Category: Baltimore News

A 17 year-old Baltimore boy is in police custody, and being held without bail, on attempted murder charges in the Oct. 1 stabbing of a fellow student at Heritage High School, police said. He is being charged as an adult, according to police. Police said Darrell Johns, of the first block of North Potomac Street […]

Dr. Benjamin C. Whitten spent his life as an education advocate, from the time he protested against a policy that prevented him from entering the University of Delaware to the years he spent serving as an administrator for vocational education in Baltimore’s public schools. His death of cancer on Sept. 21 at the age of […]

Taking their places in a room full of miniature size seats, the pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classes of Westside Elementary School filed in one behind the other. What could they be here for? “Is it Halloween today?” asked one guest. “Not yet,” answered another. Unbeknownst to them, the bright lights, the photographers, and the news stations […]

A tribute and gathering is being planned for Oct. 13 for local raconteur R.B. Jones. Anyone who’s spent time in Baltimore in the last few decades is familiar with the heart and soul of R.B. Jones. From his rants against the establishment to his raves on behalf of the marginalized, he’s planted his opinion pieces […]

Would-be voters in the 2012 general election have less than two weeks to register. The deadline is Oct. 16 at 9 p.m. in Maryland and Oct. 19 at 9 p.m. in D.C. Those who have had a change of address, are first time voters or are ex-felons with no outstanding legal obligations are affected. They […]

BALTIMORE, Md.–They’re back! And, nearly 30 years later, Joyce J. Scott and Kay Lawal-Muhammad, the generously proportioned originators of the Thunder Thigh Revue, are proving that they’ve still got it. The self-proclaimed performing arts “fativists” originally conceived the idea for the Thunder Thigh Revue in 1984 when they decided to flip the script on societal […]

For Maryland voters, the choices on Nov. 6 won’t be limited to picking a favorite candidate for president or choosing the more recognizable name as the representative for Congress. With a slew of weighty referendum questions on the ballot, and an avalanche of propaganda alternately urging yes or no on those questions, this year’s electorate […]

Walter Lomax can still remember the day he cast his first vote in an election. The emotion in his voice changes as he takes a pause, attempting to put into words how it felt to exercise the right after serving 40 years, wrongly convicted, in a Maryland prison. “I felt empowered,” said Lomax, sitting inside […]

Student and community organizations alike came together on the campus of Coppin State University Sept. 25 to prepare for the 2012 general election taking place on Nov. 6. The “Coppin’s Rocking the Vote” pep rally took place in front of the Parlett L. Moore Library Quad and featured Rep. Elijah E. Cummings as key note […]

During the past 10 years, the Baltimore City College Alumni Association has led an effort to renovate the Alumni Field at Baltimore City College. Under the leadership of Jacob Howard ’74, with the help of alumni donors and the Maryland 43rd District legislators, a new playing surface and new track have been installed. A ribbon […]

BALTIMORE, Md.–“It’s five minutes to three,” Rev. Marcus Garvey Wood announced to the crowd of family and staff gathered in his office, in a nod to punctuality that has been among the hallmarks of six decades in the pulpit. “The concert’s about to start.” With that, the 92-year-old spiritual leader eased from behind the desk […]