Category: Baltimore News

Officials believe a tornado hit ground in northern Baltimore during the early morning hours of Nov. 17. Homes on Fleetwood Avenue and the surrounding area were impacted, leaving approximately 19,000 residents without power and eventually requiring residents leave the area until gas leaks and downed power lines were stabilized. The storm removed the roofs from […]

During the General Election, many Marylanders – consumed with the selection of the state’s next governor – ignored the first statewide ballot question that gave voters the option to rewrite the Maryland constitution. Although the majority of the electorate said yes to a Maryland Constitutional Convention—about 142,000 more than those that said no—more than 164, […]

An Election Day robocall sent to Democratic voters in the state of Maryland telling them to “relax” and that the election was over – an apparent attempt to get them to stay home and not vote – has been traced back to Universal Elections, a company hired by Republican Robert Ehrlich’s gubernatorial campaign. Maryland’s State’s […]

In 1988, 27-year-old Wanda Savage discovered she was HIV positive and pregnant. Unable to find services or housing, she struggled financially until she succumbed to the disease in January 1993, leaving behind a young daughter. Her mother Bernice Tucker, embattled by devastation and the need to help others, vowed to seek out better services for […]

While Coppin State track star, honors scholar Dale Dunn, recovers from a shooting stemming from an armed robbery in the Mondawmin neighborhood, his fellow students and loved ones congregated for a moving ceremony in his honor Nov. 3. A picture of Dunn at his best, during a recent Coppin State track meet, graced a sign-in […]

City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young is vying for transparency with his newest legislation proposals to tighten Baltimore’s lobbying rules and televise three city and state board proceedings. Both bills call for more visibility and clarity of decisions to insure public and city council officials are informed. The “Transparency and Accountability Bill,” which Young […]

Click here to view selected 2010 Election results. In an election fueled by passionate incumbents hoping to increase confidence in government and either reshape or maintain America’s political landscape, Maryland’s Democrats prevailed. An estimated 60 percent of registered voters came out to reelect Martin O’Malley as governor, Barbara Mikulski as senator and six democratic members […]

Celebrating 40 years of service as Maryland moves on, the Maryland Black Caucus announces its 2010 annual legislative celebration. Sen. Catherine E. Pugh, D-40th, chair of the Maryland Legislative Black Caucus and Del. Obie Patterson, D-26th, chair of the Maryland Legislative Black Caucus Foundation will lead the festivities with a host of speakers, workshops and […]

After much uproar from Baltimore City residents and community leaders, a $104 million juvenile detention facility is still scheduled to be built in East Baltimore. But not without a fight. Hundreds gathered at Dunbar High School’s football field on Oct. 31 to protest the jail’s construction in an event the Rev. Heber Brown III and […]

BALTIMORE – Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake denounced a serious of misleading automated phone calls intended to suppress democratic voter turnout by targeting Baltimore City residents. The call urges voters to “relax” and stay home because “President Obama and Governor O’Malley have been successful” even before the polls officially close at 8:00pm. “I was deeply troubled to […]