Category: Baltimore News

The emergence of new evidence forced a postponement in the trial of the man charged in the killing of Phylicia Simone Barnes, an honors student from Monroe, N. C. On Aug. 13, both the prosecutor and defense attorney requested additional time to sift through 17,000 pages of additional documents added into evidence. The new trial […]

Baltimore City Councilman Brandon M. Scott introduced a new bill requiring the Baltimore City Health Department to post grades for local food service facilities on Aug. 13. The bill would mandate food facilities like restaurants, carry-outs, bars and food trucks to post their inspection letter grade in a visible area for customers. Food service facilities […]

Wooden panels cover windows and door frames, roofing shingles dangle, and the word “vacant” is spray-painted in red across the tan exterior of the home. Although this house is located in the Northwest Baltimore neighborhood of Park Heights, the blight of abandoned buildings is widespread throughout the city. More than 46,000 vacant buildings in Baltimore, according to […]

House music thumps on a record player. The lights are low. There are records everywhere. They are pasted to the ceiling. They line shelves by the thousands. They are piled on the staircase. They decorate hats and T-shirt available for sale. Larry Jeter sits on a stool behind the counter greeting by first name most […]

Four African Americans are among the investors in a casino set to open in 2014 in Baltimore City, officials said. The $310 million project will be constructed by CBAC Gaming LLC, a development group backed by Caesars Entertainment, Detroit-based Rock Gaming and four Black investors from PRT TWO–former IT executive Maria Beckett, investor Eddie C. […]

Baltimore City officials are closing four community recreation centers this week as part of what Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake calls her “restructuring plan” to overhaul the city’s rec system. The centers slated to close are located in different West Baltimore neighborhoods, but are close enough that children in those areas will be forced to travel substantially […]

Antony Kinyua says that his family has not been the same since his son, Alexander Kinyua, of Joppatowne, was charged with first-degree murder in May for allegedly killing and cannibalizing their housemate, Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie. The physics professor at Morgan State spoke to the AFRO briefly about returning to campus after his son, a former […]

The Baltimore Grand Prix is coming to downtown again but planners say they are trying to avoid the disruption and expense to the city that marred the inaugural attempt to bring high speed racing to the Inner Harbor. Preparation for the three-day Labor Day weekend event began July 30 with construction to involve 22 million […]

Isa Olumefi lounges in a lime green booth, his laptop tuned into the 2012 Olympics’ basketball game. He has been eating at the quaint black-owned corner restaurant and coffee shop, Terra Café, for three and half years. “People come here because it’s a black owned business,” said Olumefi. “I don’t think the price of the […]

The International Equestrian Federation defines the Olympic sport of dressage as “the highest expression of horse training.” The definition continues, “At the peak of a dressage horse’s gymnastic development, the horse will respond smoothly to a skilled rider’s minimal aids. The rider will be relaxed and appear effort-free while the horse willingly performs the requested […]

Jerry Isaac had been a diligent convert in spreading the teachings of Islam and dedicated all his extra time to helping those around him. He was a peaceful young man with a bright outlook. Peace was on his mind on Feb. 13 when he broke up a fight between at least two young men outside […]

Robert W. Cradle has spent his professional life transforming customers one cut, one shave and one spin in the barber chair at a time. Being therapist and friend to those who come into his shop on what could arguably be their worst day is all he knows and has ever desired to do. Representing all […]