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The Carroll County Health Department announced nine new confirmed cases of the coronavirus Wednesday evening, bringing the total number of cases in the county to 103.

While many aspects of life in Carroll County have come to a halt during the coronavirus pandemic, fire and emergency medical services carry on — though with some modifications.

The Carroll County Board of Education held a special meeting to discuss the coronavirus via livestream Wednesday.

In nursing homes with vulnerable residents, the coronavirus is cutting a particularly deadly path. And the nation’s lack of testing, coupled with its inability to effectively trace the contacts of those infected, has left local and state health departments blind in the battle to intervene.

Maryland State Police arrested a “known gang member” in Frederick County on Tuesday who had a warrant out for his arrest in Carroll County, according to police.

About $5 million in grant funding is available for efforts to address the opioid crisis, and applications are due to the Carroll County health department by April 10.

The following is the daily intake report for the Carroll County Detention Center provided by the Central Booking Unit.

Sheetz, a Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain with several stores in Maryland, announce it’ll offer free meals to children in need for the next two weeks as families continue to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

Carroll County Public Schools’ nearly 25,000 students got started on distance learning this week, facing a semester that will take place mostly via computer screen due to the coronavirus.

The first signs of the coronavirus’ strain on the health care system in Carroll County appeared Tuesday morning, with one unit at Carroll Hospital reaching its current capacity with patients.

A Westminster man faces multiple charges after being caught violating Gov. Larry Hogan’s stay-at-home order, according to police.

Out of an interest in preventing spread of the coronavirus, Carroll County’s commissioners voted Tuesday to close Hoods Mill Landfill in Woodbine, starting April 4, until further notice.

Any full-time elementary, middle, high school, career and technology, special education teacher, or media specialist in the Carroll County Public School System is eligible for nomination for the Outstanding Teacher Awards.

The following is the daily intake report for the Carroll County Detention Center provided by the Central Booking Unit.

The Manchester Volunteer Fire Department has been putting on plays for at least a hundred years now.

A man in his 80s is the second resident of a Mount Airy nursing home to die amid a coronavirus outbreak there, the Carroll County Health Department said Monday.