Category: Baltimore News

Police departments across Maryland were ordered to stop collecting DNA from suspects of certain crimes last week, the result of a ruling in the state’s highest court, the Maryland Court of Appeals. The ban applies to cases involving attempted or committed violent crimes and burglaries, which voids part of the amendments made in 2008 to […]

Michael Cryor will be granted an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Montclair State University at the institution’s May commencement exercises and will also deliver the commencement address. The 1970 graduate was the first African American to receive a Masters Degree in Psychology from Montclair’s graduate program. In 2010, he received an honorary doctorate from […]

A year after the body of North Carolina teen Phylicia Barnes was discovered in a Maryland river, a Baltimore grand jury has indicted a man on a first-degree murder charge in connection with her death. Baltimore City State’s Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein announced April 26 that authorities had arrested local resident Michael Johnson the previous […]

Corey Ausby, the 16-year-old Baltimore youth allegedly beaten by a former community watch member and his brother, testified in court April 25 that he did not want to press charges against the two. “I don’t want to testify. I want all the charges to be dropped,” Ausby said in one of several outbursts, according to […]

Avi and Eliyahu Werdesheim, two brothers allegedly responsible for the beating of a 15-year-old African American male walking in an Orthodox Jewish community, were able to hold off facing a judge in court April 23. The brothers originally wanted to postpone their trial in order to seek a change of venue. That request was a […]

Fire department captains of companies facing closure are calling on community support in hopes that citizen outcries will help their life-saving services from the chopping block. Announced in the mayor’s budget last month, three firehouses have been proposed for closure by July 1, which is the start of the 2012-2013 fiscal year. The cuts have […]

Friends and foes alike met at Baltimore’s Power Plant Live’s Comedy Factory last week to “Roast and Toast” former Mayor Sheila Dixon. Absolutely nothing was out of bounds for the comedians who took full advantage of the opportunity to rag on Dixon’s leadership, legal and personal troubles, and of course, those now infamous gift cards […]

Delaware Secretary of Education Lillian M. Lowery, who led that state’s successful efforts to win two ‘Race to the Top’ grants, is coming to Maryland to lead the nation’s No 1 ranked state school system, Maryland State officials announced April 20. Lowery, a 57 year-old African American, with a reputation for broad-based strategic planning and […]

Driven by the need to be in the running for best dressed, hundreds of thousands of teen girls and boys flock to shopping malls, boutiques, and tuxedo shops every Spring for prom gear. The last place most teens see themselves is in line for a free gown or tuxedo. Yet those brave enough to try […]

Every year 4,500 teens are counted among the fatalities reported to the CDC as a result of drinking and driving. With prom season switching into high gear, creating a clear prom schedule and safety plan may not be as interesting as coordinating a dress with a dinner date, but having one is a must before […]