Duane Williams, supervisor of school security and emergency management for Carroll County Public Schools spoke for many when he told us: “It’s quite baffling to me some jurisdictions can turn 180 degrees that fast.” We also agree with Sheriff JIm DeWees, who said the state should not assume “one size fits all” in terms of school security.
17 photos taking you back to Edinburgh in 1986 (Part 2)
It was a memorable year in which the Commonwealth Games made an unexpectedly controversial return to the city, financial firms prepared themselves for the ‘Big Bang’, and one of our football clubs came within a whisker of lifting the Scottish league title. This was Edinburgh in 1986.
Monday, 1st February 2021, 6:13 pm
Edinburgh had received plaudits far and wide for its handling of the 1970 Commonwealth Games just 16 years earlier, but the city’s second attempt at playing host would sadly be swept up in controversy.
Firstly, the Scottish capital had practically received the 1986 games by default, as no other city had wanted them.
January 15, 2021
In January of 2021, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice Narcotics Division executed 14 search and seizure warrants on numerous cases under investigation.
The search warrants were executed with assistance from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Services Team, Vice Narcotics Support Team, Special Operations Division, and the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Services Team.
As a result of the search warrants executed, five firearms, three vehicles, $6,000 in currency, and various controlled dangerous substances (CDS) with a street value of $7,500 were recovered.
The following individuals were charged in connection with the search warrants executed:
January 15, 2021
On Thursday, January 14, 2021, at approximately 7:05 p.m., police responded to Clipper Drive in Great Mills, for the report of gunshots.
Dispatchers received multiple 911 calls reported gunshots in the area, with multiple callers reporting residences were struck by gunfire.
Police arrived on the scene of Norris Road and Clipper Drive in Great Mills to find at least 18 shell casings in the roadway.
Multiple residences throughout the area had children present at the time of the shooting including one residence on Chancellors Run Road that was struck multiple times by the projectiles.
The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and Criminal Investigations Division (CID) responded to the scene and is investigating the incident.