Named for a city in the Bible, Joppa was formed by freed slaves after the Civil War. Residents have always called it Joppee, and some say it's not the place for 14 new townhomes.

“We don’t argue too much amongst each other, but the name comes from the Bible, Joppa,” said Harold Arnold, 53. Under his feet, near a shuttered old house and a pile of trash, James Williams ...

Freed slaves founded Joppa, named for a city in the Bible, after the Civil War. Residents have always called it Joppee. The biblical place, originally the Canaanite city of Yapu, ...

Neighbors say it's symptomatic of a bigger issue in the Joppa-Loch Raven area. ... Archaeologists discover 3,000-year-old structure mentioned in the Bible.

This is the twenty-ninth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles. This entry deals with Peter’s missionary travels to Lydda and Joppa and his powerful encounter ...

Trucks are loaded with aggregate at Martin Marietta's Miller Yard across the Union Pacific Railroad tracks from Joppa, the historic freedman's town near Loop 12 and 310 in Southeast Dallas.(Tom ...

Some Joppa residents passed out snow cones and other snacks to people walking by on Saturday. Every concession came with information on the upcoming public hearing over a controversial asphalt plant.

Bounded by a rail yard on one side and the Trinity River on the other, Joppa was largely cut off from the rest of the city until a highway bridge was built over the train tracks in 2006.

BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) --Police have charged a 28-year-old Joppa man in a fatal stabbing of a Maryland National Guardsman Saturday outside the Excape nightclub. Joshua David Edwards was ...