Council Candidate Faces Charges, Precinct Crime Down, Stevenson Football Up: News Roundup for 5/8 - 5/15

An Owings Mills woman who ran for Baltimore County Council and served on the county Democratic Central Committee faces felony theft and embezzlement charges.

Solo Cup company is set to begin its closure end game by laying off some of its 540 manufacturing workers June 30.

Baltimore County officials expect more than 80,000 people a year to visit Robert E. Lee Park when it reopens later this fall.

Westminster High's Mark Lortz was hired to be the first marching band director at Stevenson University.

A store boasting all things Mustang merchandise is set to open across from the university's new football stadium.

More than 400 participants ran on a beautiful Saturday in Owings Mills to raise money for cancer. 

Precinct 3 of the Baltimore County Police Department, which covers Owings Mills and Reisterstown, had an 8.8 percent overall reduction in crime from 2009 to 2010, a greater reduction than total Baltimore County crime.

The team of fifth-graders finished in sixth place out of 705 schools and had two students earn perfect scores in February's WordMasters Challenge.

A Lansdowne mom encouraged her son to fight a bully. Is she wrong?

A roundup of incidents in Precinct 3, serving Reisterstown and Owings Mills.

Find out why preparing duck amounts to more than just a "gamey" taste.

In honor of Older Americans Month, this is the second in a four-part series about issues and resources related to growing older.