian popular culture. For three days, Aug. […]

Following weeks of protests and rallies against city backing of a private real estate development, the Baltimore city council voted Aug. 12 to fund needed infrastructure for Harbor Point, a development that is slated to rest on a portion of the city’s waterfront. The planned mix of residences and commercial businesses, which is to include […]

Nearly 300 Baltimore City homeowners are seeing a significant increase in their property taxes as a result of flawed calculations by the state in computing the Historic Renovation Tax Credit. As a result of the errors, local homeowners have been sent tax bills containing mistakes by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation. “When people […]

(Updated 08/15/2013) The post of Baltimore City Sheriff, the city’s only elected law enforcement position, is up for grabs next June and a city school police officer wants the job. Donoven Brooks, 47, a school police officer, announced his decision to run during a June 23 wine and pasta fundraiser. The move for the sheriff’s […]

Gov. Martin O’Malley’s office has announced the appointment of a diverse group of four new judges to the Baltimore City District Court on Aug. 13. Kevin Wilson and Martin Dominic are African American; Mark Franklin Scurti and Nicole Pastore Klein are White. “I am pleased to appoint such an accomplished and diverse group of candidates […]