Baltimore officials say black male students are the main reason behind the city school system’s improvement in its graduation and dropout rates.

Detective Brian Stevenson, An off-duty Baltimore City Police Department detective was killed on Saturday night in a dispute over a parking space.

Mario, the Baltimore born R&B song famous for his songs “Just A Friend” and “Braid My Hair” was arrested for assaulting his mom in the Baltimore apartment they share, according to The Baltimore Sun. There are few details at the moment, but court records show Mario — whose full name is Mario Dewar Bennett — […]

The Baltimore Sun is reporting that a man who was recently released from prison is being accused of stabbing one man to death and injuring seven others. A 28-year-old man who was recently released from prison was charged Saturday night in what police described as a bloody melee that left one dead and seven others […]

Montgomery County Police say a man arrested for throwing semen on a woman in July is also responsible for a similar assault that occurred at another store in November 2009. It happened at the Michael’s craft store in the Kentland’s Shopping Center.

From Baltimoresun.com: A 21-year-old Reisterstown woman threw her newborn baby out of a window last week, a Baltimore County police spokesman said.

WASHINGTON — A minor earthquake shook residents awake in the DC area early Friday. The quake hit at 5:04 a.m. EDT and had a magnitude of 3.6. The quake was centered in the Rockville, Md., area said Randy Baldwin, a physicist with U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center. Police in Washington and in nearby […]

From BaltimoreSun.Com: Basketball coaches began noticing John Crowder when he was in sixth grade. By eighth grade, he stood 6 foot 7, was still growing and was ranked nationally. This spring he attracted the attention of college coaches along the Eastern Coast.

From The Baltimore Sun The Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today the sentencings of two gang members, including the infamous Ronnie Thomas, known as Skinny Suge, the producer of the Stop Snitching videos (link goes to YouTube, video contains offensive language). In the video, Thomas said, “I can say what I want. F— the police. […]

BALTIMORE — Police are investigating a series of shootings that left seven people dead and three more injured over a violent Memorial Day weekend in Baltimore.

From WBALTV.com: BALTIMORE —The Rev. Al Sharpton stopped in Baltimore to support a proposal to create a black cultural arts and entertainment district in the city.  Sharpton was the guest of radio talk show host and former state Sen. Larry Young at the downtown rally. Several hundred people turned out at the War Memorial Building […]