Category: Local News

May 15, 2008

Missing woman found

Filed under: Howard County - 15 May 2008

WBAL.com
Howard County Police have found the missing 51-year-old Elkridge woman who they say suffers from diabetes and mental health issues and is in need of medication.

Officers say Princella Pryor was last seen at her home in the 7100-block …

May 14, 2008

Son charged with murdering mother

Filed under: Crime, Towson, Baltimore County - 14 May 2008

The son of Donna Rosemarie Campbell-Powell, a Baltimore County employee, has been charged with murdering his mother and attempting to murder his father when the father returned home.

WBAL.com
Baltimore County Police are charging a 16-year-old Ruxton area boy with …

May 13, 2008

Columbia residents oppose cross at Interfaith Center

Filed under: Howard County, Columbia, Religion, Offbeat News - 13 May 2008

WBAL.com
Some residents of Columbia are objecting to plans by one of the town’s six interfaith centers to place a 16-foot cross on the exterior of a new building.

The cross would be visible at the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, but …

May 9, 2008

ROTC controversy at UMBC

Filed under: Education, Higher Ed, Military, UMBC, Baltimore County - 09 May 2008

The following letter was sent to members of the UMBC community via e-mail:
TO: The UMBC Community
FROM: …

May 7, 2008

AA Co. animal control laws criticized

Filed under: Anne Arundel County, Legal News - 07 May 2008

Baltimore Sun
Anne Pearson gives her collie, Siri, the run of the fenced-in yard. She says she always keeps watch from the window. At night, the dog sleeps in her bedroom.

But in the eyes of Anne Arundel County’s Animal Control, …

Car plows into O’Malley presser site

Filed under: Baltimore City - 07 May 2008

WJZ
There were some scary moments Tuesday morning as an out-of-control car careened past a group of people gathered for a governor’s news conference in Northwest Baltimore.

Suzanne Collins reports the car then sailed across a busy road and crashed into …

Sex offender gets 4 consecutive 25 year terms

Filed under: Crime, Baltimore County - 07 May 2008

WBAL.com
A Baltimore County circuit court judge handed a convicted sex offender what’s believed to be the longest sentence of its kind in the state…ever.

Carlos Cortez of Essex will have to serve consecutive 25 year prison terms on each of …

Murder trial disrupted

Filed under: Crime, Harford County, Legal News - 07 May 2008

WBAL TV
The father of an inmate who was killed aboard a prison bus had to be escorted from a courtroom after he threw his cane at the man on trial for the murder.

Phillip Parker Sr. was led away by …

83 yr-old man charged with trying to murder his wife

Filed under: Crime, Howard County, Columbia - 07 May 2008

WBAL TV
Howard County police arrested an 83-year-old man Monday night on charges that he tried to kill his wife at their Columbia home.

Calvin Ralph Payne was charged with attempted murder and assault after he allegedly struck his wife, Alma …

Students attempt to rape school staffer

Filed under: Crime, Education, Baltimore City, K-12, Public Schools - 07 May 2008

Baltimore Sun
A staff member at Calverton Elementary/Middle was putting in extra hours at the West Baltimore school Sunday afternoon when two 13-year-old boys broke into the building and one tried to rape her, police confirmed yesterday.

Realizing that her attacker …

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