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"I often say, we can step over addicts. We can walk past them on the street, but every one of them have a mom and dad at home. They have a son or daughter that miss them on Christmas and just want to see them on their birthday," Chris Herren told more than 800 people gathered at The John Carroll School's gym.

Bel Air High School's Andrea Sipos and Kurt Rawlings, of The John Carroll School, were named the 2016 female and male recipients of $5,000 scholarships from the Al Cesky Scholarship Fund Wednesday.

As a starting NBA point guard, Chris Herren traveled coast to coast, playing the sport he had loved since childhood. But Herren wasn't just shooting hoops as he crisscrossed the country for various professional basketball teams. He was shooting heroin and popping pills.

Transgender students may soon be accommodated in bathroom and locker room facilities in Harford County Public Schools, in accordance with a federal mandate, but some in the community appear to be uneasy, if not downright hostile, about the change.

As a high school basketball star who wasa point guard for the Boston Celtics, Chris Herren's dreams had come true. In reality, he was in an addiction nightmare.

Harford Christian School snagged its 10th consecutive Harford County Envirothon victory Wednesday, but they were not the only team shining at the annual outdoor environmental science competition.

The Town of Bel Air's real property and personal property tax rates have not budged in more than a decade, but one resident asked the town commissioners Monday if small increases in the rates each year would have been better, rather than residents being hit with a significant increase in the future.

The Harford County high school girls who are honored each year for their accomplishments in math and science at the annual Judith Resnik Luncheon are usually treated to a visit from a woman who has had a successful career in either field, but this year, the 12 honorees will have a chance to meet Mary Cleave, a former astronaut who knew the namesake of the luncheon.

The Highlands School, of Creswell, which assists students with ADHD, dyslexia and other learning disabilities, celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2016

The Abingdon Panera Bread restaurant, the scene of one of last month's shootings of two Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies, will donate 100 percent of this weekend's sales to the families of the two fallen deputies. A large turnout was already reported Friday.

Within a month of each other, Independent Brewing Co. and John Carroll School approached Bel Air town officials about trying to get credits on their sewer bills, which are based on their water use as determined by their supplier, Maryland American Water, according to Lisa Moody, finance director for the Town of Bel Air.

A dozen or so seniors at The John Carroll School in Bel Air sat motionless, transfixed as they listened Tuesday to Holocaust survivor Howard Kaidanow tell his story, quietly and bluntly, from a chair at the front of the classroom.

Announcements of student accomplishments in the county.

Students around Harford County are using multiple ways to cope not only with the murder of two Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies in Abingdon last week, but also with how it's affecting adults around them.

Speaking on a local sports talk radio show Tuesday night, Orioles center fielder Adam Jones said he¿s pleased with the team¿s offseason moves to retain Chris Davis, Darren O¿Day and Matt Wieters, but admitted he was among those expecting to see those free agents head elsewhere.

Harford County continued digging out from under the heavy snowpack left by this weekend's storm, but public schools will remain closed through Friday and plowing continues throughout the region.

The Rev. Father Edward Glynn, a Jesuit priest who headed three of his order's universities as well as its Maryland Province, died of cardiac disease Saturday at the St. Claude la Colombiere Jesuit Community in North Roland Park. He was 80.

Mountaineers freshman guard helped team take three of four before returning home to Knott Arena

Five Minutes with Steve Mosko, Baltimore-raised head of Sony Pictures Television

When the Maryland General Assembly opens for its 2016 session today (Wednesday) at noon in Annapolis, six Harford County high school seniors will be standing by to serve as legislative pages.

The Harford County Board of Education reached a tentative agreement on a teacher compensation package and contract that included a 1.5 percent pay increase for all teachers, plus a 3 percent salary step and longevity increase. The salary increases would take effect for the 2015-2016 fiscal year beginning July 1.

Mount de Sales soccer coach Dave Manser said more than 350 coats, jackets and sweatshirts were collected for delivery earlier this week to Hope for All, a Christian-based nonprofit in Glen Burnie.

Janet McAdorey was doubly recognized for her performance in the Race for the Cure in Hunt Valley Sunday.

Students enrolled at their respective schools aren't the only ones who use the tracks. Residents from the immediate area, or even farther away, regularly take advantage of the rubberized, circular all-weather tracks, as well as the fields inside them, for a variety of fitness-related and recreational needs.

Harford County's health department is trying to educate more community leaders about warning signs of suicide, which remains "a significant cause of death in the U.S.," county social work services director Paula Nash said.

The Pilgrimage of Love and Mercy is being led by a Washington County priest and a Catholic Review editor to coincide with the pontiff's first U.S. visit, set to culminate with Mass along Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Sunday.

Despite reaching his dream of playing on the University of Notre Dame's legendary football field, and later being the subject of a major Hollywood movie, Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger does not consider himself a success.

Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, the unlikely University of Notre Dame football player whose story inspired the 1993 movie "Rudy," will be sharing that story at The John Carroll School in Bel Air Sunday.

In the days following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, signs could be seen near the sites of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Northern Virginia and western Pennsylvania, as well as in many forms of media, urging Americans to "never forget" acts of terror in which nearly 3,000 people died.

Cal Ripken Jr. played his record-breaking game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Sept. 6, 1995, and he sat for a brief interview Wednesday at home plate at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen about the anniversary of "The Streak."

The late Leo F. Matrangola was remembered by family, friends and colleagues Saturday afternoon as a highly principled man who put his family first and was a dedicated public servant, credited with bringing the Bel Air Police Department into the "modern age" in the words of one speaker at a memorial service for the longtime town police chief.

After a recess for the afternoon, during which the rain finally stopped, Bel Air's traditional Independence Day Parade began at 6 p.m. July 4 at the intersection of South Main Street and Idlewild Avenue on the south side of town.

The following are the results from the 2015 Kingsville July 4 Parade held Saturday and sponsored by the Greater Kingsville Civic Association Inc. and Kingsville Volunteer Fire Company.

A steady rain didn't keep spectators from enjoying Kingsville's 35th annual Independence Day parade late Saturday morning as they took in marching bands, fire trucks and red, white and blue floats created by various area businesses, community groups and elected officials.

Harford gearing up for July 4th festivities across the county

On Saturday May 9, Alex English, a 17-year-old senior at John Carroll High School, hosted a 5K glow run/walk. John Carroll seniors must complete a senior project as part of their graduation requirements. Louise Geczy has been in charge of the senior projects at John Carroll for the last 7 years and follows up with the students frequently to ensure success in their projects. Alex chose to do a 5K glow run/walk to raise money for depression awareness. All money donated will go to the depression

Billy Bauhof and Nicholas Wilson became fast friends in kindergarten as part of the founding class at Gerstell Academy in 2002.

Fourteen students earned their high school diplomas during Gerstell Academy's fourth commencement ceremony held Thursday.

Some of the 185 members of The John Carroll School's Class of 2015 have future plans that will take them hundreds or thousands of miles from the Bel Air campus they have called home for the past four years, but as one parent put it, they will always have a family at John Carroll.

"The Wizard of Oz" opens at Phoenix Festival Theater June 5 and runs for two weekends. The lively family favorite is full of songs like "We're Off To See the Wizard," "Yellow Brick Road," "King of the Forest," and, of course, the signature number, "Over the Rainbow."

C. Milton Wright High School's Lauren O'Mara and John Carroll School's Tim Kutcher were named the female and male recipients of a $5,000 scholarship from the Al Cesky Scholarship Fund Wednesday evening.

The riots, violence and protests over the last few days in Baltimore have most people staying away from the city. Several Harford residents, however, were downtown when the violence began. John Carroll students attended their prom at the National Aquarium in Baltimore Saturday night, while a handful of others from Harford were attending, or trying to, take in an Orioles game.

Three sisters from Catonsville

Gary Siler, who built Harford Tech into a regional wrestling power and was the school's current softball coach, died suddenly on Friday. He was 58.

The Bel Air town commissioners honored multiple people, organizations and events with proclamations Monday, including a senior at The John Carroll School and a former mail carrier who spent more than 30 years delivering mail in downtown Bel Air.

As New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick stood several yards behind the drills, his top scouting executive fired passes Thursday to Maryland wide receivers Stefon Diggs and Deon Long.

Students Harford County Public Schools and their counterparts across the state are in the midst of an intense spring testing cycle, as they complete the state's first year of PARCC assessment exams.

Phoenix Festival Theater opens the family favorite musical "Fiddler on the Roof" this weekend.