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Howard County Boys Basketball: Centennial Eagles win 50-42 over the Urbana Hawks

The Centennial Eagles faced the Urbana Hawks out of Ijamsville on Monday night in boys’ varsity basketball action at Centennial High School in Ellicott City. Led by Senior Cam Grable's 14 points and Tyler Longwell's 12 points, the Eagles came out strong and led 24-17 at the half. However, the Hawks rallied in the second half with a strong performance...

The victim in the Jan. 19 shooting in Columbia has died; Howard County police are increasing their reward for information to up to $5,000

Victim in Jan. 19 shooting in Columbia dies; police increase reward Police are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information in the case. The victim in the Jan. 19 shooting in Columbia, 21-year-old Zavian Hagins, has died. Howard County police are increasing their reward for information in the case to up to $5,000. Police responded late Jan. 19 to a...

Maryland State Police are actively investigating a shooting that occurred in Howard County yesterday

State Police Investigate Shooting In Howard County Maryland State Police are actively investigating a shooting that occurred in Howard County yesterday. The victim is not being identified at this time. He was transported to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center for treatment of his injuries. At approximately 3:40 p.m. on Sunday, January 30, 2022, troopers from the Waterloo Barrack were dispatched...

Carroll County Government email offline on January 30th

Update on January 31st at 11:12am via email: County Email Back Online Carroll County Government email servers are now back in service. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and appreciate your patience. Announced via Press Release from Carroll County Government: County Email Offline Due to technical difficulties, Carroll County Government email servers are offline today, Sunday, January 30, 2022 and expected...

USFL Season Begins in 75 days

While many fans of professional football are getting ready for NFL Championship Sunday: Welcome to Championship Sunday. 🏈#NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/SkOBLf7fFb — NFL (@NFL) January 30, 2022 I am starting to get ready for spring football from the USFL. Their season (reboot) begins in 75 days. Here is a screenshot from their website today: https://www.usfl2.com/ There will be 8 teams in the USFL in the...

Busy Saturday morning for Sykesville fire and EMS crews on January 29th

Reported on January 29th by the Sykesville Freedom District Fire Department: Busy Saturday Morning for Station 12 Saturday morning, 1/29, turned out to be a busy one for Sykesville fire and EMS crews. Around 10:15, Station 12 and Gamber & Community Fire Company were alerted for a possible fire reported out. Engines 123, 124 Tower 12 and Chief 12-1 responded shortly after...

Plans for Scott E’s Blog social media accounts in the future and introducing the Carroll County Observer

See the full announcement here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCHpbWmDpE4 Recap: Beginning February 1, 2022: All articles related to Howard County will be posted on Scott E's Blog social media channels: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scotteblog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/scotteblog YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqcF13wECA5B-ECXQIUN6Uw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scotteblog/ All articles related to Carroll County will be posted on Carroll County Observer social media channels: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarrollObserver Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarrollObserver YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrnAjNY565Z_-wGvaOCCthw Many social media posts made on Carroll County...

New Howard County and Carroll County candidate filings this week as of January 28th

Here is the video where I talk about the new candidate filings in Howard County and Carroll County. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOGQYiKUZek Here is a listing of candidates over the past week mentioned in the video: Howard County Howard County Executive: Allan Kittleman filed on January 26th Howard County Council District 3: Christiana Rigby filed on January 26th Maryland State Delegate District 9A: Trent Kittleman filed on January...

Carroll County Politics: Chris Tomlinson enters the race for Delegate in District 5 in 2022

We now have our 4th official candidate running for Delegate in District 5: Chris Tomlinson. Chris filed to run on January 27th: I reached out to the candidate and he sent me the photo above and the following information via press release: Chris Tomlinson files for State Delegate in District 5 On Thursday, January 27 , Third Vice Chairman of the Maryland Republican...

Opinion: Why I am not totally convinced that the Emergency Legislation to correct the Howard County Citizens Election fund is guaranteed to pass on February 7th

This is an opinion post from Scott E this morning about the Howard County Citizens' Election Fund. You can watch the video or read the text below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsgknmwmOP0 Text from the video (with important links): I had hoped that after the introduction of Howard County Council Bill CB 11-2022 last night I would have this warm and fuzzy that the issue with...