The 2019 Preakness Stakes is this Saturday, May 18th. Gates open Preakness Day at 8 a.m. for the facility. The InfieldFest, Preakness Village and Turfside Terrace gates open at 9 a.m. The first race post on Preakness Day is at 10:30 a.m. Traffic flow will be the lightest before noon, and wait times could be […]
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The 2019 AFRAM Festival artist lineup was announced Friday. It will be held Saturday Aug. 10 and Sunday Aug. 11 at Druid Hill Park. Set to take the stage this year are Sevyn Streeter and Rick Ross and R&B legends Teddy Riley plus Guy and Wreckx-n-Effect and Baltimore’s own, Dru Hill. “The AFRAM Festival remains […]
Baltimore Mayor Bernard “Jack” Young will be sworn into office. The ceremony Thursday comes a week after former Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned amid corruption investigations. Young began being interim mayor in early April, when Catherine Pugh took a leave due to poor health following a bout of pneumonia. He automatically became mayor when Pugh resigned […]
Subpoenas give some answers to what the FBI and IRS agents took from former Mayor Catherine Pugh’s homes and City Hall office on April 25. Agents were seen taking out boxes filled with things like laptops, cell phones, and lots of documents. Among the seizures are an invoice and check from the University of Maryland […]
After 15 years on the air, WJZ anchorwoman Mary Bubala has been fired. Bubala came under fire last Thursday (May 2) for a question she asked about the race, gender and leadership of Baltimore’s past three mayors. In a clip that’s circulating around social media, Bubala said to Loyola University Maryland Professor Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead, “We’ve […]
Police have arrested to brothers for the shooting death of an elderly woman at a Lansdowne Shopping Center parking lot. Via Fox Baltimore: Deandre Larenzo Buckson, 27, of Bero Road in Lansdowne, and Linwood Ronald Buckson, 27, of West Fairmount Avenue in west Baltimore, are accused of killing Isabel Villalobos V De Vasquez, an innocent […]
Juan Grant has died following a West Baltimore shooting over the weekend. Grant, a close family friend of Freddie Gray’s and activist following Gray’s death from injuries suffered in police custody in 2015, was driving back to his grandmother’s home on Westwood Avenue Saturday evening when his car collided with a dirt bike on the […]
Waverly Elementary/Middle School Language Arts Teacher Kyair Butts was named the Baltimore City Teacher of the Year. Having only taught at Waverly for one year, but affectionally known as “Mr. K”, he is also known for his passion for language arts achievement and equity in the classroom. And his students love him! He was surprised […]
Funeral arrangements have been announced for Morgan State University student Kevon Dix. Dix was killed as he was leaving his friend’s apartment in east Baltimore on April 24. He had his laptop and phone on him, but none of it was stolen. See Also: Morgan State University Student Shot Dead He’ll be laid to rest on Friday, […]