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Baltimore artists on Sunday offered their work for sale to benefit the family of a Randallstown woman killed in a standoff with police.

A candlelight vigil is planned for Korryn Gaines, the Randallstown woman shot by Baltimore County police during an hours-long standoff on Monday.

Korryn Gaines lived and died on social media. The many photos and videos that the Randallstown woman posted on Instagram and Facebook show a confident, happy young woman bursting with pride in her young children, her family and her sense of fashion.

The mother of the woman killed during a standoff with Baltimore County police said her daughter ignored pleas from her boyfriend to surrender.

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The revolution Baltimore worked hard to create in protesting Freddie Gray's death in police custody was not televised for what it truly was or is. The revolution was televised as angry citizens burning flags, looting stores and breaking police car windows. This is a skewed portrayal of the protests; it is what the media chose to portray.

Derick Ebert, a 19-year-old University of Baltimore sophomore, will be recognized Wednesday as the city's first youth poet laureate with a charge to help promote a citywide appreciation for literacy and art and inspire young people to become more engaged.

Buddy Roogow, the longtime Maryland Lottery director who left to run the DC Lottery in 2009, was pronounced dead at Johns Hopkins Hospital on Saturday after suffering an aneurysm, the Washington agency announced. He was 65.

Baltimore City College is closed for students Tuesday because of a water main break, school officials said.

James Phillip Cragg Jr., a retired pharmacist who owned and operated an Irvington neighborhood drug store for nearly five decades, died.

Growing up on the east side of Baltimore, Prairie View A&M quarterback Jerry Lovelocke maintained a careful eye toward his future.

Late in the fourth quarter at Howard on Wednesday night, Mt. Hebron's Meghan Doherty took a kick-out pass from fellow senior Megan Konig, dribbled once to her left, and with three seconds remaining on the shot clock, nailed a jumper from just inside the three-point line to put her Vikings ahead, 41-38. There were still 55 seconds to play, but the smile on Doherty's face and the bounce in her step as she retreated back down the court on defense spelled victory just as clearly as the scoreboard would moments later.

While City College is an exemplary high school that deserves to be a model for the city school system, its library has not been upgraded in nearly 40 years and is not able to meet the needs of today's students and today's technology. Our students at City face the same challenges many students face across Baltimore. Many, for example, lack access at home to the Internet and online databases that are important for research and learning. That's why we are partnering with the city school system, our

After missing a significant chunk of last season with a concussion, Long Reach sophomore forward Jaya Green has been eager to make the most of her time on the court this winter. In Friday night's 53-35 win over visiting Reservoir (2-8), Green posted a double-double ¿ scoring 17 points and pulling in 10 rebounds ¿ to lead the Lightning (4-6) to victory. "It's good finally having a full season, not having to sit and watch," Green said. "It was kind of dissapointing seeing your team lose when you know you could have helped out."

Keeping students safe on snow days

Dozens of Baltimore City College high school students staged a protest Friday that prompted police to briefly shut down the Jones Falls Expressway's North Avenue entrance. They demanded more input in school system policies and deplored treatment by school police..

A list of every Division I men's basketball player from the Baltimore, Maryland area for the 2014-15 college season.

175th anniversary of Baltimore City College, the third largest high school in the nation, highly competitive to get into, a huge feeder school for kids from Roland Park and Mount Washington (No. 1 and 2 in the ranking of where City College kids come from).

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It was not until an administrator suggested that I take the Ingenuity Project entrance exam that the entire course of my life changed. I was accepted into the Baltimore program, which offers a rigorous STEM curriculum, at Roland Park Middle School, and I began to see the world differently. For the first time in my life, I was challenged with work not only at grade level but above grade level. I was exposed to problem solving methods from around the world as well as to global literary canons.

Funding charter schools is vital to give students a choice in their future

There is widespread belief among teachers and principals that traditional public schools are subsidizing charters. This should trouble parents in traditional schools, especially parents helping School Family Councils make ends meet during budget season. It should trouble responsible charter parents and staff who do not want to succeed at the expense of children attending a traditional school.

With a palpable sense of excitement, the University of Baltimore on Wednesday named former mayor Kurt L. Schmoke its next president, with some hoping his return would be transformational not just for the institution but for the city.

In the high school baseball playoffs, a senior's career can come to a very abrupt end. On Friday, Glenelg senior Tyler Hoeflich wasn't ready to play his last high school baseball game. Hoeflich went the distance in a 5-3 opening round win over visiting River Hill (9-8, 11-10), striking out nine and scattering eight hits, three walks and three hit batters.

Anybody who cares about Baltimore City should be talking about raising funds for IB and Ingenuity — not decreasing programs that already operate on shoestring budgets. We need to recognize that when it comes to IB and Ingenuity, a rising tide truly lifts all boats.

Lillie Miller (six goals) and Imani Sanders (five) were a formidable 1-2 punch on offense as the Lighting defeated Baltimore City College, 15-6

Six goals from John Travisano, and four more from Scott Bruner, powered visiting Howard boys lacrosse over Oakland Mills, 22-1, Monday afternoon. It was the Lions¿ largest margin of victory this season.

Colorado State linebacker Shaquil Barrett participated in the Ravens' local prospect day Monday, according to a league source.

Reservoir's Zelor Massaquoi cements Howard County legacy, leads girls basketball all-county team

Baltimore lawyer and funnyman Herbert 'Hunky' Matz dies in his sleep at 100 years old

Carol Kinne, who channeled her idealism and her passion for diversity into programs that championed community service and cultural understanding among students at Park School, died of cancer at her home in Baltimore on March 9.

The rumor was that the president of the United States was going to appear at City College on Thursday, so teacher Mark Miazga swapped his usual polo for a shirt and tie in case he got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity before resuming his day of teaching Steinbeck.

The question has been debated in Baltimore for decades: How can the city cut the murder rate, among the highest in the nation?

The lack of practice time from the recent barrage of snow cancellations had the potential to sow disaster for the swimmers entered in Monday's MPSSAA 1A/2A/3A North region championship meet – all finely-tuned athletes who needed to stay in top condition.

Ron Spencer, an artist who twice restored the painted designs on a Linthicum Heights church's ceiling and walls, died Wednesday of bone cancer at Stella Maris in Timonium. He was 67.

Bala Ambati graduated from Baltimore City College High School at age 11. Now 36, he is an eye surgeon in Utah and says he has no regrets about his warp-speed path through life.