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October 19, 2018

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Harford Bank in Bel Air robbed again

Thursday, Oct 18

For the second time in the past six weeks, the Harford Bank branch at 505 Main St. in Bel Air has been robbed, police reported Thursday morning.

In school calendar talks, board members suggest Veterans Day be a holiday for students

Two school board members last week suggested a change to the 2019-2020 school calendar that would give students off on Veterans Day.

Early voting for general election starts Oct. 25

Early voting for the Nov. 6 general election in Harford and Cecil counties and across Maryland will begin on Thursday, Oct. 25 and run through the following Thursday, Nov. 1.

Charges dropped against man who collected funds for families of slain Harford deputies

The start of the trial of a man accused of allegedly stealing money he helped raise for families of two Harford County Sheriff’s Office Deputies killed in the line of duty in 2016 was delayed Wednesday afternoon after the defense moved to dismiss the charges.

Last defendant in 'Felony Lane' gang that operated in Harford County in 2015 pleads guilty

Kevin Williams, age 43, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, pleaded guilty to federal charges of bank fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft Thursday in Baltimore.

With 500 consecutive football games, Maryland fan goes deep with his pledge of allegiance

Maryland football fan Bob Baker has been going to games since he was an undergrad in the mid-1960s and hasn't missed a game since 1976.

Hate in Maryland: From racist taunts to swastikas to a campus stabbing, bias reports up sharply in state

Maryland law enforcement agencies received 398 reports of hate or bias last year, an increase of 35 percent from 2016 — and a pace of more than one report a day. The state’s experience echoes a national increase in reported hate crimes, reversing a long, gradual decline.

Baltimore's last weekend without a shooting was the weekend Freddie Gray was arrested

Days after New York City saw its first weekend without a shooting in 25 years, 11 people in Baltimore were shot in one day.