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June 1, 2018

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'It's not getting better': Worst of storms miss Ellicott City Thursday, but more rain on the way

Friday, Jun 1

Emergency managers across the state had spent Thursday bracing for the rains and warning residents to prepare for flooding threats forecast to extend through Saturday.

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How Ellicott City flooded: A timeline

The following timeline of the flooding shows just how quickly the rain morphed Old Ellicott City into a deadly flood zone.

Preston: No sympathy for the MIAA schools complaining about St. Frances

Mike Preston writes that schools in the MIAA should stop complaining about St. Frances and start trying to compete with the Panthers.

St. Frances football faces struggle to put together football schedule after MIAA departures

St. Frances’ national powerhouse football team has lost another Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association rival from its schedule with Calvert Hall officials confirming Thursday that the school will join Mount Saint Joseph and Loyola Blakefield in not playing the Panthers this fall.

Ellicott City flood leaves many workers without jobs

The floods that shuttered businesses in Ellicott City last weekend also put many people out of work.

'We cannot in good conscience rebuild': Ellicott City business owner says she won't be back on Main Street

“After a lot of soul searching and a lot of heartbreak, we feel that as badly as we want to come back, we cannot in good conscience rebuild in E.C.," Gretchen Shuey, 48, the owner of Bean Hollow, announced on Facebook.

Syrian aid worker has full scholarship to Johns Hopkins, but worries he can't get a visa

A former pharmacist turned humanitarian worker from Syria has received a full scholarship to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, but worried that he won't be able to get a visa because of restrictions put in place by the Trump administration.

National Donut Day freebies in Baltimore

Fractured Prune and Duck Donuts are among the shops are giving away free doughnuts on June 1 to celebrate National Donut Day.

State's top education official declines again to approve White as Baltimore County superintendent

Maryland State School Superintendent Karen Salmon has refused to approve Verletta White for the second time.

Ravens' new wide receivers show early signs of promise during workouts

Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco filled the sky with spirals Thursday as he tested out a new receiver corps led by Michael Crabtree and John Brown.

More patients could survive — and even thrive after — major strokes under new guidelines

Most doctors used to adhere to a six-hour window to treat some of the worst strokes, but that threshold is now up to 24 hours.