Category: Baltimore News

WASHINGTON – Sgt. Myoung S. Fisher, human resources specialist at the Maryland National Guard, has never served in combat, but she’s enthusiastic about the new opportunity for women. “Women should feel like they can now serve their country in whichever way they choose to serve, which is on the front lines, behind a desk, in […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Earl Weaver always was up for an argument, especially with an umpire. At the slightest provocation, the Earl of Baltimore would spin his hat back, point his finger squarely at an ump’s chest and then fire away. The Hall of Fame manager would even tangle with his own players, if necessary. All […]

BALTIMORE, Md. – A federal grand jury on Jan. 17 indicted Baltimore police officer Kendell Richburg, 36, on gun and drug conspiracy charges, federal prosecutors and Baltimore police officials announced Jan. 18. According to federal prosecutors, Richburg, who lives in Baltimore, was involved in a conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine and marijuana between […]

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) announced he is seeking repeal of the death penalty in the state, drawing the praise of the human rights community. “The death penalty does not work in terms of preventing violent crime,” the Democratic governor said Jan. 15 at a news conference, where he was surrounded by anti-capital punishment legislators, […]

Businesses owners, community organizations, policy makers, and area university faculty and staff have come together to form the Better Maryland Committee, a conglomerate of leaders concerned with issues affecting first, the Baltimore African-American community, as well as residents statewide. The newly formed committee first gathered on Nov. 29 and has since picked up roughly 20 […]

WASHINGTON – Skher Brown, leader of the International Capoeira Angola Foundation of Baltimore, needs just five volunteers to help his organization paint and move into its new studio. For help, he turned to the organizers of the National Day of Service, to be held Jan. 19 in conjunction with President Barack Obama’s inauguration the next […]

ANNAPOLIS – Gov. Martin O’Malley announced plans on Friday to commit $25 million in state funds for the development of affordable rental housing. The investment, which will be added to the 2014 state budget, is expected to create 1,900 jobs in Maryland, O’Malley said at a press conference held in the center of College Creek […]

ANNAPOLIS – Gun control, the death penalty, transportation and environmental legislation were expected to be top priorities for state lawmakers as the Maryland General Assembly convened for its 433rd legislative session Wednesday in Annapolis. In the wake of the mass killings in Newtown, Conn., in December, Gov. Martin O’Malley plans to push for tighter firearm […]

The Baltimore City Police Department has put out an open call to local bishops, pastors and rabbis in hopes that the faith community will become a more integral part of a new anti-crime strategy. In a three-hour presentation and panel session at the American Brewery in East Baltimore, Lt. Col. Melvin Russell, head of the new Community Policing Division, […]

(January 3, 2012 UPDATED) BALTIMORE – Anthony Michael Hobbs, a child actor and second grade student at Baltimore’s Our Lady of Victory catholic school, will portray a young Frederick Douglass in the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) special The Abolitionist to premiere Jan. 8. Actor/director Richard Brooks (Law & Order, The Crow) will play the adult […]