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So much snow and few places to put it

August 23, 2019 at 5:33 p.m.

With so much snow on the ground and more falling, many people are wondering: Where does it all go? In some cases, it is being moved to empty lots and...

At Arlington National Cemetery, Tia Steele prays with other mothers of soldiers killed in Iraq.

Targeting recruitment

August 21, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

Clutching a framed photo of her stepson who was killed in Iraq, Tia Steele made a tearful plea to the Baltimore County school board. Steele, a pacifist, explained that she...

Yvonne Green is comforted as she approaches the coffin of her daughter, Spc. Toccara Renee Green, during services at New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore. She was the first female soldier from Maryland to die in the Iraq war.

Service celebrates life of female soldier

August 18, 2019 at 3:13 p.m.

The sadness and tears were joined by energetic singing, vigorous clapping, stomping and praise. Less a somber service and more a joyous celebration of a short but vibrant life, hundreds...

‘She loved her country’ and died in Iraq serving it

August 21, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

Toccara Green lingered until after midnight that last Sunday in July, eating ribs and ice cream cake and mingling cheerfully with nearly 90 friends and relatives gathered at a backyard...

Ex-priest accused of sexual abuse by former student

May 30, 2019 at 11:21 p.m.

A former Roman Catholic priest who was accused in January of sexually abusing a former Calvert Hall College student has been charged in Baltimore County, according to charging documents. Jerome...

Conclave’s prayerfulness, wonder evoked in homily

August 18, 2019 at 3:09 p.m.

Although only Roman Catholic cardinals participated in the secret conclave that elected the new pope, Cardinal William H. Keeler said he felt the prayers of multitudes. Addressing those at the...

Explaining infant’s death a difficult task for police

August 22, 2019 at 5:30 p.m.

As Baltimore County investigators take a fresh look at the unexplained death in November of an infant boy whose mother has since been charged in her other son's death, experts...

At Oak Lawn Cemetery, volunteer firefighters carry the coffin of 3-year-old Roy Edward Lechner Jr., whose mother has been charged with child abuse in his death.

As child is laid to rest, questions persist

August 22, 2019 at 5:30 p.m.

Thick makeup camouflaged the bruises on his face, and his Ravens cap covered the injuries on his head. Surrounded in his small white casket by teddy bears and cards from...

Roy Lechner Sr., whose wife has been charged with child abuse in the death of their 3-year-old son, says he has urged police to take another look at the November death of their 6-month-old son.

Mother held in boy’s death had drawn earlier notice

August 22, 2019 at 5:30 p.m.

A 25-year-old Dundalk woman whose parenting had drawn the attention of authorities has been charged with child abuse in the death this week of her 3-year-old son, prompting investigators to...

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