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Substitute teacher charged with abuse taught at over 60 Howard Co. schools
Steven Katz faces charges of inappropriately touching a minor in Montgomery County. Parents who suspect that their child was abused should call Montgomery County police detectives at 240-773-5400.
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Old Line Bank completes $143.1 million purchase of Bay Bank
Columbia-based Bay Bank’s branches were converted to Old Line branches over the weekend after the deal closed late Friday. The deal closed at 11 percent higher than the original $128.6 million price tag.
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1 killed, 2 hurt in Howard Co. crash
One person was killed and two were hurt in a crash in Howard County Saturday.
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Howard Co. school board chairwoman sues to restore disability benefits
Cynthia Vaillancourt is the Howard County Board of Education chairwoman. Her lawsuit accuses John Hancock Life Insurance Co. and Unum Group Corp. of suspending her $6,900 monthly payments in 2015 because they think she’s capable of more.
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Prince George’s Co. job growth leads Maryland
Prince George’s County has led job growth in Maryland for five consecutive years now, adding 6,175 jobs between the third quarter of 2016 and the third quarter of 2017, according to Maryland’s Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.
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2 killed in separate crashes in Ellicott City
Two people are dead in two separate crashes Sunday in Howard County, Maryland.
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Serious crash causes Route 27 closure in Mt. Airy
Route 27 near Penn Shop Road in Mount Airy, Howard County, Maryland, is closed in both directions following a multivehicle crash.
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Afraid Md. teacher was buried alive, suspect admits he shot her
Tyler Tessier shot his pregnant girlfriend once in the head, because he was afraid he had buried Laura Wallen alive, according to prosecutors.
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McDonald’s theft suspect nicknamed ‘hamburglar’ sentenced
Court documents show that a woman who police say squeezed into a McDonald’s drive-thru window in Maryland to steal food, a drink and money has pleaded guilty.
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Dog missing for 3 years reunites with owner via traffic stop
Harley the German shepherd started out a K-9-in-training before his sheriff’s deputy partner got injured and a woman bought him — but then he got stolen. Three years later, Harley and the woman were reunited.
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Defense seeks to quell words of Md. murder suspect
The lawyer representing a man charged with shooting and killing his pregnant girlfriend want to suppress what he told detectives. His lawyer argues that Montgomery County detectives violated Tyler Tessier’s Constitutional rights by continuing to ask him questions without his lawyer present after Tessier said he wanted to speak to his attorney.
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Teacher accused of sex abuse in Montgomery Co. taught in other Md. schools
A substitute teacher accused of the sexual abuse of an elementary school student in Montgomery County, Maryland, has taught in 43 Howard County schools over the past two years, the Howard County interim superintendent said Monday.
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Teacher who worked in Maryland schools charged with inappropriate touching
The Cloverly Elementary School student told his parent that the substitute had touched him “in a way that made him uncomfortable,” Montgomery County police said.
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Police identify driver pinned, killed by own tractor trailer in Howard Co.
A man died when his tractor trailer ended up pinning him against a dump truck at the southbound I-95 rest stop in Howard County, Maryland.
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Reaching out to women, Md. department drops the word ‘firemen’
The Howard County Council passed a bill that changes references to “firemen” to “firefighters” in the county’s code. The vote followed a name change by the local volunteer fire agency. The move has been welcomed by female firefighters.
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