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November 12, 2018

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Will Calvin Ball put the brakes on Ellicott City flood control plan, shift other priorities?

Friday, Nov 9

The Democrat voted against funding Howard's five-year flood mitigation plan and committed to increasing school funding.

Artists and galleries look to the future

Robin Holliday reopens her gallery, HorseSpirit Arts Gallery, in Savage Mill after two floods destroyed it an historic Ellicott City. The artists remaining in Ellicott City think of the future.

Veterans offer a living history lesson at Ellicott City school

Veterans Elementary School hosted its annual Salute to Veterans event on Friday.

Death toll hits 25 from wildfires at both ends of California — and is likely to rise

Authorities called in a mobile DNA lab and anthropologists to help identify the dead in the most destructive wildfire in California history.

More women will serve in the Maryland legislature — part of a nationwide surge in 2018 election

Seventy women won election Tuesday — about 30 of them new to the House and Senate — as part of a surge of woman across the country that shattered glass ceilings for gender, race and religion. Overall, Maryland will see a net gain of seven more women when the legislature reconvenes in January.

Maryland governor precinct-by-precinct: Where Hogan and Jealous got their votes

See how your neighborhood voted with this detailed map, which shows ballots cast for governor on Election Day by voting precinct.

The heroic, perplexing tale of the Baltimore man who was the last killed in WWI — minutes before Armistice

At 10:59 a.m. Sunday, the bells at the Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery were scheduled to ring for Henry Gunther, a Baltimorean widely believed to be the last soldier killed in combat in World War I.

Ravens midseason superlatives: Worst play, best quote, surest sign of the apocalypse and more

With the Ravens' season at the two-month mark, there’s no better time to assess the big picture.