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HS Football Returns With Local School Wins


With the arrival of COVID-19, all high school sports were canceled last spring and that entered in the fall as football and all fall sports were canceled.

Teams around the area were very grateful to start an abbreviated fall season in the spring. The season started a week later after Week One was cancelled with COVID restrictions.

Teams finally took the field last night in front of limited fans. Here are some of the results for Eastern Baltimore County high schools:

Dundalk 39 Patapsco 6
The Owls went on the road to defeat their cross town rivals Patapsco 39 to 6. Click here for the full story

Eastern Tech 18 Sparrows Point 0
The Mavericks started off their season with a shutout win on the road. Eastern Tech is looking to bounce back from a 4-5 season. Sparrows Point is looking to improve from their 2-7 season in 2019.

Kenwood 38 Chesapeake 0
Since Kenwood was a playoff team in 2019 & Chesapeake was only a one-win team last year, this game wasn’t expected to be close. And it was a blowout as the Bluebirds started off 2020/21 with an easy 38-0 win at home.

Perry Hall 39 Catonsville 0
The shocker of the evening was Perry Hall’s 38-0 whipping of Catonsville. The Gators were expected to bounce back from their 0-9 season in 2019 but not many were predicting a blow out win at Catonsville, who made the playoffs in 2019.

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Serious Crash at Belair & Honeygo Blvd.


– photo courtesy of Kingsville VFC-

The Kingsville Volunteer Fire Company reported that crews responded to an accident at the intersection of Belair Road and Honeygo Boulevard in Perry Hall on Tuesday, March 9 around 11 p.m.

Crews arrived to find no entrapment but a vehicle was turned over.

One patient was transported to University of Maryland Shock Trauma. Another was transported to a local medical center.

Funding Approved for New Northeast Elementary School


Julie Henn, Vice Chair of the BCPS Board of Education, announced that the Board has approved the funding for the New Northeast Elementary at Ridge Road at its meeting on Tuesday night. The school will be built in the Rossville area and is expected to open in August 2022.

“This evening, Board approval will be requested for $48.3 million in construction contracts for the new Northeast Elementary School at Ridge Road.
Construction is expected to start this summer with an anticipated opening in August, 2022,” Henn said in a statement.

This school is expected to take away some of the students from the overcrowded Joppaview and Perry Hall elementary schools.

A new middle school was also set to be build on King Avenue and Henn expects that funding for that school to be approved shortly.

“It is the next priority in the capital improvement program after the elementary school and construction is imminent. All projects were delayed pending state funding,” Henn explained about the northeast middle school.

Councilman David Marks said the county now has the green light to build many of its proposed schools as state funding has been approved by the Maryland General Assembly.

“With the activation of the Built to Learn Act, money should advance over the next few years for high school projects,” Marks said.

BCPS High School Sports to Return Friday


Baltimore County Public Schools announced that high school sports will return this Friday. This will mark the first time in over a year that there will be high school sports competition in Baltimore County.

The High School Basketball State Semifinal were canceled last year when COVID-19 restrictions were announced last March. The 2020 Spring Season was shortly canceled and the Fall Sports Season was postponed from September to March.

Fall practices started on Feb. 13th and the first set of games were scheduled for Friday, March 5, but those games were canceled when it was announced the COVID-19 metric was too high to begin the season. It didn’t look to promising as the Winter Sports Season was canceled for the year in January.

This weekend, BCPS gave the green light for games to begin on Friday, March 12.

“Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) supports the safe return to athletic competition for student athletes. After continued consultation with staff from the Baltimore County Department of Health and an intense focus on mitigation strategies, BCPS will allow inner county competitive games beginning Friday, March 12,” said a statement from BCPS.

“This is possible because of new guidance from the Baltimore County Department of
Health, which provides flexibility from some aspects of the Centers for Disease Control guidelines. To aid and support the safety of our student athletes and staff, we will only allow one spectator per athlete when competition resumes. Information on how spectators can access a ticket will be forthcoming from each school’s athletics office. As always, we will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates and more information as necessary.”

Fire Reported at White Marsh Commons Apartments


-photo courtesy of White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company-

Baltimore County Fire Department reported an apartment fire last night at the White Marsh Commons Apartments in Middle River.

Crew reported multiple apartment complexes were part of the fire.

The fire was reported Saturday, March 6 around 10:22 a.m. and had been contained at 11:10 p.m.

One adult victim was transported by EMS crews for smoke inhalation.

Arrests Made in Rosedale Carjacking Crash


Two suspects connected to a carjacking face serious charges after they crashed into a trash truck along I-695 last week.

Daryl Maurice Brown (19) of the 9700 block of Luguna Road in Middle river and Robert Louis Davis (18) of the 5900 block of Clayton Avenue in Overlea were both in the vehicle, a Honda Crosstour, when they attempted to exit I-695 onto Pulaski Highway and collided with the trash truck. The crash caused the inner loop of I-695 to be closed for several hours.

Both Brown and Davis were transported to area hospitals, treated and released. The two are accused of stealing the Honda after assaulting a woman.

The victim was treated and released from an area hospital for injuries she sustained.

Brown faces charges of carjacking, robbery, theft and assault; Davis faces charges of assault, theft, and robbery.

Both men are being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center following bail review

Man Dies From Last Week’s Dundalk Stabbing


The victim of a stabbing outside of a Dundalk restaurant last Friday, Feb. 26, has died.

Rosario Valenti (45) of the 7300 block of Edsworth Road in Dundalk died last night at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center after suffering multiple stab wounds during an altercation with the suspect early Friday morning.

Officers responded to the area on Friday, Feb. 26 at 12:21 a.m. for a call of a stabbing, but the suspect had fled the scene on foot.

Man Arrested in Carney Shooting Saturday


Just after 6 a.m. on February 28, Baltimore County Police responded to the 2700 block of Cold Stream Way in Carney for a shooting.

Upon arrival, officers located an adult male suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the lower body. The victim was transported to a local hospital to undergo surgery and is in stable condition.

The preliminary investigation revealed that the incident was domestic related. The suspect responded to Cold Stream Way causing a disturbance where he was confronted by the victim. The suspect displayed a handgun and shot the victim before leaving the scene. The police located the suspect shortly after and identified him as 28-year-old Tyrone Vaughan Moss of the 700 block of E. 21st Street, 21218.

Moss was arrested and charged with attempted first degree murder, first degree assault and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Moss is currently being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on a no-bail status pending a bail review hearing.

Pedestrian Killed on 40 Near Harford County


Baltimore County Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian last night, Feb. 28.

The woman, identified as Alexandra Justine Angel (26) of the 12300 block of Pulaski Highway in Harford County was walking westbound on Pulaski Highway near the Little Gunpowder Falls near the Baltimore/ Harford County line when she was struck. The suspect vehicle, described only as a dark colored vehicle, was also traveling westbound when it struck Angel and fled the scene.

Angel was transported to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center where she was pronounced deceased.

The Baltimore County Crash Investigation Team responded to the scene to conduct a crash reconstruction and continue the investigation.

Anyone who may have information is asked to call 410-307-2020. Callers may remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward when submitting tips through Metro Crime Stoppers.

Crews Battle Apartment Fire in Carney Area


-photo courtesy of Providence Volunteer Fire Company of Towson Maryland-

An apartment fire was reported in Unit block of Teacher Court in Carney. Baltimore County
fire crews were in scene at 2:15 p.m. on Feb. 27 with a three-story apartment with smoke inside.

Arriving crews reported a fire on the top floor of the apartment.

Crews extinguished the flames around 2:30 p.m.

No reports of injuries or entrapment.