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    Baltimore City school buses.
    School closings and delays on Wednesday in wake of flooding, road closures from storm
    Some school systems are delayed or closed after a severe storm caused flooding and road closures.
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott monitored heavy rains and flooding across the city on Jan. 9, 2024, from the city's Office of Emergency Management.
    Submerged streets and stranded cars: Heavy rains, wind leave mess across the area
    Heavy rains and tidal flooding submerged roadways, stranded vehicles and downed power lines and trees Tuesday as a storm plowed through the Baltimore region.
    Books on desk in library at an elementary school.
    What makes a book ‘sexually explicit’? Carroll County schools are about to decide
    A proposed policy change in Carroll County Public Schools could remove library books the group Moms for Liberty flagged as inappropriate.
    Fog covers Patterson Park on Dec. 27, 2023.
    Forecasters calling for snow in parts of Maryland this weekend. How much will Baltimore see?
    Parts of Maryland will likely see snow on Saturday and Sunday as a storm moves into the area, weather forecasters said.
    Gunpowder Tree Farm
    Want to recycle your Christmas tree? Here’s how and where around Baltimore
    Before dropping a tree on the curb or at a recycling facility, you’ll need to make sure it’s free of ornaments, lights or any other nonorganic decorations.
    Income tax numbers at the accountants office
    Mount Airy restaurateur pleads guilty to dodging $1.7M in employee tax scheme
    Carroll County restaurant and property management company owner Francesco Illiano pleaded guilty to taking taxes from more than 100 workers employed at his three companies and failing to pay them to the IRS.
    Turkey on a scale with money.
    This is the best strategy to save money shopping for Thanksgiving dinner
    Simply put, if you’re willing to do a little extra legwork, there is money to be saved on Thanksgiving dinner.
    7 places to shop for the holidays in Sykesville and Carroll County
    Here is your gift guide for buying in Carroll County for the holidays.
    State Sen. Sarah Elfreth listens as the MC at the Eastport Democratic Club tells the crowd she is running for House of Representatives, a day before she officials announced her candidacy.
    Congress is a train wreck. These Marylanders want the job anyway
    Candidates for Maryland's 3rd District are starting to enter the race for an open seat now that U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes isn’t seeking reelection.
    People wear black in opposition to the Carroll County superintendent's decision to remove 56 books from school libraries until a committee reviews them.
    Challenged books in Carroll County largely written by women, feature LGBTQIA+ characters
    The challenges were driven by Moms for Liberty, a conservative group focusing on parents’ rights.
    People wear black in opposition to the Carroll County superintendent's decision to remove 56 books from school libraries until a committee reviews them.
    Commentary: How Moms for Liberty and the book-banning movement got here
    People in Carroll County need to know what Moms for Liberty represents and why it might get to tell their children what they’re allowed to read at school, says Cindy Rosenberg, a county resident and educator.
    FILE - The statement of facts to support the arrest warrant for Rodney Milstreed of Finksburg is photographed Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)
    Carroll County man who attacked AP photographer and police on Jan. 6 is sentenced to 5 years in prison
    Rodney Milstreed, 56, of Finksburg, “prepared himself for battle” on Jan. 6 by injecting steroids and arming himself with a four-foot wooden club disguised as a flagpole, prosecutors said.
    The Enoch Pratt Free Library.
    Looking for books temporarily banned in Carroll County schools? The Pratt library is here to help.
    Enoch Pratt Free Library reminded residents of Carroll County that no matter what happens in their school districts, Marylanders always have access to banned books.
    A flood of challenges to school library books prompted Carroll County’s superintendent to temporarily take 56 titles off the shelves and change book selection criteria.
    Moms for Liberty is winning its fight to remove books from one Maryland school district
    A flood of challenges to school library books prompted Carroll County’s superintendent to temporarily take 56 titles off the shelves and change book selection procedures.
    A powerful summer storm downed power lines on Route 140 in Westminster, trapping some motorists in their vehicles for hours on Aug. 7, 2023. The  roadway, which was closed to traffic for days, reopened on Aug. 14, 2023. (Samuel Gene)
    Route 140 in Westminster reopens days after powerful storm knocked utility poles onto road
    The State Highway Administration said Monday that all lanes of Route 140 have been reopened to traffic in the wake of a summer storm last week that sent utility poles onto vehicles on the roadway.
    The aftermath of the storm on August 8, 2023 in Westminster. The storm took out several trees and inflicted damage upon vehicles and homes.
    ‘Vast majority’ of people still without power should have service restored tonight, BGE says
    It may take until the weekend to bring back power to some in Westminster who live near the area where between 20-30 utility poles were knocked down by the storm.
    The aftermath of the storm on Aug. 8, 2023 in Westminster, Maryland. The storm took out several trees and inflicted damage upon vehicles and homes. (Samuel Gene)
    Storm cleanup continues after some of ‘the worst electrical damage our state has seen’
    BGE crews were working to restore power to thousands of customers in the Baltimore area after severe storms roared through the area Monday might, toppling trees and utility poles and causing widespread power outages. No injuries were reported.
    Alexis Uhland teaches her third grade class at Berkshire Elementary School in Dundalk on March 3, 2023. Baltimore County Public Schools had more than 300 unfilled teaching jobs at the end of July.
    Maryland still has a teacher shortage, but this school year looks better than last
    Baltimore-area school districts offered bonuses, raised salaries, held dozens of job fairs and tried improving work culture to keep the teachers they have and hire new ones.
    Dozens of people became trapped in their cars on Route 140 in Westminster after a powerful storm knocked down more than 30 utility poles on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023.
    Dozens trapped after storm knocks utility poles onto vehicles along busy Westminster road
    Maryland State Police said they were working to remove dozens of people from their vehicles after severe storms knocked down utility poles on Route 140 in Westminster, trapping them in their cars. BGE was working overnight to de-energize the power lines so that they can be removed from their cars.
    Paul Milewski of Wisconsin,  Robert Koontz, 79, of Waldorf MD, and William Bach of South Carolina, compete in the 100-meter at South Fayette High School, in McDonald, PA, during the National Senior Games, Wednesday, July 12, 2023.
    Too old for gold? Not these senior athletes.
    More than 1,000 medal events took place over twelve 12 days in 21 different, sports including basketball, swimming, table tennis, track and field, and badminton.
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