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Three Individuals Charged With Burglary In Carroll County
Westminster, Md. (BW)- Three individuals were charged with burglary by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, May 14. Deputies received a call Tuesday morning around 8:17 a.m. for a suspicious U-Haul van with cardboard covering it’s registration plate. They located the van in the parking lot of BJ’s on Market Street in Westminster. Police observed several individuals walking from the area of the van into the store.
Frederick Aldermen Approve Budget, Property Tax Rate For Fiscal Year 2025
The tax rate will remain the same. Frederick, Md (KIM) The City of Frederick is ready for fiscal year 2025. According to the News Post, the Board of Aldermen on Thursday approved a budget totaling $223-million dollars, with $152-million dollars allocated for the general fund. The new spending plan adds...
Carroll County school system adds two bus contractors
Two additional bus contractors will be responsible for transporting Carroll County children to school, as the county Board of Education unanimously approved two bus contract transfers on May 8. “Both are new contractors to us, which is good news,” Assistant Superintendent of Operations Jon O’Neal said. “A trend that suddenly has emerged where every year we were losing contractors over the ...
Car dealership thefts with similar MOs, police are investigating
In less than two weeks, there have been car thefts in York and Adams counties following similar methods. The first on April 26 where two cars, a 2024 Chevy Corvette Stingray and a 2018 yellow convertible Camaro ZL1, were stolen from the Renn Kirby Chevrolet. The general manager at Renn...
Resilience, spirit celebrated as Rock Creek School students graduate
Five Rock Creek School graduates paraded through the school’s gymnasium on Thursday as “We’re All In This Together” from “High School Musical” blasted from speakers. The audience clapped along. Some members of the graduates’ families joined them in the parade.
Person rushed to hospital after being freed from wreckage in Adams County crash
ADAMS COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– One person was rushed to the hospital after crews freed them from the wreckage in a crash in Adams County Wednesday morning. There was a motor vehicle crash with entrapment at the 200 block of Boyd School Road in Cumberland Township just after 10 a.m., Gettysburg Fire wrote in a Facebook […]
FCPS budget gap down to $6.4M with approved cuts, including lower raises
Frederick County’s Board of Education has narrowed the school district’s budget deficit to about $6.4 million after approving multiple cuts on Wednesday, which included reductions in average raises for district employees. Frederick County Public Schools’ proposed expenditures for fiscal year 2025’s operating budget were about $988 million —...
Frederick County school board candidates await counting of thousands of ballots
Jaime Kiersten Brennan and Colt Morningstar Black were ahead of three Frederick County Public Schools union-endorsed candidates in the school board primary as of Wednesday, but uncounted mail-in ballots could be the deciding factor in which six candidates advance to the Nov. 5 general election. The gap between sixth place...
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