West Baltimore neighborhoods

John Blake’s heartbreaking, hopeful memoir explores how the biracial author dealt with racism not only in his native city, but from his mother’s family.

Moorehead, 48, was known as a community activist for spray-painting “No Shoot Zone” hundreds of times across Baltimore.

The puppet brings people together through cultural celebrations in neighborhoods where refugees have built communities.

For some, it’s a sign of much-needed investment in the neighborhood

These photos show the different viewpoints BPD's CitiWatch cameras had into the main courtyard of Brooklyn Homes, where the mass shooting occurred.

As Amtrak moves forward with its plans for a new tunnel under West Baltimore, residents in the area feel left in the dark.

Fayette Street Outreach began with a woman’s call to leadership

Officers responded around 7 p.m. to the intersection of North Pulaski and Presstman streets. Police said the girl had been shot in the 2100 block of Presstman Street.

Here’s how a new partnership may get the group closer to its goals.

Liz’s Place has been on Pennsylvania Avenue since the 1970s.

The nonprofit wants to connect Southwest Baltimore communities to the outdoors through rock climbing.

Baltimore has 20 city parks, each with their own personalities and histories. Here are some of my favorites.

Unbeknownst to many, the covenant has been in place since 1945.

Fluid Movement, the aquatic-based performing arts group, used sinkholes, the Stool Fairy, Mr. Bottle, Mr. Trash Wheel and more in their performance explaining how the water in our city works.

An Afghan refugee began training at West Baltimore's Upton Boxing Center after arriving in the Baltimore area, hoping to resume a boxing career that began in his home country. He fought his first professional bout in the United States on Saturday.

Nationally and in Baltimore, low-income areas have disproportionately less leafy tree canopy than wealthier ones.

Johnny Martin Jr., founder of the nonprofit, said the teen started destroying property at the nonprofit’s temporary headquarters and attacked three staff members.

Baltimore Police said they allowed the cleaning of "debris" before they finished processing the scene of the city's largest mass shooting in recent memory. Experts say valuable DNA evidence could have been lost in the process.

More than 1,000 medal events took place over twelve 12 days in 21 different, sports including basketball, swimming, table tennis, track and field, and badminton.

Don’t call it a comeback. West North Avenue has been here for years.