Summer Lingers As School Opens Amid Warm Weather
Frederick residents still feel summer with a high of 88 degrees at the Sound Source station in downtown. The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny skies and 80s to around 90 for Thursday, with continued dry weather through the week. Code yellow air quality is expected Wednesday per the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.
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News-Post
Frederick
National Weather Service
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Grants to fight practice of running red lights
The Transportation Department announced grants to 32 communities to curb running red lights, with most awards between 15000 and 20000 dollars. Howard County Maryland and Richmond Virginia received 40000 dollars each, the largest. The plan includes identifying problem areas, education programs, and a public campaign on risks. GEICO and USAir Arena Center Management Grant Division pledged support.
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Transportation Department
Howard County
Richmond
Transportation
Federico Pena
GEICO
Centre Management Gront
Usair Arena
Maryland casino gambling faces stiff opposition from lawmakers
In Annapolis, state legislators and local officials oppose casinos ahead of task force hearings. Baltimore Mayor Schmoke and rival Clarke also oppose. Industry claims of $630 million in construction and $193 million yearly taxes are disputed by opponents who call gambling morally wrong and harmful to restaurants and horse tracks.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Maryland Association of Counties
Baltimore
Kurt Schmoke
Mary Pat Clarke
Montgomery
John A. Hutson
House of Delegates
Hutson
Maryland Gaming Association
Man pleads guilty to tossing brick in neighbor assault
Frederick man William Anthony Dorsey 30 pleads guilty to assault after a brick was thrown toward his downstairs neighbor Steven Ross Brown from a 20 foot porch in West South Street. Dorsey has a history of schizoid personality disorder and was in jail since Oct 14 1994. Sentencing set for Oct 30 and release deferred pending bed space at Way Station Inc.
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Frederick
William Anthony Dorsey
Frederick County
Shelley McVicker
Paul B. Handy
Dorsey
Way Station Inc
Herbert L. Rollins
Springfield Hospital Center
Thomas B. Finan Center
Million-dollar suit filed over Libertytown collision
Janice Best of Mount Airy and her daughter Jennifer sue for 1.15 million in Frederick County Circuit Court after a August 13, 1992 crash on Md. 26 in Libertytown that injured the Bests and Jeanne Crawford of New Market. The suit claims Crawford ignored a stop sign and requests a jury trial.
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Janice Best
Mount Airy
Jennifer
Jeanne Crawford
New Market
Charles B. Frey
Frederick County
Crawford
MD. 26
Cold front drives cool air into Dakotas Midwest
Dry air surges into the Dakotas and Midwest behind a strong cold front. It stays steamy ahead of the front from Texas to Ohio with thunderstorms along the front from Kansas to Michigan. The South remains hot and sticky while the Northwest stays dry and the Southwest stays sunny and hot. Frederick County forecast calls for fair and cool tonight with lows in 60s, a hot sunny Thursday near 90, and winds from the south.
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Midwest
Texas
Ohio
Kansas
Michigan
Frederick County
Two elderly sisters confined in basement in Maryland
BEL AIR Md AP two elderly sisters 70 and 88 were held three days in a basement without food or water by a relative while under care by a home health aide Investigation by Harford County sheriff's office and social services continues The women were found after the aide reported conditions They were hospitalized in Havre de Grace in good condition Though malnourished and dehydrated the sisters had moved from Alabama a month earlier
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Bel Air
Harford County Sheriff's Office
Juanita Chancey
Maureen Weeks
Hopkins
Chancey
Harford Memorial Hospital
Havre de Grace
Alabama
Baltimore Pickup Attack Charged as Attempted Murder
A 20 year old Baltimore man, Ernest Sharp, was charged with three counts of attempted murder after allegedly driving a pickup onto a sidewalk to strike three teenagers outside a bar. Two teens remained hospitalized Tuesday as Sharp was held for a bail review. Police spokesman Rob Weinhold said investigators believe the act was intentional.
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Ernest Sharp
Mr. Sharp
Rob Weinhold
Fire incidents report from Fort Detrick and nearby towns
A sequence of fire and emergency events reported through the day includes Fort Detrick Building 568 at 9 49 a m automatic alarm. 1 70 at the Washington County Line truck fire at 12 13 p m Myersville. 10020 Dublin Road farm machinery fire at 2 49 p m Walkersville. Layman Road at Hessong Bridge Road brush fire at 5 47 p m Graceham. 4164 W Patrick St apartment building fire at 7 20 p m Citizens Independent Junior United Walkers Village Shopping Center at Glade Boulevard. 7 46 p m wires down Walkersville.
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Fort Detrick
Washington County
Myersville
Dublin Road
Walkersville
Weather Shift Brings Storms Across Central to Great Lakes
Hot humid conditions spread from the Plains to the Upper Midwest with scattered showers and storms possible from the Central Plains to the Great Lakes. Temperatures reach mid 90s in Chicago and Milwaukee while southern Plains hit near 100. Offshore, four tropical storms swirl in the Atlantic. Wisconsin rains breach a dam under repair and flood Waushara County with a warning in effect.
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Central Plains
Great Lakes
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas
Louisiana
Arizona
Rockies
Atlantic
United States
Wisconsin
Mt. Morris Lake
Waushara County
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