Category: Baltimore News

Most kids can only dream of holding a conversation with a National Football league (NFL) player and can’t imagine picking up tips about how to play the game from a pro. But that’s exactly what happened on July 6, when roughly 300 five- to 17-year-olds spent five hours with some pro football players at Jameel […]

Baltimoreans and fans of the African American festival far and wide celebrated another year of culture and arts last weekend. With performances by Fantasia, Raheem DeVaughn, and the Grammy-award winning Patti LaBelle, the outdoor celebration of Black heritage and its many facets called thousands to downtown Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium once again. “Can you imagine […]

Dr. Mortimer Neufville, a veteran higher education administrator, was named president of Coppin State University president July 9 by William E. Kirwan, chancellor of University System of Maryland. Neufville has been serving as interim president of the historically Black institution since Jan. 23 following the resignation of Reginald Avery. Previously he served as executive vice […]

The Maryland House of Delegates will lose one of the chamber’s more vocal veteran members at the end of this term. Del. Emmett C. Burns (D-Baltimore County), announced July 8 that he will not be seeking a fifth term in Annapolis. The Jackson, Miss., native has been active in government since 1995, and has seen […]

More than 600 men marched down Baltimore’s North Avenue July 5- an answer to a call for only 300 to join in solidarity against the violence that has rocked the city in the past two weeks. Traffic came to a standstill as Black men – joined by non-Blacks– stood unified to send a message about […]

With the dimensions of street violence elbowing the charm out of Baltimore’s Charm City nickname, one man is determined to make a difference. So Munir Bahar, a community activist, is orchestrating a rare display of non-violence one day after Independence Day. He is the architect of what he calls a 300-Man March from one end […]

The Baltimore Police Department, along with other local and state law enforcement agencies, is stepping up anti-crime, crowd control and peacekeeping efforts in the city during the Fourth of July holiday. BPD Lt. Col. Darryl DeSousa said July 3 that leave has been canceled for officers during the holiday and that the police force will […]

On the sidewalk in front of the porch where three women were shot, killing 21-year-old Gennie Shird on June 27, sisters and friends of the deceased pay tribute to her life by pouring a little liquor. Bullet holes from the shooting, which rocked the 3300 block of Elmora Ave. in the Four by Four neighborhood, […]

With the Fourth of July weekend, summer officially kicks into high gear again and all 29 Baltimore public pools are geared for fun–and safety. This year, in addition to swim lessons throughout the day, water aerobics—Zumba-style—will be offered at select pools.

Gloria Williams, 65, said she is still making funeral arrangements for her granddaughter, Gennie Shird, 21, who was fatally killed in a triple shooting June 27, even though she hasn’t even been able to identify the body. “We never even got to ID the body,” said Williams fighting back tears during a recent interview with […]