Category: Baltimore News

Growing Baltimore economically, improving education, and increasing safety were listed as top priorities in Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake’s first State of the City address as the elected leader of the city. “Tough economies and tight budgets should not be used as an excuse to stifle innovation and limit compassion,” said Mayor Rawlings-Blake to members of […]

For the second time in less than 10 years, venerable radio show host and former state Sen. Larry Young has come back from the brink of death and is optimistic he will return to the airwaves in the very near future. “On January 30th … I had gone to the hospital to get treated for […]

Last, year, Black religious leaders were instrumental in defeating a bill that would legalize gay marriage in Maryland. This year, proponents of the bill have enlisted the help of prominent Black ministers, including nationally recognized civil rights leader and MSNBC host, the Rev. Al Sharpton. In a YouTube video posted during the week of Feb. […]

Officials are still baffled as to why four men would want 19-year-old Rodney Pridget Jr. dead just days before Christmas 2011. The crime sent shockwaves through Baltimore at the most festive time of year. Last week, Frank Theodore Williams, 31; Jermell Monte Brandon, 35; Tyrone Chester Brown Jr., 19 and William Ward III, 44, were […]

Harry Black’s appointment as the new director of finance for Baltimore City brings to a close the nationwide search launched to fill the position vacated by Director Edward Gallagher, who retired last year after taking the position in 2005. “We are excited to welcome Mr. Harry Black to City Hall as we work on the […]

Barbershops have long been cornerstones of the Black community. In 2001, Robert Cradle, a Baltimore-born barber, decided to open up his hub to people even if they couldn’t afford his services. He reached out to a homeless shelter near his barbershop in Fort Meade. “I realized that the residents mostly women and children, couldn’t afford […]

I was sitting in the office of a Prince George’s County senator this week and the phone was ringing off the hook. “It’s been like this for two days,” the senator’s scheduler informed me. Apparently, the senator’s constituents – mostly Black and lower income – have been calling to voice their disapproval for the state’s […]

Intent on rebuilding confidence and instilling new faith in the Baltimore City Police Department, Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III officially announced changes within the ranks of the department last week. Introducing Grayling Williams as chief of the Internal Investigation Division, Police Commissioner Bealefeld said the new civilian commander will bring fresh eyes to a department […]

Giving many their first feel of the legal system, students on the law track of Reginald F. Lewis High School recently held the grand opening of their very own in-house courtroom. The new arena is complete with a jury box, a judge’s seat, plaintiff and defendant sections, a witness stand and all the trimmings that […]