Carroll County News

"A treasure that will last forever." "The two best months of life." "Thanks for a memorable experience." Those were the words written by a few of the recruits describing 10 weeks of training as part of the 32nd Frederick County Corrections Academy.

Share + Nov 21, 2009 7:13 pm US/Eastern WESTMINSTER, Md. 1 of 1 Carroll County officials say a tight budget is forcing them to forgo a five-year tradition of having a Christmas tree outside their office building.

Agency signs an agreement with the American Chestnut Foundation. A state agency is helping to bring back the one time king of the forest.

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UNION BRIDGE, Md. - Friends and family said a sad goodbye to a Maryland Marine who was killed in Afghanistan.

County health departments around Maryland are receiving doses of the 2009 novel H1N1 vaccine and administering it to people in target groups, but the supply is still not what health officials would like it to be, and the reasons for the continued slow distribution pace aren't entirely clear.

A Saturday News-Post story reported that a wheelchair-bound woman from Hampstead, in eastern Carroll County, is suing a local merchant and the church that owns the property the merchant occupies.

The route of Saturday's high speed chase through parts of Carroll and Howard counties.

Share + Nov 3, 2009 5:18 pm US/Eastern Reporting Weijia Jiang Many counties are giving young people the H1N1 vaccine at school, but others are giving it out at first come, first serve clinics.

How many species of fish live in Maryland's freshwater streams? Historically, about 100 species of freshwater fish were known to occur in Maryland.

Spencer Robert Bivins,18 A Woodbine teen has been charged with stealing more than $16,000 of valuables from parked cars in a residential neighborhood in South Carroll.

Are you game enough to watch sausage being made - then eat it? Rob Kasper November 4, 2009 T he less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night." I agree and disagree with that remark, which is attributed to Otto von Bismarck, founder and chancellor of the German Empire in the 19th century.

Karl started a career in law enforcement with a major metropolitan police department where he was a police cadet, patrol officer and detective.

Late Tuesday morning Carroll County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 30 year old John Ritcey.

Share + Oct 28, 2009 12:31 pm US/Eastern Reporting Weijia Jiang WESTMINSTER, Md.

Prosecutors dropped all but the most serious traffic offenses - those carrying jail time - against Thomas Meighan Jr.

Eschol Amelia Studnitz lost her $58,000 accounting job July 31 because a government background check deemed her "unsuitable" for a low-level security clearance.

The driver charged additionally in Howard County for assault on a police officer.

Share + Oct 24, 2009 5:23 pm US/Eastern Police have made an arrestA in theA hit-and-run accident thatA killed a Johns Hopkins student.A Police say theyA arrested Thomas Meighan, 39,A Saturday afternoon.A He isA from Sykesville, Carroll County.

If you have recently traveled the northern stretch of Route 32 in Howard County, you surely noticed that improvements have begun in response to the community's call for greater road safety.