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A mother wants more charges brought to former YWCA employee, who dragged her child
HANOVER, Pa. (WHP) — A video is circulating online of former YWCA Hanover employee, Shilo Schick, dragging and tossing a three-year-old child across a gymnasium floor. Nicole Bircher, mother of three-year-old Damien Carnes, feels that justice has yet to be served. "I don’t want her to work in another...
Brian Keith Smeltzer, Samantha Renae Arbogast Drug Bust
Hedgesville native Brian Keith Smeltzer, 52, and Samantha Renae Arbogast, 43, of Clear Brooke, Virginia, were both arrested on Monday afternoon following a traffic stop when the former was caught speeding, officials say. Shortly before 3 p.m. on April 29, a deputy on patrol in the area of Taneytown Pike...
Jeremi Quentin Lewis Gets Life In Prison For Murder
Jeremi Quentin Lewis, 36, has been sentenced to life without parole plus 100 years in prison in connection to his running of the "59 Hoover Criminal Gang" in Columbia and murder of Jaden Ealey in the summer of 2021. Prosecutors say that on May 30, 2021, Howard County police officers...
Rosedale business robbed, several commercial burglaries reported
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating a robbery and several assaults and burglaries that were reported over the past week. At just after 2 a.m. on Monday, April 22, 2024, a suspect entered a location in the 5500-block of New Forge Road in White Marsh (21162) and stole property before fleeing.
BCPL leaders laud signing of Freedom to Read Act
Following Gov. Wes Moore’s signing of House Bill 785 and Senate Bill 738 into law on April 25, Baltimore County Public Library officials released a statement celebrating the gesture. Known as the Freedom to Read Act, the legislation will protect libraries and their staff from censorship attempts. BCPL CEO Sonia Alcántara-Antoine and BCPL Board of Library Trustees President Yara Cheikh shared reflections on the bill’s passage. “As a fierce advocate...
Now You Know: We Support Much Needed Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance Reforms
For a long time, we have criticized much of the unplanned development in Baltimore County that is often approved with little or no consideration for already overburdened infrastructure in our communities, especially the overcrowding in our public schools. Many of these projects have been greenlit due to shortcomings of the Baltimore County Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (APFO), which we hope will change with new legislation addressing the problem of severely overburdened infrastructure and overcrowded schools. ...
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