The 2019 Christmas season is here! The annual Toys for Tots campaign kicked off yesterday in Baltimore, announced by Mayor Jack Young at Baltimore City Hall. The program works to ensure that every child receives a gift this holiday season. More than 400 million toys have been given to children across the world since Toys […]
Kweisi Mfume announced a run to reclaim Elijah Cummings’ 7th Congressional District seat Monday. Cummings replaced Mfume in Congress in 1996. But now, Mfume feels he’s the perfect person for the job. “I wore those shoes for 10 years. They still fit comfortably, by the way. It’s just a matter of putting them back on […]
Former Baltimore police and Baltimore County spokesman T.J. Smith is running for mayor. He made the announcement Tuesday, changing his Twitter bio to “Candidate for Mayor of #Baltimore.” Smith’s campaign slogan appears to be “Think Different,” and he says he is running for mayor as a way of giving back to the city he says […]
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Former President Barack Obama is set to speak at Rep. Elijah Cummings in Baltimore Friday. His spokesperson Katie Hill confirmed his appearance in a tweet Wednesday night. Cummings’ office also released a full list of speakers for the funeral, which also includes former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, House Speaker Nancy […]
The funeral for former Baltimore mayor Thomas D’Alesandro III will be held Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Baltimore said the funeral will start at 11 a.m. at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, 740 North Calvert Street. D’Alesandro, who served one term as mayor from 1967 to 1971, died over the weekend from complications caused by a […]
The 14-year-old has remained unidentified.
A house explosion is under investigation in West Baltimore. Firefighters were called to North Monroe Street in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood just before 11 p.m. Thursday. No one was in the house at the time. There was also damage done to the house next door. See Also: Fire Breaks Out at Cheesecake Factory in Towson According to […]
The owners of Pimlico and city officials have reached an agreement to keep Preakness Stakes in Baltimore. Mayor Young announced the deal with The Stronach Group on Saturday. The agreement must be approved by the General Assembly during its next session. Under the plan, Stronach Group would build a new clubhouse at Pimlico Race Course […]
Valeria Smith faced a judge in court Thursday in connection to the death of her stepmother Jacquelyn Smith. Smith was stabbed to death last December. Valeria and her father, Keith Smith, initially blamed her death on a panhandler. The pair were arrested near the Mexican border in southern Texas, where prosecutors say they were fleeing. […]