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Via Fox 45 Baltimore Baltimore City Police Commissioner, Fred Bealefeld, plans to retire from the force. Bealefeld has spent over three decades in the force and tells reporters that people think they know him, but they really don’t. Watch how Fox Baltimore Crime and Justice Reporter Joy Lepola  links up with Bealefield on one of his last days as […]

Via: foxbaltimore.com Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake proposed increase to the city’s bottle tax is expected to move forward Monday. The plan had be on hold for months by a City Council committee. Under the mayor’s plan, the tax would increase from 2 cents to 5 cents in July 2013. Finance officials project that it will generate […]

Via: foxbaltimore.com Wide receiver Derrick Mason appears ready to head into retirement as a member of the Baltimore Ravens. Mason will be joined by Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome and head coach John Harbaugh at a news conference Monday afternoon. The 38-year-old Mason played 15 years in the NFL, six of them with Baltimore. Mason […]

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, President and CEO of GreiBO Media Shelonda Stokes, members of the Honorary African American Festival Advisory Board and yours truly Radio One Baltimore announced the events, activities, and entertainment for the 2012 African American Festival. The festival takes place at M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday, July 7, 2012 from 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 […]

Morgan State University student Alexander Kinyua, 21, recently told officials that he had eaten the brain and heart of Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie , 37. According to The Baltimore Sun, Agyei-Kodie ’s severed head and hands were found in their home and more remains were found in a trashcan outside a church. The Baltimore Sun further […]

Via: Foxbaltimore.com The average sentence for illegally wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm reached 13 months, up from the average 4 months over the past several years. The average sentence for felony gun offenders doubled from 2009 to 63 months. In 2011, Baltimore recorded the lowest number of homicides in over 30 years. Click here […]

Via: Foxbaltimore.com Opponents of Maryland’s same-sex marriage law have delivered more than twice the number of signatures needed to put a referendum on the law on November’s ballot. Activists say they submitted 113,000 signatures on petitions. Click here to read more 

Via: Foxbaltimore.com O’Malley is set to sign a bill that would make Maryland the first state to ban an arsenic additive in chicken feed. He’s also scheduled to sign a measure requiring all Maryland public schools to keep epinephrine on hand for students in the event of a life-threatening allergic reaction. Click here to read […]

Via: Foxbaltimore.com City officials said an extra 50 foot patrol officers will be on hand Thursdays through Sundays to help with crowds as warm weather draws residents and tourists downtown. Additional officers include officers usually assigned outside the city center. Click here to read more

Via: Foxbaltimore.com The mother of slain teen Trayvon Martin found herself at  Empowerment Temple this past weekend. Sybrina Fulton shared how she is coping with the death of her son and all the public attention. Martin’s shooting death in February sparked a national outcry. Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder and […]