Blackbird blamed for Detrick outage at Fort Detrick
Staff reports say a blackbird caused a Monday morning power outage at Fort Detrick affecting about 4700 employees. A transformer blew around 6 30 a m when a bird entered a major power feed point off Rosemont Avenue. Most post buildings lost power until shortly after 8 a m. Laboratories and the 1110th Signal Battalion kept power on with backups. Officials stressed there was no safety or security problem and noted alarms took time to restore across the site.
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Thunderstorms Likely Over Next Few Days Across Region
Weather staff reports widespread thunderstorms likely for the next three days per the National Weather Service. Today features partial sun and humidity with a 40 percent precipitation chance and light south winds. Highs in the low 80s. tonight, mainly cloudy with a 50 percent shower and storm chance and lows around 60.
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Man pleads guilty in crash that killed two in Westminster
Brian Ridings, 22, of Westminster pleaded guilty to automobile manslaughter and driving while intoxicated for a crash on Bloom Road that killed Mount Airy woman Kimberly Beals and Sykesville fiancé Andrew Thompson. The couple died at the scene after Ridings left a party and crashed a Ford Probe while speeding. The plea dropped homicide by motor vehicle while intoxicated and related counts. Sentencing set for August 25.
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Mount Airy
Sykesville
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Riding
Richard Bennett
Kimberly Beals
Andrew Thompson
David Daggett
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Bloom Road
Muller Road
Ford
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Baltimore
Circuit Court
Luke K. Burns Jr
Teen runaway arrested in Thurmont
A Frederick County teen who ran away a week earlier was tracked by a sheriff's office K-9 to an upstairs loft in the Fox Tower Road home during a reported burglary. He faces two counts of burglary and possession of drug paraphernalia and was released to Juvenile Justice.
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Car shifts into gear injures man in Walkersville
A 59 year old Frederick County man, Marshall Bernard Rice of Monocacy Court, was slightly injured while trying to stop a moving car that had been inadvertently shifted into gear. The Plymouth Reliant moved toward townhouses at 8300 Revelation Avenue Discovery. Rice fell as he attempted to intervene and the car stopped on the steps at 8385 Revelation Ave. He was treated at the scene by Walkersville EMS.
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Weather outlook for Frederick County and state forecast
Tonight mostly cloudy humid with showers and thunderstorms. Lows 65 to 70. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Rain chances 80 percent. Wednesday partly cloudy to cloudy with warm humid conditions and showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Winds 5 to 10 mph shifting northwest. Rain chances 80 percent. State forecast similar with highs in lower to mid 80s and Garrett County beaches upper 70s. Extended outlook through Saturday shows continued showers and thunderstorms, then mostly sunny with highs mid to upper 80s.
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Man Dies at Home of Dachshund Breeder in Maryland
Maryland State Police say 57 year old Frank Akos Biro of 13899 Foggy Bottom Court Mount Airy died Sunday likely of natural causes. At his residence 14 dogs were found free with 13 dachshunds and a German shepherd moved to a humane society. Autopsy points to heart disease. investigation ongoing. Police appeal for any boarding acquaintances to contact Trooper Bachtell.
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Baltimore
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Frederick Police arrest theft and trespassing suspects
Frederick City Police arrested Chul Yong Lee, 40, for theft after market employees at Weis Market on Old Camp Road observed him concealing merchandise worth 7.53 dollars and he provided a false address. Later, Evelyn Bruneau, 54, was arrested at 149 W. Patrick St after refusing to leave T S May and Associates.
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Jefferson
Plains Weather Warnings and Varied Storms Across Regions
A broad weather pattern brings rain showers from Vermont to West Virginia while thunderstorms sweep the Plains. Forecasts expect 4 inch totals in parts of the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys with flash floods possible. Severe storms are forecast for Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and western Kentucky Tennessee and Alabama with winds above 60 mph large hail and possible tornadoes. Wet weather in western New York and Pennsylvania. mid Atlantic to Southeast sees scattered showers. Southern Plains remain dry with partly cloudy skies while the western Great Lakes may see rain and storms. Palm Springs highs near 106 and Flagstaff lows around 29. Idaho reports a levee break repair after the Snake River floodwaters threaten thousands of acres.
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Fire log summarizes multiple Fort Detrick, Middletown and Jefferson incidents
Fire log records a series of calls ending 8 30 p m Monday including barn fire at 114 W Second St and vehicle, trash and brush fires at Fort Detrick Middletown and Jefferson area. It notes automatic alarms at Fort Detrick buildings 1686 426 and 1043 and fires rekindled at 7134 Holter Rd plus brush fires near Middletown Elementary and Lander Rd Maryland 180. Ambulance activity shows 36 emergency and 3 routine calls.
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Lander Road
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Maryland Lottery Draws Monday Night and Afternoon Results
Baltimore AP reports Pick 3 numbers 6 1 0 and Pick 4 numbers 1 2 5 8 with Bonus Match 5 2 3 6 17 39 and Bonus 15. Afternoon results show Pick 3 4 1 6 and Pick 4 21 69.
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