The Maryland State Police have arrested and charged a Bel Air man who allegedly sheared the door off a police vehicle while driving under the influence.

During a visit to Lorien Bel Air, Maryland Health Secretary Dennis Schrader and Dr. Jinlene Chan, deputy secretary for public health services, encouraged as many people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as possible, in light of the positive impacts vaccines have had on staff and residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

As National Nurses Day is celebrated Thursday, Harford Community College student Shreeyam Mishra is in the midst of wrapping up a full semester of studies for a nursing career that she has wanted since she was young.

If Maryland residents have grown tired of hearing Gov. Larry Hogan encouraging citizens to get vaccinated, take it from Baltimore Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr., who had much of the same to say when he joined the governor and other officials Wednesday for a tour of the mass vaccination site at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen.

Ariane Grubb Kelly, a Harford County native and the Director of Academic Support at Johns Hopkins University, was appointed to a vacancy on the Harford County Public Schools' Board of Education on Tuesday, May 4.

Incumbent Havre de Grace City Council members David Martin, Jason Robertson and Carolyn Zinner all were re-elected by a wide margin, and Mayor William T. Martin — who ran unopposed — won his fourth consecutive term Tuesday.

Members of the senior center at the Veronica “Roni” Chenowith Activity Center in Fallston spent Monday afternoon socializing, exercising, playing ping-pong, basketball, pickleball and other activities. Many of them had not seen each other since that facility closed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

Harford County’s COVID-19 positivity rate dipped below the state average for the first time since mid-January as the county continues to see its metrics improve.

After a nearly 30-mile car chase that started in Harford County, Maryland State Police troopers arrested three individuals in Cecil County that were wanted in connection to multiple shootings in Delaware, according to police.

Body-worn cameras for the Harford County Sheriff’s Office are expected to cost $2.7 million over five years, and staff would receive a pay bump to be competitive with other agencies, according to the proposed budget.

The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for Baltimore and Carroll counties Monday night as thunderstorms swept through the area from the west. The warnings for Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick counties all expired by 10 p.m.

A Maryland woman charged with setting fire to her home with a person inside is accused of watching it burn from a chair on the front lawn before leaving, authorities say.