Category: Baltimore News

Quintessential hostess, superlative volunteer and socialite extraordinaire, to name a few of her descriptors, James Henry Amos LaForest was affectionately known as “Jimmie” to those who admired and loved her. She was given that peculiar name, in spite of her gender, to honor a promise her mother made to her uncle, who was serving in […]

After over 20 years serving Baltimore City’s second district, City Councilman Nicholas D’Adamo has decided not to run for reelection. Now, seven newcomers to elected office – all Black – are competing for his seat in the only city race without an incumbent. Candidates for the Northeast district include a former aide to Mayor Stephanie […]

After helping to subdue the late-night crowd in front of Select Lounge in January, Officer William H. Torbit Jr. was gunned down by fellow officers in a flurry of bullets, 12 of which penetrated his body. After months of delayed, hush-hush investigations and speculation, Baltimore City State’s Attorney Greg Bernstein officially shed some light on […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — An actress who played a Baltimore drug gang assassin in HBO’s “The Wire” is expected to plead guilty Monday in a drug conspiracy case. Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, 31, is scheduled to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to distribute heroin, a day before her trial was set to begin, attorney […]

There have been several mayoral forums over the summer, but perhaps none has been more high-profile, or well-attended than the one hosted this week by the Empowerment Temple AME Church and its influential pastor, Jamal Harrison-Bryant. But, like all of the previous mayoral election events, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake did not participate, and her absence […]

It was an action packed protest. Gates slammed in protestors’ faces, the arrival of five police officers, allegations that children demonstrators were urinating in public and not a single response from the target – WBAL-TV. Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development or BUILD organization’s July 28 protest against the media’s coverage of the mayor’s race was […]

There were five mayoral hopefuls and a lone Republican, but no sign of the current mayor at the Aug. 2 debate forum at Empowerment Temple AME Church. Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele and radio host Marc Steiner questioned the candidates about their positions on education, crime and growing the city’s tax base. But throughout […]

A recently-released state audit found that Morgan State University awarded a handful of students incorrect sums of scholarship money during the 2009-2010 academic year. Four students were awarded less than promised in award letters and two received too much, according to a review of eight athletic and honors scholarships conducted by the state’s Office of […]

It was a slip of the pen, an “oversight,” that caused her to claim a Baltimore County property as her primary residence in a 2006 document, claimed City Councilwoman Belinda Conaway this week. “In this case Belinda Conaway simply signed a document by mistake, and she’s returning any of the tax credits gained from that […]

Yes, this is the same Dorothy Brunson who in 1979 bought WEBB radio station in “the Junction” of West Baltimore, preserving the story of James Brown – its first Black owner – Rocking Robin and many others whose voices resounded shift after shift, hailing the sounds of Motown and other budding labels. Even with her […]

Over the last few weeks, Baltimore’s mayoral candidates are firming up their stances on one of the election’s most hot-button issues – the city’s property tax rate. The city’s rate is more than double that of other counties at $2.268 per $100 of assessed value, compared to $1.10 in Baltimore County and $0.91 in Anne […]

Horns honked in support of over 100 federal employees and community leaders gathered the evening of July 25 outside of the Social Security Administration’s Woodlawn headquarters in protest. The message was heard loudly, and clearly read on signs directed at Congress: “Hands off Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid!” The protest was organized by the Coalition […]