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Loved ones gather to remember 13-year-old DiAndre Barnes, who was killed Saturday in West Baltimore.

Franklin football grabs No. 12 national MaxPreps ranking for medium-sized high schools.

Government has a role, but the the real answer to inner city killings lies more in the church than the state, Cal Thomas writes.

Carlton H. Dotson, a retired public relations spokesman for the Maryland State Lottery and tennis player who helped integrate the Druid Hill tennis courts in the late 1940s, died of stroke complications Wednesday at Union Memorial Hospital. A resident of Eutaw Place in Reservoir Hill, he was 82.

A cadre of spiritual giants was inducted Saturday into the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, as the East Baltimore gallery looks to expand in its third decade.

Martha E. Roach, a retired seamstress and teacher's assistant who was a Sharp Leadenhall community activist, died of pneumonia Saturday at Howard County General Hospital. She was 90 and had lived in South Baltimore.

Ralph Dawson Matthews Jr., a former managing editor of the Baltimore Afro-American who worked closely with Malcolm X in the early 1960s and once shared a house with a young Miles Davis, died April 3 at the Adelphi House

Dorothea Arvin Rawlings, a former teacher Barclay Elementary School, died of cancer March 9 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The West Baltimore resident was 73.

Aaron Acquilla Johnson Sr., a longtime educator and basketball coach, died Feb. 14 of lung cancer. Johnson, of Baltimore, was 79.

Esteemed historian Philip J. Merrill offers a lecture on the history of slavery in Howard County Maryland Feb. 16, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., at the Miller Library in Ellicott City.

McDonogh debuts in Student Sports football national FAB 50 at No. 48

Juanita S. Robinson, a retired registered nurse who enjoyed traveling, died Wednesday of pneumonia at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 76.

It's a gorgeous September afternoon, and students at the SEED School of Baltimore are spending it just like countless peers across the country — donning their home colors to play a game of football.

Students at two Baltimore schools were tapped for advice about how to keep children off the street and in the classroom this year, as a campaign revs up at City Hall to engage and protect the city's youths.

Baltimore school officials are investigating allegations at a middle school that dozens of students were given passing grades so they could move on to the next grade, even though their teachers had given them failing marks.

Two dozen marchers gathered at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore on Sunday to pay tribute to African-American soldiers.

Barbara Shapiro, a Roland Park resident and patron of the arts, recalled attending the city's annual outdoor art festival at the Druid Hill Reservoir in the 1950s and 1960s.

Ruth M. Land, a retired Baltimore public schools guidance counselor, died April 26 from complications of dementia at Union Memorial Hospital. She was 93.

Barely a week after the group made national news for advocating for racial segregation at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Towson University's White Student Union is again drawing attention for plans to conduct nighttime patrols to watch for crime.

Wearing a Houston Texans hat and holding up a blue No.20 jersey, Ed Reed officially started a new chapter in his professional career and bid goodbye to the only NFL organization that he had ever known.

Baltimore Ravens lose Ed Reed, Ray Lewis in same off-season, look to rebuild defense

A Towson University student made national news yesterday at the Conservative Political Action Conference or CPAC yesterday when he suggested segregating black Republicans from the rest of the party.

William Nathaniel Tate, a retired concrete worker and Korean War combat veteran, died of heart disease Feb. 16 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The former Park Heights resident was 83.

Jonah Goldberg says Dr. Ben Carson's policy differences with President Obama are a sign of progress.

The U.S. Department of Education awarded activists nearly 500,000 to offer West Baltimore children holistic services from "cradle to college to career," under the White House Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative.

Anthony Clark hadn't even gotten a plate of food and already he was overcome with emotion, just seeing friends, having a medical student check his blood pressure and knowing hundreds of people had given their time to make sure those needier had a taste of Thanksgiving.

Handing out turkeys and pumpkin pies Tuesday night at Booker T. Washington Middle School in Baltimore, Ravens free safety Ed Reed said he never forgets his humble roots growing up in Louisiana.

Ed Reed¿s one-game suspension for repeated violations of the rule prohibiting hits to the head and neck area of defenseless players has been lifted after the Ravens safety won his appeal. He will not miss Sunday¿s game against the San Diego Chargers after all.

Ravens star free safety fined $50,000 by NFL after successful appeal

Every morning, Monday through Friday, blogger Matt Vensel will hook you up with reading material -- mostly on the Ravens but with some other Baltimore sports stuff, too -- to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday. That way he'll have an excuse to do the same to start his workday, too.

Cast, production involved in efforts to improve learning conditions

The melody of the president's voice, the intensity of his movements gripped Jeremy Brickey's attention, cutting through the monotony of freshman orientation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Marjorie J. Bowers, who worked as a senior administrative assistant for city public schools for nearly three decades, died Aug. 22 from complications of leukemia at Stella Maris Hospice. She was 87.

Dr. Evelyn P. Valentine, a veteran Baltimore public school educator and founder of the Pasteur Center for Strategic Management Ltd., died Thursday of heart disease at her Northeast Baltimore home. She was 77.

Laurel Mill Playhouse's production of "Ragtime" unleashes a score of Harlem rhythm, traditional Jewish Klezmer and up-tempo American parlor songs with an impressive force of its own.

Elizabeth A. Edmonds, a former city public school principal who later joined the faculty of Coppin State University, died May 21 of pneumonia at Sinai Hospital. She was 87.

In Baltimore alone, seven schools have been given over to outside operators, and $25 million is being spent in the School Improvement Grant program, much on technology and teacher training.

Ida Elaine Robinson, a retired teacher who worked for more than 30 years at a Northwest Baltimore elementary school, died of complications of kidney failure March 14 at Sinai Hospital. She was 77.

History Matters: A look back at 1911

The Democratic Party's embrace of the Occupy crowd is the final straw in its move away from the white working class and a repudiation of the notion of getting ahead through hard work.

Dave Berdan looking forward to Philadelphia Marathon

A public wake and funeral program for the Pattersons was held Wednesday evening at the Morgan State University's Concert Hall. Mr. Patterson, who was in his late 70s, had been an assistant superintendent in the city school system.