The Morning Report is a quick roundup of links to stories that Carroll County residents are talking about for Wednesday, September 7, 2016. Read our eNewspaper, a PDF replica of today's paper. Access to the eNewspaper and our website is included with a print subscription. Activate yours at www.carrollcountytimes.com/activate.
- A Taneytown woman was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday for her participation in a string of 2015 armed robberies.
- What Crystal Hutchins does for a living, though her official title and mild manner may belie it, is rescue people from bad days.
- Gearing up for the 2016 Steam Show Days, Mason-Dixon Historical Society's treasurer and tractor collector Shane Ey said he's looking forward to the large group of tractors and engines that will be on display Thursday, Sept. 8, through Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Carroll County Farm Museum in Westminster.
- A Pikesville man was arrested Monday in Westminster on firearms and drug charges.
- "How many legs do you have?" Maddie Koenig asked the group of five children, ages 2 to 9, early into the Monarch Magic program at Bear Branch Nature Center on Saturday, Aug. 27. The question was one of many that taught the children about monarch butterfly bodies by asking them to think about how their own bodies work.
- Seventy-one percent of registered voters in the state — including 63 percent of Democrats and 88 percent of Republicans — approve of the job Gov. Larry Hogan is doing, according to a recent poll.
- An Eldersburg man was arrested Sunday in connection to up to five burglaries between Aug. 24 and Sept. 3.
- On Saturday, Sept. 10, the Historical Society of Carroll County will hold its 16th Antiques and Appraisals day.
- Baltimore County will receive $4 million from the state to upgrade its 911 equipment, part of a national effort to implement a 911 system that will allow operators to receive texts, photos, videos and better locational data designed to improve emergency response.
- Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is deeply unpopular in Maryland and could be acting as a weight on the GOP candidate for the state's open U.S. Senate seat, according to a statewide poll to be released Tuesday.