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Elizabeth B. "Bettie" Delaplaine, former director of special events for the Frederick News-Post newspaper and a longtime Frederick patron of the arts, died Thursday at Frederick Memorial Hospital of complications from a blood infection and a kidney disorder. She was 84.

Lindsey Pritchett is a product of Harford County, having attended elementary, middle and high school in Harford, as well as college, and now she is starting her teaching career in her home county.

When you call 911, you want to speak with a dispatcher as soon as possible. But what if, in that moment or in general, you aren't able to speak at all?

The mother of a girl who was sexually abused by an employee at the Maryland School for the Deaf is suing the state for $4 million, claiming the school was negligent in not protecting her daughter.

Greater Loch Raven columnist Sue Van Essen writes about awards for Maryland School for the Deaf students.

Clarence Cepheus Taylor III, had been accused of groping seven girls, ages 10 to 13, and kissing some on the lips. Three young women told police of the alleged abuse, and victims testified Taylor touched them inappropriately in the hallways and common areas of the school's dormitory in incidents from 2008 to 2011.

When the starting weight class blinked onto the scoreboard at Reservoir Thursday night, the prospects already looked bleak for visiting Glenelg. Reservoir would start the key Howard County dual wih senior captain Mason Kilcarr (132), a returning state finalist, and end it with his two younger brothers: Trent and Troy. As it turns out, the defending county tournament champion Gladiators did more than enough in the weight classes between the Kilcarrs to defeat Reservoir, 33-23.

Reservoir and Glenelg were the big winners on opening night of the 2013-2014 Howard County wrestling season. The Gators got an early jump in the race for the league championship, taking out Centennial, 55-22, on the strength of pins by Tyler Ponton (120, :45), Trent Kilcarr (126, 3:21), Mason Kilcarr (138, 1:24), Wes Beattie (182, :45) and Michael Sullivan (285, 3:54). Sam Boulos (152, 3:16), Steven Wysocki (195, 3:12) and Carlos Lucero (220, 2:44) got the pins for the Eagles, while defending county champion and state finalist Austin Kraisser (145) blanked Reservoir's Hans Wicklein in a battle between top wrestlers.

Among the first words said by prosecutor and Assistant State¿s Attorney Lisa Broten during her closing arguments in the Maryland School for the Deaf child sexual abuse case were "unique" and "unusual."

Among the first words said by prosecutor and Assistant State's Attorney Lisa Broten during her closing arguments in the Maryland School for the Deaf child sexual abuse case were "unique" and "unusual."

Clarence Cepheus Taylor III was found guilty of two counts of child sexual abuse Wednesday. The jury deadlocked on four other counts and acquitted Tayor of a seventh count.

The Bits and Pieces column written by Stan Ber for the week of Nov. 14.

After approximately nine hours of deliberation, the Howard County Circuit Court jury tasked with deciding the fate of the defendant in the Md. School for the Deaf sex abuse case remains deadlocked.

The former aide at the Maryland School for the Deaf facing seven counts of child sex abuse denied the allegations against him during his testimony in Howard County Circuit Court on Friday.

After eight days of testimony, the prosecution rested its case Thursday afternoon in the Howard County sex abuse trial of a former employee for the Maryland School for the Deaf in Columbia.

The trial of the Baltimore County man accused of sexually abusing seven young female students at the Maryland School for the Deaf in Columbia has begun in Howard County Circuit Court Monday.

The Montpelier Association held its first "Let's Play Pickleball" event, which was organized by Montpelier resident, Gina Oliva..

Marshall Taylor and fellow graduates celebrated their promotion to first grade at Maryland School for the Deaf,

With victory in final weight class, Falcons beat Eagles by 1 1/2 points for A Division team title

Four more sexual abuse victims in the case against an aide at the Maryland School for the Deaf in Columbia have come forward, according to court records.

An aide at the Maryland School for the Deaf was charged Thursday with molesting three girls when they were students at the school between 2008 and 2010, Howard County police said.