Logan Sean Balaz, 25, of the 3900 block of Shiloh Ave., has been charged with five felony counts of promotion/distribution of child pornography and five misdemeanor counts of possession of child pornography, according to electronic court records.

Hampstead Police Department has already implemented body cameras as other municipalities look to add add them.

One of the worst Februarys in Carroll County history began Saturday, Feb. 12, 1899. The Blizzard of 1899 would later be referred to as the Great Arctic Outbreak of 1899 and the St. Valentine’s Day Blizzard. Nationally, the intense cold and snow impacted the population, infrastructure, and agriculture.

Carroll Lutheran Village in Westminster held a clinic on Thursday and vaccinated 552 individuals, which included CLV residents, team members and Lutheran clergy from area churches.

One week after instituting a “sequester-in-place” mandate for student housing, the University of Maryland College Park has lifted the order, citing promising COVID-19 metrics in the aftermath of outbreaks on campus.

If they want us to believe that Trump Derangement Syndrome is non-existent and nothing more than a wily fabrication designed to agitate Democrats, they really need to stop acting as though Trump lives in their head morning, noon, and night. Looming are topics of far greater concern, more critical to the American citizen’s daily life. Questions about the new president and his administration abound.

It is very possible, maybe even probable, that some of those shouting words of hatred at a 6-year old were the same people who would sit in a church the following Sunday singing “What A Friend We Have in Jesus” and talking about the amazing grace of God.

February is a dreary month, a good time to think about death and taxes. Which brings us to wills. Even if your thoughts are currently on how to get good child care, not how to divide your estate, look at it this way: none of us knows when our lives will end, but a will gives you some control over what happens to money you saved or the business you built. And it allows you to provide for your spouse and children.