Category: Baltimore News

Anybody who wanted cream of crab soup and wandered by the Timonium Fairgrounds a little too late March 23 left disappointed. For the seventh year in a row, the cream of crab soup was the big hit for St. Vincent de Paul’s annual Empty Bowls fundraiser. This year’s crowd topped the 2,000-person mark for an […]

The man convicted last month of second-degree murder in the slaying of North Carolina honors student Phylicia Barnes will receive a new trial after a key witness’ testimony was deemed not credible. Michael Maurice Johnson was scheduled to be sentenced March 20 after a Baltimore jury found him guilty last month. Instead, Judge Alfred Nance […]

Sitting in a room with 15 clergy members, referencing notes from his tablet, and quoting rap lyrics to pronounce his points, the Rev. Heber Brown III leads the weekly senior Bible study at Baltimore’s Pleasant Hope Baptist Church. His discussions revolve around various topics, including the importance of speaking the truth even when it is […]

Eppie Chapman never imagined he would have to explain to his co-workers details behind a Facebook photo of him sitting on a West Baltimore sidewalk surrounded by police officers. Chapman, 42, a heavy equipment operator, said he was pulled over by Baltimore police on Jan. 17 for not properly displaying tags on the front of […]

In recent months, 12 people have been murdered in the Fulton Heights neighborhood of West Baltimore. Residents whisper that gangs are causing it. Others blame drugs. Some point to both. “Those three people got killed over there, two got killed at the basketball court, two women got killed in the alley behind the church,” said […]

Eastside Baltimore residents hankering for healthy food choices near home take note—a fresh market has sprouted at 1900 N. Broadway that is serving up the best of the food groups. The owners, Erich and Michelle March, hope there will be an economic benefit for the neighborhood, as well. Erich March, president of the East North […]

(thinkprogress.org)–A Towson University student recently ignited controversy after suggesting that Black Republicans should have been segregated from the rest of the party at the Conservative Political Action Conference on March 15. According to the blogThinkprogress.org, the exchange occurred shortly after a panel discussion that focused on minority participation in the Republican party. The panel included […]

Soon, arrest for possession of one or two marijuana joints could result in a civil fine, not jail time, if legislation approved by Maryland’s Senate clears the House of Delegates. On March 13, a bill backed by Senator Robert Zirkin (D-Baltimore County) which would classify possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana as a […]

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland is just one signature away from ending all state executions after the House of Delegates voted 82-56 in favor of repealing the death penalty Friday. The Senate voted to repeal the death penalty last week. “This is a historic decision today in Maryland,” said Ben Jealous, president of the National Association for […]

John Hamilton’s main concern March 12 was not the opportunity for a warm bed or a hot meal. The recovering heroin addict’s major concern was that if he joined the other 12 homeless people who moved into the Belvedere Homes housing facility from Camp 83, an encampment for homeless people under the Jones Falls Expressway, […]

BALTIMORE, Md.—Kendell Richburg, a 36-year-old Baltimore police officer pleaded guilty March 11in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to helping a local drug dealer sell heroin and then robbing the dealer’s customers as part of a scheme that prosecutors said was a conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine and marijuana during a more than 18-month period that […]