Category: Baltimore News

At 8-years-old, Emmanuel Jackson was placed with the Department of Social Services, after years of abuse by his mother. By 18, he said he was “thrown to the wolves” and ended up homeless. “This was before the program ‘Ready by 21,’” he said. Homeless programs, including the Baltimore Homeless Youth Initiative and Healthcare for the […]

Mayoral candidates for Baltimore City gathered together early Tuesday morning to debate the issues on WOLB 1010 AM Larry Young Morning Show. Noticeably present, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings -Blake joined the conversation to share her plans to combat the tough issues facing the city. “I’m not running away from my political record,” said Mayor Rawlings-Blake, as […]

Baltimore City’s Black state lawmakers are fighting to ensure the city and the state’s Black populations don’t lose political clout when legislative and congressional lines are redrawn during this year’s redistricting process. Baltimore City was the only jurisdiction in the state to lose population over the last 10 years, which means it must pick up […]

CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) — A project that will be the centerpiece of an effort to honor Harriet Tubman is getting federal funding. Gov. Martin O’Malley is expected to announce $8.5 million for the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center in Cambridge on Tuesday. The center is meant to tie together a state park, scenic byway […]

When Maryland became the second state in the nation to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a holiday, former Del. Kenneth Webster was the person to thank. It was his legislation that brought the holiday here. Now, his service has ended. The two term member of the Maryland General Assembly, considered by […]

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 […]

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is once again tightening its belt with severe budget cuts and office closures. The company that delivers “40 percent of the world’s mail” has slowly but surely begun the process of closing an alarming number of its doors. A staple in American communities since its inception in 1775, the […]

Baltimore mayoral candidate Otis Rolley came up with a rather curious strategy aimed at deterring gun violence: a dollar tax on each bullet sold in the city. “This is not a revenue enhancement tool,” Rolley said when he announced the plan. “It’s a `make it difficult to buy bullets in the city’ tool.” Rolley’s “bullet […]

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 […]

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 […]