Confronting the Legacy of Racial Lynchings
More than 6,600 lynchings have been documented in the United States between 1865— the year the Civil War ended—and 1950, as a result of the efforts of an Alabama-based nonprofit,…
Community Action Stops Another Convenience Store from Coming to the Liberty Road Corridor
The Baltimore County Police Department touts a decrease in crime, but for residents in the northwest area those numbers provide little solace amid the violence on the rise in their…
Amid Nationwide Outbreak, Measles Cases Confirmed in Pikesville
As the debate intensifies about the need for children and adults to get vaccinated, be it for the flu, measles or human papillomavirus (HPV), a nationwide spike in measles has…
A Lasting Love Story: Berdetta and George White
At any number of community meetings and events in the northwest area, the tall gregarious photographer with multiple cameras around his neck setting up for video for his Facebook page…
Myisha and Brandon Maybin: A Match Made in Nursery School
From the time they played games, did arts and crafts and enjoyed story time as playmates at a church day care center in Catonsville, Brandon and Myisha Maybin had a…
Jake Oliver, Tim Tooten and Verletta White Honored With Louis S. Diggs Award
The 2018 recipients of the Louis S. Diggs Award were recognized in a Feb. 5 ceremony to celebrate Baltimore County’s African-American heritage at the Owings Mills Public Library. More than…