Category: Baltimore News

BALTIMORE (AP) — The holder of a winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Maryland claimed a share of the record-breaking $656 million prize on Monday, but will remain anonymous, state lottery officials announced. The winner claimed the prize at lottery headquarters with a ticket matching all six numbers: 2-4-23-38-46 and the Mega Ball, 23, said […]

It looked like business as usual at the Liberty Road McDonald’s and the workers there couldn’t comment one way or the other, but everyone wants to know the skinny on the outcome of the “storied” lottery ticket that supposedly garnered a third of last week’s Mega Millions game. Although no winning ticket holder has come […]

Voters straggled to the voting booths for the 2012 primary election all day on Tuesday. No lines. No waiting. Those who did show up to the polls were dismayed to see so few of their fellow citizens taking their places in front of the electronic monitor. Traffic to the polls was light all day, even […]

A new gambling bill that would bolster the state’s casino industry and create a revenue windfall for parts of Maryland, including the city of Baltimore, is making its way through the Maryland General Assembly. The bill passed the Senate last week as it gained the support of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who sent a letter to […]

“History will recognize them as leaders in the community and in education,” Ralph Moore, director of the St. Frances Academy Community Center, said about Drs. Bill and Camille Cosby. The official naming of the community center in honor of the African-American couple is now only two weeks away. Lettering for the occasion was completed on […]

WASHINGTON – Candidate C. Anthony Muse, running to unseat Sen. Ben Cardin, defended his campaign literature, which singled out Jews in the upper chamber, as “educational tools” designed to emphasize the low numbers of Blacks in Congress. But critics are charging that the materials — which, in toting up the numbers of different races in […]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is decrying the arrest March 29 of four elementary school children in a Baltimore school, calling the act inexcusable. “The actions of Baltimore City police in arresting and handcuffing 8- and 9-year-old children at school are appalling, and also in plain violation of state regulations regarding school arrests,” said […]

Belle Massey has always felt the need to create outside of herself. Whether by paint or clay the artist has long retained the will and skill to express herself and those around her through the arts. Currently showing her collection, “Coming Into My Own,” at the Eubie Blake Nation Jazz Institute and Culture Center, Massey […]

City officials released the financial plan to run the city for the 2013 Fiscal Year and close the deficit of $46 million looming over the city last week. The Baltimore Department of Finance went before the Board of Estimates to introduce the preliminary 2013 FY Budget that will conclude three years of furloughs for city […]

For nine consecutive years, Heal a Woman to Heal a Nation Inc.’s annual conference has been enriching the lives of those in the community by empowering women. Focusing on health, education, and financial wealth, the organization’s goal of seeing “women building strong families” and developing ladies into their total, complete selves has helped push the […]