Columbia

Candlelight Concert Society of Maryland thrives, defying declining classical music audiences.

The plea agreement signed by John Willie Kennedy, Jr., 45, and filed in court Thursday details that he told a federal grand jury in 2021 that he was inside his Columbia town house when he heard the gunshots that killed Meiko Locksley — and admitted that story was false when federal agents confronted him over a year later.

Dr. Harold F. "Doc" Burton, a veterinarian who owned the Towson Veterinary Hospital for three decades, died Aug. 31 at his Abingdon home. He was 102.

Russ Dlin, an Owings Mills High graduate and Columbia resident, has been an instrumental behind-the-scenes cog in CBS Sports’ coverage of the NFL and NCAA men’s basketball games and ESPN’s broadcasts of college football, basketball and lacrosse games.

A software engineer by trade, Mr. Howell was remembered for his lifetime of advocacy on a wide range of issues starting at a young age.

John “Jack” Thorn Lyburn Jr., who served as Carroll County’s director of the Department of Economic Development for nearly 21 years, died Monday, Aug. 14, at his home in Manchester, following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 76.

Adira River Ohanian is the second child — and second daughter — for the 41-year-old Williams and her husband, Reddit co-founder and Columbia native Alexis Ohanian.

The Chesapeake Flower Exchange, a group of 10 flower farmers located in Howard, Carroll, and Montgomery counties, formed earlier this year to provide locally grown blooms to florists in the region as a way to support small businesses and the environment at the same time.