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    Politician Mitchell Keiffer Jr. (right), and Congressman Kwesi Mfume (left), announce the future home of the Juanita Jackson Mitchell Law Center, in the Upton neighborhood of Baltimore, Md., April 17, 2023. Keiffer Jr.'s Grandmother was the late, great, Juanita Jackson Mitchell, who became the first African American woman to practice law in the State of Maryland.
    Office of Maryland’s first Black woman lawyer to be restored as legal hub in West Baltimore
    The Beloved Community Services Corporation will receive $1.75 million in federal funds to renovate Juanita Jackson Mitchell’s old law office in the Marble Hill historic district.
    A banner reading “Welcome to Hanlon” on Hanlon Street.
    16-year-old fatally shot in West Baltimore on Monday, police say
    Detectives said Tuesday the teen was shot in the 2500 block of North Longwood Street in the Hanlon-Longwood neighborhood.
    Members of Baltimore's dirt bike community came together to celebrate B-360 Day at the B&O Railroad Museum on March 26. 2023. Participants got to ride bikes in the sectioned off lot and learn about safety.
    Photo story: Families, friends gather for a wheelie good time at B-360 Day
    Local nonprofit B-360 hosted a family fun day last weekend, encouraging families to come hang out, explore dirt bikes and test their skills at riding in the overflow parking lot at the B&O Railroad Museum.
    At Poplar Grove Street and West Lafayette Avenue, as the lone outreach specialist of Tuerk House, Vincent Timmons, provides information to help people battling addiction in Baltimore, MD., on March 21, 2023. He loves to help people and give them options to overcome their addictions or use other resources from the organization.
    How a client-turned-employee at a treatment center helps others
    Vincent Timmons once went through the detox program at Tuerk House and now encourages others with substance use disorders to seek treatment as well.
    Members of the Steuart Academic Academy community gather around a table. Forms and documents about efforts to keep the school open are spread across the table.
    Southwest Baltimore’s Steuart Hill academy will close
    Steuart Hill Academic Academy will close at the end of the academy year, following an impassioned appeal process waged by parents and community advocates.
    Friends and family of boxer Ernie "Lightening Bug" Hall attend a candlelight vigil at his gym, Lightning Quick Fit in Mount Vernon.
    Boxing gym holds lasting memories for father mourning the death of his son, Ernest Hall
    More than 100 people packed the parking lot of the Lightning Quick Fit Boxing Club that Ernest Hall opened and ran to remember the 32-year-old Baltimore boxer who was shot and killed in West Baltimore last week.
    Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen present a check for three million dollars to B-360 at a press conference to announce federal funding to build the nation’s first dirt bike campus on March 24, 2023.
    Dirt bike campus revs closer to reality
    The non-profit B-360 is getting $3 million in federal investments to build a dirt bike campus, hopefully in Baltimore, that will also focus on career training and other programs like STEM.
    Police tape seen at the intersection of Pennsylvania Ave and Lauren Street.
    Man killed, 5 injured, including teen in West Baltimore mass shooting
    A man died and five people, including a teenager, were injured in a mass shooting overnight in West Baltimore, police said.
    The Economic and Community Development Committee of the City Council held a hearing on legislation designation for two Baltimore City Landmarks. The hearing addressed one of the childhood homes of Cab Calloway, the Reed Calloway House, as well as the Engine 14 firehouse.
    Council committee approves former Cab Calloway home and Baltimore’s oldest firehouse as historic landmarks
    City council voted Tuesday afternoon on the status of making the Reed Calloway house and Engine Company 14 Firehouse, both located in West Baltimore, historical landmarks.
    Three children died and two adults were critically injured in an early-morning house fire in West Baltimore. Burned belongings are piled up outside the home in the 3000 block of Brighton Street.
    Family, community mourn 3 children after tragic West Baltimore fire
    In West Baltimore, a front yard filled with balloons, candles and memories stands as a somber reminder of the tragic fire that claimed the lives of three young children, including 7-year-old Skye Blue.
    Cars travel down U.S. Route 40 in Baltimore, Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
    Legacy of mistrust makes Highway to Nowhere neighbors ambivalent about redevelopment plans
    Residents try to reimagine a decades-old expressway that disrupted neighborhoods.
    Geraldine Scott (73), motivated by the sudden loss of her sister, went back to school to earn her diploma in Baltimore, Md. on February 14, 2023.
    Retired florist’s loss sprouts newfound dedication to get a diploma
    Over 50 years have passed since she was last in school as a teenager. But now school is back in session for a 73–year-old who is enrolled in a Baltimore City Community College program to get her diploma.
    Overlea's Tjay Backles cuts down some of the basketball net after Thursday's Class 2A North Region 2 championship game. Backles scored 11 of his 23 points in the final quarter as the Falcons top Carver Vo-Tech to advance to Saturday's state quarterfinals.
    Overlea foils Carver again
    Fourth quarter rally, led by Backles, send Falcons back to Class 2A state boys basketball Elite Eight
    A bus outside Charles Center Station drives along its path on 8/11/22.
    Why don’t Baltimore City Schools have school buses? | The Maryland Curiosity Bureau
    Ask MTA administrators and transit activists, and you’ll get the same answer: No idea. It’s just been that way forever.
    There has been a rise in gunshot violence with youth in Baltimore.
    Nearly one in three people shot in 2023 were 18 or under as gun violence flares near schools
    A spike in youth gunshot victims is worsening even as nonfatal shootings and homicides are down.
    Yg Teck live at Motorhouse
    The Culture Report: Yg Teck’s new mixtape with Detroit rapper Peezy further proves his prowess
    The 15-track project, "Champain," finds Teck and Peezy in constant conversation with each other’s musical approach and using the style of their respective hometowns.
    Sonia Street at her home in Sandtown that Jimmy Carter helped build in 1992. They struck up a lifelong friendship/mentorship relationship that spanned the course of three decades.
    Jimmy Carter taught her how to hold a hammer. It changed the Baltimore teacher’s life.
    Meeting the 39th president of the United States and becoming a first-time homeowner marked a turning point in Sonia Street’s life in 1992.
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    Baltimore gets $2 million to help plan for redevelopment of Highway to Nowhere
    The controversial road displaced over a thousand residents of West Baltimore when it was built decades ago.
    Attorney Thiru Vignarajah speaks at a press conference on Feb. 20 at Edmondson Village Shopping Center after the family of slain teen Deanta Dorsey was targeted in a shooting.
    Family of Deanta Dorsey targeted in shooting early Saturday, their attorney says
    Attorney Thiru Vignarajah said 11 people were home at the time, including four children.
    Angela Banks speaks at a press conference on why she filed the complaint.
    Former Poppleton resident, nonprofit allege Fair Housing Act violations in federal complaint
    The complaint alleges that the city has violated the Fair Housing Act repeatedly since 1975, when Baltimore officials first adopted a plan to redevelop Poppleton.
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