Bel Air News

The Office of the State Fire Marshal has appointed its newest deputy state fire marshal, Oliver Alkire, to the Northeast Region office in Bel Air that covers Harford and Cecil counties.

The nine youngsters flapped, twirled, and sang songs about bugs and their creepy personalities.

The Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks brings a touch of the West to Baltimore.

A 16-year-old Forest Hill youth has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, accused of shooting at a Harford County sheriff's deputy early yesterday, authorities said. Justin Jacob Bristol, who was charged as an adult, was being held without bail at the Harford County Detention Center, police said. The Emergency Operations Center received a call about 7 a.m. yesterday from someone saying that a teenager was agitated and possibly suicidal, police said. The caller said the teenager, who does not have a driver's license, had taken his grandmother's 2002 red Jeep Liberty without permission. Police said they learned that that the teenager had driven to a relative's home in Jarrettsville, where no one was at home, and had stolen several shotguns, rifles and ammunition.

The Bel Air Independence Day Committee will celebrate Independence Day on Friday with its annual parade and activities.

A police incident has shut down Route 1 in the area of Moores Mill and Henderson Roads in Bel Air, Harford County.

The Baltimore Sun Media Group, which publishes The Sun and community newspapers, will eliminate 100 jobs by early August to cut costs and stay competitive, Publisher Timothy E. Ryan told employees yesterday in an e-mail.

The company said it plans to reduce the 1,400-person work force through voluntary buyouts, layoffs, attrition and by closing open positions. A majority of the cuts are expected to come from the newsroom.

'In the face of today's tough economy, adapting to consumer trends while maintaining our fiscal strength is proving to be even more difficult, yet even more critical,' Ryan said. 'By adjusting our business model and redesigning our core publication, we expect to stimulate readership growth and improve our financial performance.'

Authorities in Harford County expected to file attempted murder and assault charges against a 16-year-old boy who allegedly fired shots at a Harford County sheriff's deputy in Bel Air.

Development moratoriums in overcrowded Harford County school districts could be lifted automatically after five years even if the schools are still full, under a new rule proposed last week.

Thirteen Harford County children conjured up a week in the Middle Ages. One day they learned about peasants and royalty, and made tunics, crowns and orbs.

A former Bel Air town commissioner, author, environmentalist and Bigfoot tracker has been indicted in Harford County on charges of possessing marijuana with intent to distribute.

Thursday, June 12, 2008 WBAL Radio as reported by John Patti The 2007 Trooper of the Year is Trooper First Class Justin M. Gross, of the Bel Air Barracks.

Most small business owners typically do not have the same type of security fence, individuals have that are employed by a company.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 WBAL Radio as edited by Leonard Roberts, Anne Kramer, Dave Sandler and The National Weather Service Severe thunderstorms moved across the area Tuesday night, knocking out power to ...

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Investigators from the Maryland state fire marshal's office are seeking the public's help in finding out who set two fires late last week in Harford County.

A jury asked to decide the fate of a man charged in one of the biggest jewelry store thefts in Harford County never heard from a key witness: a former Baltimore police officer.

The Maryland Fire Marshal's Office and the Bel Air Police Department are investigating the burning of two vehicles early yesterday, both in the same residential area of Bel Air, authorities said.

The Harford County Health Department is relocating many of its clinical services from the Bel Air location at 119 Hays Street to a new site in Edgewood.

A state prison inmate charged with murdering another inmate aboard a prison bus will hear the verdict next Monday in Bel Air.

An aide to Harford County Circuit Judge Emory Plitt says court will reconvene at 10 a.m., when Plitt will read his written decision.

Plitt began deliberating May 20 on the question of whether Kevin Johns is guilty of first-degree murder in the 2005 strangulation of Philip Parker Jr. and, if so, whether he was criminally responsible for his actions.

Johns claims he is severely mentally ill and that Parker died because state prison workers, health care professionals and court officers failed to keep him properly medicated and restrained.