Announcing the winners of WJZ’s 2026 Black History Oratory Competition
Twenty Maryland high school students performed original speeches in WJZ’s 2026 Black History Oratory Competition. Three winners were chosen.
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Twenty Maryland high school students performed original speeches in WJZ’s 2026 Black History Oratory Competition. Three winners were chosen.
Long before hospitals were accessible to many Black families in Maryland, grand midwives were delivering babies, supporting mothers and sustaining entire communities.
Western High School in Baltimore, one of the only all-girls public schools in the United States, will undergo a renovation project.
At one point, Baltimore was home to multiple Negro League baseball teams. Arguably, the Baltimore Black Sox are among the most well-known.
Nearly 70 years before the Civil War, Baltimore County native Benjamin Banneker helped Andrew Ellicott survey the boundaries of what would become Washington, D.C.
Arena Players in Baltimore, the nation's oldest continuously operating African American community theatre, is preparing for a $7.5 million renovation.
WJZ visits the Henry G. Parks Exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Industry.
Baltimore celebrates Black History Month with a parade on Presidents' Day.
A Maryland restaurant is introducing West African flavors to its customers.
Walter’s Art Museum in Baltimore talks Black History Month.
Turner Station is one of Maryland's few historically African American neighborhoods that is still standing.
America’s first African-American Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, got his start at a segregated public school in Baltimore. His father introduced him to the courtroom at an early age.
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is celebrating the centennial of what began in 1926 as Negro History Week.
The Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum in Maryland talks Black History Month.
The Gordon Center in Owings Mills is hosting all different types of performances to celebrate Black History Month.
Preserving history through art is the theme of "Sacred Spaces," a new exhibit at the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum in Annapolis.
Baltimore County swore in their first Black fire chief this past year, equipping diversity as a tool for leadership.
WJZ celebrated Black History Month 2025 with a lineup of inspirational stories on legends and leaders in Maryland.
The Black-owned business is a coffee shop by day and cocktail lounge by night.
In Blandair Regional Park, there's a building that used to be the home of enslaved African Americans that was first built in the 1800s. The county wants to fix it up and learn more about it.
For over 30 Years, WJZ has asked Maryland High School Students to speak up and speak out in WJZ's Black History Oratory Competition.
Tyler Perry's most-watched Netflix film has revealed the hidden history of WWII's only all-black, all-woman battalion with Maryland ties.
The Six Triple Eight, a military battalion made up of 855 Black women during World War II, included 19 from Maryland.
The desegregation of schools was especially challenging in Harford County.
Tina Harris remembers the day her grandmother, Mary Armwood, told her about Maryland's last documented lynching victim: George Armwood.
A new annual soccer game is helping keep the memory of a 16-year-old girl killed in a Harford County car crash last year alive.
A truck fire has closed all northbound lanes of Interstate 95 in Harford County.
Fifteen years ago, a rare magnitude 5.8 earthquake rattled Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic, leaving millions of people shaken.
In May, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a bill restricting cell phone use in schools.
Nick Martinez pitched six innings of one-hit ball; Junior Caminero and Chandler Simpson delivered RBI singles in the pivotal sixth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.
A new annual soccer game is helping keep the memory of a 16-year-old girl killed in a Harford County car crash last year alive.
Fifteen years ago, a rare magnitude 5.8 earthquake rattled Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic, leaving millions of people shaken.
The chance of widespread wet weather will hold off until the end of the week.
Baltimore police shot a 29-year-old man who allegedly dragged an officer with a vehicle that was awaiting a tow near Lexington Market on Saturday, according to Commissioner Richard Worley.
In May, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a bill restricting cell phone use in schools.
A group of civil rights and privacy organizations have filed a complaint, accusing seven companies of violating the Maryland Data Privacy Act.
An EF-1 tornado touched down during Thursday's intense storms in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, according to the National Weather Service.
A New York man was arrested at Dulles International Airport after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered 368 pounds of khat in his luggage.
Neighbors near an Annapolis house explosion that left a woman dead and a man severely injured said the blast was unlike anything they had heard before.
CBP officials said the men at BWI airport each had suitcases full of khat, with the street value of about $100,000.
WJZ is live at The Perennial Farm to learn about fall plants and shrubbery and the best times to plant them.
Joe Caloggero provides back-to-school safety tips for kids like walking on the sidewalk near busy streets, crossing at crosswalks, riding bikes in the bike lane, and walking in groups.
President Carolyn Ringer Lepre joins to talk about the University's premier location, affordability mission and their high impact practices.
Chyno the Blue Bearded Foodie stops by our studio to demonstrate the proper way to pick Maryland crabs.
Owners Josh and Brad Vecchiolla stop by to share what makes their smash burgers so tasty, and where you can find them around Baltimore this summer.
Nick Martinez pitched six innings of one-hit ball; Junior Caminero and Chandler Simpson delivered RBI singles in the pivotal sixth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.
Gerrit Cole pitched six sharp innings, and the New York Yankees completed a three-game sweep in Baltimore with a 6-1 victory over the Orioles.
Pete Alonso's drive down the left-field line in the seventh inning was ruled foul, and the New York Yankees took advantage of that reprieve, scoring twice in the top of the eighth to beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 on Wednesday night.
The Baltimore Ravens and the Minnesota Vikings each have designs on returning to the playoffs after underperforming in 2025 and making significant changes.
Trent Grisham hit his 17th home run in the third inning and had a two-run single in the seventh to propel the New York Yankees to a 3-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.
The aircraft carrier and its 5,000 crew members will return to San Diego after an approximately nine-month deployment.
In May, a federal judge dismissed a criminal indictment against Abrego Garcia, who had been accused of smuggling immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ruled that the Trump administration's move to divert funding and cancel a plan to move the FBI to Maryland was "arbitrary and capricious and not in accordance with law."
A judge ruled in favor of Baltimore City Inspector General Isabel Cumming on Friday in an ongoing legal battle with Mayor Brandon Scott over access to city records.
Senate Democrats are demanding answers about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln during the aircraft carrier's record-setting deployment.
Nearly 200 families were expected to shop at the 10th annual Christmas Store, hosted by the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and The Foundry Church on Friday.
After a loved one became a victim of sexual assault, a Maryland family is on a mission to prevent it among teens.
Over 400 future star chefs took over Baltimore on Saturday for a National Culinary Cook-off.
Chopped Broadway Bodega & Deli is making its mark as the first Black- and women-owned bodega in Fells Point, bringing the unmistakable flavors of a classic New York bodega to Baltimore.
'I Believe in Me Girls' held its fifth annual workshop on Saturday to empower young women while introducing them to a variety of career opportunities in the creative industry.
Back to school means back to school shopping. How much does it cost to send kids to school?
Baltimore County Restaurant Week kicks off its summer 2026 edition on Friday, July 10 and runs through Sunday, July 19.
Despite the rash of thefts here and there, Howard County Police data shows airbag thefts have been on a downward trend.
Senator Kagan said this bill will limit what she calls "bait and switch" and price gouging.
The Maryland Department of Emergency Management increased the State Activation Level from Normal to Partial on Friday morning in response to a Microsoft outage that has paralyzed systems worldwide.
The Bitty & Beau's Coffee shop in the City Dock section of downtown Annapolis has confirmed its plans to close in September.
Steelefish Grille, located at 660 Boulton Street in Bel Air, announced on its Facebook page that it is abruptly closing after 14 years.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will stay open after it was sold to a nonprofit.
New flights to both U.S. and Caribbean destinations are coming to BWI in 2026.
After three decades of serving customers on the Baltimore waterfront, The Cheesecake Factory is closing its Inner Harbor location.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
Vibrio vulnificus is a rare flesh-eating bacterium that lives in brackish or salty water and has been on the rise in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay.
Health officials in Harford and Anne Arundel counties have issued new rabies alerts involving a raccoon, a fox and a bat.
Sydney Towle, known for her social media content about living with a rare form of cancer called cholangiocarcinoma, died Wednesday in Bethesda, Maryland.
As the nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak continues to rise, a Maryland farmers' market vendor says a common question she hears is about food that gets people sick.
BTS fans, better known as the BTS ARMY, have been flocking to a wide range of businesses in Charm City for days.
The Baltimore Cultural Alliance nonprofit has announced plans to shut down for financial reasons.
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
"Be The Mogul" reflects on life in East Baltimore and stresses how community organizations help young people discover their purpose.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.
Beautiful back-to-school weather in Maryland
Pleasant weather continues as students head back to school
A sunny Sunday is expected in Maryland.
The chance of widespread wet weather will hold off until the end of the week.
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Sunday was 15 years since 5.8 earthquake shook Maryland
Beautiful back-to-school weather in Maryland
"Blake Elliott Cup" soccer event honors student killed in Harford County crash
Truck fire shuts down I-95 north lanes in Harford County
Pleasant weather continues as students head back to school