Chad Schaffer started the match with a win at 138 pounds for the Mavericks, who raced to a 35-6 lead through 10 bouts. Man Valley got major decisions from senior Thomas Chenoweth (152) and Zach Brathuhn (285), and pins from junior Grant Warner (195) and freshmen Travis Green (106) and Jake Boog (113).

Hampstead Elementary School was named one of six Maryland Blue Ribbon Schools, the first Carroll County recipient of the annual recognition since 2013.

Police arrested a Westminster man who allegedly tried to steal a vehicle but ended up in a headlock on the ground instead Sunday.

A Mount Airy man faces two misdemeanor charges following an altercation with a woman at a party.

Holiday Hope is an annual campaign, now in its 21st year, in which the Carroll County Times teams up with Carroll Food Sunday, Neighbors in Need Year Round, Carroll Hospice, Access Carroll and The Shepherd’s Staff to help the less fortunate during the holidays. This year’s goal is to raise $125,000 for the five partner charities by Christmas.

The Maryland Civil Air Patrol is renovating a former Cold War era missile site that housed nuclear Weapons in Granite, just outside of Carroll County.

From a senior living development to a proposed subdivision to a planned hotel and restaurant to a mixed use development, southern Carroll County could be on the verge of significant growth.