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Steven C. "Bo" Eckard, a member of the music faculty at McDaniel College, where he was senior lecturer of music and founder of the Electric Bass Ensemble, died Aug. 24 of undetermined causes at his Westminster home. He was 58.

Dan Rodricks disparages Baltimore County Trump supporters as poorly educated and economically anxious

Jessica Silinote and Connor Maloney met while attending Loyola University Maryland. They were married at the school's alumni chapel.

For four weeks, the StoryCorps mobile storytelling booth will be parked outside MICA, ready to record what you and someone you love have to say to each other.

To local artists, it has felt vitally necessary to form the roiling muck of thoughts and feelings generated by the death of the 25-year-old man and by the subsequent confrontation between police officers and brick-wielding citizens into something that makes sense, into poetry or a sculpture or a melodic phrase. The words and pictures were so vivid and insistent that they practically shoved their way out. They almost demanded that the artists sit down — not tomorrow, but right now —

Lloyd McK. Alston, a retired city public school assistant superintendent who later became vice president of the Baltimore Urban League, died Jan. 31 of respiratory failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 83.

Columnist Kate Drabinski listens to Claudia Rankine and muses on the long racist history of homeownership in America.

Francis "Frank" X. Wright, 70, a retired utilities attorney who served as Maryland Bond Counsel, died of a stroke Dec. 16 at Gilchrist Hospice Care.

Godfrey Garvey, 86, retired owner of a Howard County plumbing business, died Saturday at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia.

Mt. Hebron junior Johnny Linsenmeyer named Howard County boys soccer Player of Year to headline all-county team

Rebecca Phillips, of Timonium, is a volunteer "puppy raiser" for Hero Dogs Inc., a Maryland-based nonprofit that raises and trains service dogs for free to disabled military veterans.

Marguerite Aline Voorhies, 90, a retired Baltimore County school teacher, died of a stroke complications Dec. 3 at her Timonium home.

A questionable call in the box, resulted in a Fallston penalty kick early in the second half. The Cougars buried the shot and the goal ended up being the decider Saturday, as Wilde Lake fell in the 2A state championship 1-0

Marylanders in Baltimore and Annapolis sang and prayed Monday to publicly voice their love and support for the families, friends and nations of the 129 people in France and 40 in Lebanon killed in terrorist attacks late last week.

Cooper and Ament combine for seven goals, lift NC to region title

Peter C. Murrell Jr., an educational psychologist and a professor or urban education at Loyola University of Maryland where he was founding dean of the School of Education, died Oct. 25 of pancreatic cancer at his home in Boston. He was 63.

Bino Ranson and Stan Spirou will have something of a mini-reunion Friday when Southern New Hampshire, which reached the Division II Elite Eight last season before losing to eventual champion Florida Southern, play the No. 3 Terps in a preseason game at Xfinity Center.

Katie Sandberg and Rich Natelli were married on Aug. 15, 2015

David Roos and Katherine Carneval are engaged to be married

Daniel Whipp, a Harford County native and veteran of the Marine Corps, has been hired to lead the Chesapeake Science & Security Corridor under the administration of County Executive Barry Glassman.

— The United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries have agreed to wide-ranging trade pact that would eliminate duties on countless goods and establish uniform rules on intellectual property, labor rights and the environment.

Pope Francis called Father Junipero Serra a defender of "the dignity of the native community," as the first pope from the Americas canonized the 18th-century missionary known as the Apostle of California on Wednesday while he celebrated his first Mass in the United States.

Looking for a new job in the Baltimore area? Here are a few job listings that caught our eye this week.

Here are some details about the prosecutors and the key defense lawyers representing the six Baltimore Police officers charged in the Freddie Gray case.

Zvi Shoubin, 86, Maryland Public Television chief programming executive who created the 1957 rock and roll afternoon must-see, the Buddy Deane Show in 1957, dies.

As college students, we are dual citizens, held to the standards of the community that surrounds our college and to the standards of the college itself. And in most cases, the student label carries more weight. Because of this, the worst thing that is going to happen to you if you break the law as a college student on a college campus is that you will be kicked off that campus and potentially be expelled, except for in very rare cases.

China's decision last week to devalue its currency could hurt businesses in Maryland, experts say, especially if the Chinese yuan continues to weaken.

The new dean of Loyola University of Maryland's business school started out as a social work student, but she makes no apologies for her switch to business — and she doesn't want her students or faculty to either.

Sister Marie Charles Grauer, a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, who taught thousands of young women at the Institute of Notre Dame during her more than four decades career at the East Baltimore parochial school, died Tuesday at Villa Assumpta, her order's motherhouse in Woodbrook. She was 96.

Brenda G. Becker, vice president of marketing at Carroll Lutheran Village, died Monday of ovarian cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Hunt Valley resident was 54.

News from the business sphere of Baltimore County

Francesca Whitehurst couldn't have scripted a much better final year than the one she just completed at Roland Park Country School.

Former University of Maryland basketball star Juan Dixon brought his basketball camp to Howard County the week of June 22-26

Betamore, the startup incubator that offers classes in web development in a smartly-designed space in Federal Hill, is only three years old.

Charles A. Reese, an education lawyer who was a founding partner of Reese & Kane and co-author of the Howard County Code in the early 1970s, died Thursday of a massive stroke at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 88.

Piney Ridge Elementary special education teacher Sue Elseth is named 'Special Education Professional of the Year' by the Arc Carroll County.

Edward B. "Ned" Kormann, a retired Verizon marketing manager and outdoorsman, died.

Meta P. Barton, a businesswoman who owned and managed various properties, died April 23 at her Delray Beach, Fla., home of heart failure. She was 86.

Nancy H. Hall, a retired speech pathologist and audiologist who was a docent at the Walters Art Museum for more than 25 years, died.

Frances Tiafoe, a 17-year-old from Riverdale in Prince George's County, has earned his first main-draw Grand Slam tournament berth by clinching a French Open wild-card entry through the U.S. Tennis Association.

Taking a close look at Freddie Gray's neighborhood and the century of policies that shaped it and countless others like it across America reminds us that racial injustice has deep roots in our cities.

Consumers are snacking a lot more frequently than they did decades ago, but they've also become more health-conscious

This week, about 40 foreign attachés from countries around the world — from Serbia to Spain, India to Italy — will all gather in Baltimore with one purpose: to consider whether to bring their nation's tall ships to the Inner Harbor.

Two Dulaney High grads are making a name for themselves—one as a lacrosse player, the other for her humanitarian efforts.

Baltimore's liquor board voted unanimously Thursday to revoke the license of a North Baltimore bar popular among Loyola College students.