Carroll County could end the year with as much as $8.8 million in excess, according to staff projections based on figures from the second quarter of the current fiscal year.

The Carrolltowne Elementary School Players production of “Frozen Jr.” takes the stage this weekend. Some tickets remain for the Saturday Feb. 29 evening show at 7 p.m.

Two Carroll County Public Schools students were overall winners in the annual hackathon hosted by the Westminster-based Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory, or MAGIC.

Devilbiss threw 38 feet, 2.25 inches to place second in the shot put at this year's Class 3A indoor track state meet.

A Baltimore woman will serve one year in the Carroll County Detention Center after she stole more than $5,000 worth of products from a beauty and makeup store in Westminster, according to court records.

Ash Wednesday, recognized as the beginning of Lent by many Christians, falls about six weeks before Easter Sunday. Among churches that celebrate Ash Wednesday by placing of ashes on the forehead, Calvary United Methodist Church in Mount Airy offered “Ashes and Blessings to Go” along South Main Street Wednesday, providing ashes in front of the church to passing motorists as an outreach and for those who might not otherwise find a chance to observe the tradition.

A Westminster man has been charged with assault after allegedly “jumping” another man Tuesday outside the Olive Garden on Gorsuch Road in Westminster.