East Baltimore neighborhoods

A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after being shot near Dunbar High School Monday afternoon, according to Baltimore Police.

Thirteen families have secured housing through newly built, 400-square-foot homes built in an alleyway. The project, called Hope Village, offers affordable homeownership in East Baltimore’s Oliver community.

Three rowhomes caught on fire in the 300 block of Loneys Lane in Ellwood Park-Monument on Monday afternoon.

The parents of a 5-year-old girl who died in East Baltimore Monday afternoon have been arrested and charged with first-degree child abuse.

Tensions had escalated between neighbors in the Oliver community and the bikers who rode in to the old brick warehouse.

Greater Grace officials announced that they had selected an evangelical nonprofit, GRACE, to lead an independent investigation of sexual abuse in the church.

Former members of Greater Grace World Outreach were shunned after leaving the controversial megachurch. For many, it took decades to build a new life outside.

A reader says the ballot measure to cut the size of the Baltimore City Council will diminish the political participation of Black citizens.

The five fires, which all broke out in the afternoons or evenings in late July, exclusively erupted at elementary/middle school facilities, according to incident reports.

Police confirmed the fire last week at the East Baltimore motorcycle club was arson.

Grocery stores targeting youths with curfews sends the harmful and inaccurate message that young people are primarily responsible for crime and shoplifting, says Hannah Stommel, a Zubrow fellow at the Juvenile Law Center.

Here’s what I imagined: an active construction site, heavy machinery, dusty air and loads of dirt with caution tape and signs. And, of course, the infamous sinkhole, swallowing soil into a dark cavern with little space to breathe.

The Sunday night shooting near the building killed one person and wounded seven others. Law enforcement is investigating if the group is involved after noise complaints from the community earlier that night.

Annie Milli is leaving Live Baltimore to become the sole program officer at the Goldseker Foundation, the nonprofit’s “longest supporting and largest philanthropic partner,” according to the press release.

More than 2.6 million commercial passengers flew through BWI in June, an increase of 11% compared to the same time in 2023. This fiscal year also marks a new record, with about 27 million passengers in the busiest airport in the Washington, D.C., area, according to a press release.

“She didn’t bother nobody. She was sweet, quiet and respectful,” her grandmother said after a vigil Monday evening. “My heart hurts so bad for her.”

A Baltimore Police Department spokesperson said in an email a child was shot in the 500 block of North Kenwood Avenue.

A new, brightly colored, floral mural was unveiled in Fort Worthington by Maryland State Sen. Cory V. McCray and Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore.

Auto thefts have dropped almost as dramatically as they had spiked last summer, a Baltimore Banner data analysis found.

William Raynard Herold, 22, escaped near Route 50 and Bestgate Road in the Annapolis Exchange area.