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    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.
    Breaking News alert
    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.
    The Baltimore Greenway Trails Network project plans to connect existing trails and create a 35-mile loop throughout Baltimore city.
    What’s happening with project to connect Baltimore’s trails?
    The 35-mile trail loop called Baltimore Greenway Trails Network would connect existing trails, including Gwynns Falls, Herring Run and Jones Falls.
    Leslie Streeter wears a jersey given to her by actor Burt Reynolds and holds a photo or (l to r) Burt Reynolds, Leslie Gray Streeter and her husband  Scott Zervitz.
    How a Ravens jersey from Burt Reynolds helped me grieve my husband and love football
    The journey of a jersey from Ray Lewis to my closet helped me understand why football is a great connector (and Burt Reynolds was a gem).
    Emmaus sets up the swing seats in the family travel van
    Baltimore newlyweds said, ‘I do’ to a 2-year honeymoon in a van
    In sickness, in health and on the road, newlyweds found adventure and life lessons as they traveled across the nation.
    Coppin State University President Anthony L. Jenkins announces the $3.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce and National Telecommunications and Information Administration on Monday, January 30, 2023.
    Coppin State leads $3.9M pilot to expand internet access, tech skills across West Baltimore
    College students attending Coppin State University may be recruited by the historically Black college in West Baltimore to teach individuals in low-income neighborhoods how to thrive in a digital world.
    The exterior of a closed school building at 201 N. Bend Road in Westgate on 1/25/23. Development ideas were proposed for the vacant school property, but residents weren't completely sold on the options.
    Westgate residents oppose development proposals for abandoned school
    An online petition asks Baltimore’s Department of Housing and Community Development to reject proposals and accept new ideas for the former school at 201 N. Bend Road.
    Baltimore Police crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
    15-year-old Forest Park High School student killed in Northwest Baltimore
    The boy was found right after dismissal about a block from school property, police said
    Upton Mansion will be the new location for The Afro,  in West Baltimore, Md. on January 20, 2023. The Afro is the longest-running African-American family-owned newspaper in the United States, established in 1892.
    Massive AFRO archives collection to get Upton Mansion home
    AFRO Charities is inching closer to raising enough funds to renovate the Upton Mansion to house over 100 years of the newspaper’s archives and collection.
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