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Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Yahoo
1982 Howard County cold case gets renewed attention from police
Jul. 11—The Howard County Police Department continues its search for a second suspect in the April 14, 1982 killing of Ruth Thorp in an Elkridge Econo Lodge. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To log in, click here.
CBS News
06-07-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
National adult kickball tournament returns to Maryland with a boom for Fourth of July weekend
A National adult kickball tournament returned to Maryland this weekend and was streamed on ESPN3. The MARS TurfWars brought kickball teams from around the country to Elkridge in Howard County. This was the second time MARS brought the kickball tournament to Maryland. In 2024, the tournament was held in Prince George's County. According to the Turf Wars Kickball website, this is the top adult kickball brand in the country, and he first and only kickball organization to be played in full on an ESPN station. Maryland's kickball tournament Four competitive divisions, with dozens of teams, were playing on Saturday, July 5, and Sunday, July 7. MARS partners with the Maryland Sports Commission to bring the sport to the state. Graham Whaples, the project administrator for the Maryland Sports Commission, said the kickball tournament brings a nice economic boom to the region. "We got folks coming from all over the country," Whaples said. "They're staying in hotels, they're going out to restaurants, and that's a huge impact that we have here, especially over the holiday weekend."
CBS News
03-06-2025
- General
- CBS News
Project to improve pedestrian safety on deadly stretch of road begins in Howard County
Howard County is breaking ground on a project aimed at improving pedestrian safety on a deadly stretch of road. County leaders and the Maryland Department of Transportation will begin a safety improvement project Tuesday on Route 1 in Elkridge. Pedestrians killed on Route 1 Since 2019, at least three pedestrians have died on Route 1, between Doctor Patel Drive and Rowanberry Drive. In September 2024, a woman was killed as she was trying to cross the street. She was hit by two cars during a hit-and-run. A few blocks away, a woman was hit and killed by two cars in December. The community had been calling for safety improvements for nearly six years. "No median…not a divided median, not a concrete median, no resting place for a pedestrian who's crossing," District 1 Councilwoman Walsh told WJZ in 2024. "And at that location where Doctor Patel Drive is, I have 6 lanes. Something like this...a known safety risk where we kill people at a regular interim has to be top of the list." Funding for safety improvements The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) became aware of Doctor Patel Drive in 2022. It was one of four locations along Route 1 that had been scheduled for a $3.5 million pedestrian safety project, but because of funding restraints, the projects were completed in stages. In October 2024, the Maryland Highway Administration announced that a stoplight would be added to the intersection. According to the Highway Administration, funding for the pedestrian safety improvement project was initially cut from the state budget. However, additional funding in the 2026 budget made it possible for the project to continue.
