Snippy Dispatcher, Serial Spray-Painters, Education Uproar

Here are some of the day’s top headlines from Maryland Patches:

• 58 Vehicles in Columbia Spray-Painted Overnight: Police
• ‘Stop Whining’ 911 Dispatcher Tells Girl After Fatal Accident
• Grandfather Drives 375 Miles to Build Snowman with Granddaughter
• Maryland State Budget ‘Balanced on the Backs of Our Students’
• Police Seek Help in Finding Missing Rockville Teen
• Baltimore County Delegate Introduces Bill to Protect Dogs from Cold
• 18-Year-Old Pleads Guilty to Killing Annapolis Cabbie
• Anne Arundel Lawmaker Proposes Hit-and-Run Alert System
• Traffic Alert: Part of Old Georgetown Road to Close
• Two Cars Hit Pedestrian in Fatal Crash on Route 1 in Elkridge

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More than 200 cars in Columbia have been spray-painted in less than two months, and police say it appears to be the same suspect(s). Photo Credit: Howard County Police Department.