Category: Baltimore News

A jury trial for two Jewish citizen patrolmen accused of assaulting a Black teenager last November has been postponed for two months. Former Shomrim patroller Eliyahu Werdesheim and his brother Avi were scheduled to stand trial May 2 in the racially charged case that led several Black leaders to accuse Baltimore State’s Attorney Greg Bernstein […]

Donique Warden, a junior at Coppin State University, remembers a time when the school library stayed open until 2 a.m. “Now it closes at 11 and I don’t even get off work until 11 p.m.,” she said. “When I asked librarians about it, they said it’s because they don’t have the money to keep it […]

Rhonda Young held up an imitation ring with an apple-sized diamond. “Think big. You see this ring,” she asked the 12 ninth grade girls packed in a classroom on the third floor of Reginald F. Lewis High School. “This is just the beginning. You have the opportunity to be anything you want to be.” She […]

The mystifying, four-month search for missing North Carolina teen Phylicia Barnes came to a heart-rending end when her naked body was found floating in the Susquehanna River April 20. Boaters had reported a dead body in the river, which crews pulled out about 10 a.m. Baltimore’s chief medical examiner later identified the female as Barnes. […]

All across Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic region massive public support has been expressed for the life and work of former Baltimore mayor, Maryland governor, and comptroller William Donald Schaefer, who died April 18, at age 89. Thousands of citizens turned out on April 25 and April 26 in Annapolis and Baltimore for a chance to […]

Maryland established local redistricting commissions nearly 10 years ago, after citizens complained they were not given sufficient opportunity for input into the process. The five-member Baltimore County Redistricting Commission, which includes one African American, met for the first time in late March. It will hold three public meetings to discuss the redrawing of county council district lines […]

In the wake of an investigation that uncovered a lack of diversity in the Baltimore City Fire Department, the unit’s chief announced it will revive its partnership with the NAACP – and this time make it “continuous.” “What my goal is, is to make sure this job is available to as many Baltimoreans as possible,” […]

State and local authorities have confirmed that one of two bodies found floating in a northeastern Maryland River on April 21 is that of missing North Carolina teen Phylicia Barnes. “All of us prayed for a different outcome, but finding her body is really going to be instrumental in giving us an opportunity to bring […]

The 2011 version of the Maryland General Assembly seemed to have a little bit of something for just about everybody – unless you supported gay marriage in Maryland. But, the debate and political machinations over the controversial measure seemed to usurp most of the passion and volatility from the rest of the session. “This has […]