Parkton News

On Oct. 31, community volunteers planted white oak, red bud, black willow and sycamore trees to help preserve the Gunpowder watershed.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Cockeysville precinct. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible.

A former cop turned robber -- who vowed to file a complaint when Susquehanna Bank tellers wouldn't hand over cash -- has pleaded guilty in federal court to making off with about $185,000 during six bank robberies in York County and Maryland.

Someone entered two unlocked sheds in Parkton last weekend and ransacked one and stole tools from another, according to Baltimore County police reports .

"Apparently, there was a customer in the store and they tried to cuff them and the customer fought back, and I guess that was enough time for him to get his gun," said local business owner Lisa James from her auto repair shop across the street.

A burst of snow fell early this morning, which was actually forecasted here a few days ago.

Lisl Christie from Santa Rosa , Calif., was looking for a recipe for a carrot cake that she has lost that used to be printed on a sugar package.

A Parkton man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for driving a stolen truck into a house and killing a woman sleeping inside.

People come from far and wide to see David and Nancy Rosea TMs hundreds of acres of sunflowers in White Hall.

Greystone Golf Course, in White Hall, is hosting A Perfect Par-ing Oct. 1 that features a putting clinic, nine holes of golf and a chance to taste four wines paired with four dishes.

The Bluestone Bluegrass group will perform at the Bluegrass Festival Sept. 12 at Mt.

"I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." Winston Churchill Whether North County students like being taught or not, school will soon open.

Jacksonville Elementary does not have one because of numerous tanks in the area.

Above is the last group of children who attended the Hereford Junior Farm Fair Aug.

Marcy Callahan from Parkton, Md., was looking for a recipe for a chocolate applesauce cake similar to the one her mother had come across in a magazine around 30 years ago and now is lost.

Mrs. Benson, who had moved to a daughter's Parkton home in 2006, was 78. A former Democrat who worked locally on the 1960 presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy , Mrs.

From left, are Melissa Coroneos, 14, of Reisterstown, Casey Chase, 10, of Parkton, Santana Mays, 14, of White Hall, and Abbey Dell, 7, of Parkton.

A television set was stolen from a Parkton home while the homeowner was asleep, according to a police report.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Cockeysville Precinct. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible.

Jennifer Heagy, of Phoenix, a 2005 graduate of Hereford High School, graduated in May with honors, magna cum laude from the Seidel School of Education at Salisbury University.