Morning Roundup

A jewelry store in Pikesville was burglarized after a van drove through the storefront Wednesday morning. (WBAL)

A six-month investigation by the Anne Arundel County Police Department into an alleged drug operation led to the arrests of three Odenton residents who were apprehended by investigators. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

Police have arrested a fugitive who escaped a prison van in Howard County and they did so with the help of a Baltimore TV station…

Our weather in Maryland for August has been…normal. (WBAL)

How many Marylanders have lost their Medicaid coverage? (Baltimore Banner)

An 88-year-old woman was killed by a hit-and-run driver Monday who ran a red light and proceeded to speed away in a white pick-up truck. Authorities released new photos of the truck they’re looking for. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

A Baltimore judge on Wednesday scheduled sentencing for a 16-year-old who fatally shot a man after he confronted a group of squeegee workers with a baseball bat near the Inner Harbor for October 23. (Baltimore Banner)

The annual Maryland Association of Counties summer conference is being held in Ocean City this week. (Maryland Matters)

The wife of a missing Baltimore sailor says the search for him is no longer active. (WBAL 1090)

A Honduran national has been arrested by law enforcement in Portland, Maine, in connection with the abduction of a 10-year-old child from Baltimore. (Baltimore Sun)

For the first time since 2021, Anne Arundel County Public Schools is expected to start the school year with a fully operational school bus system. (Baltimore Sun)

Carroll County school officials have removed the 53 books under review from circulation.

As Superintendent, my primary focus is to ensure the successful opening of our coming school year for our 25,000 students. I do not wish for the books under review or the timing of the reconsideration process to be a distraction from that effort. Therefore, I have made the decision to remove the 4X books presently under reconsideration pending the complete reconsideration process. Please know that my decision in this instance with these 53 books should not be considered a permanent change to practice.

Cynthia A. McCabe, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools

A list of most of the 53 books under consideration. (Carroll County Observer)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP STORIES – AUGUST 17

Maryland’s premier urban search and rescue team is bound for Hawaii to join the massive recovery effort from the wildfires in Maui. (WTOP)

Attorneys for federally indicted former Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby asked the court to extend the filing deadline for their next argument concerning their request to move the trial out of Baltimore. (WBFF)

Over 100 unionized workers from the University System of Maryland rallied in College Park on Wednesday in a call to return to the bargaining table to address their job concerns, such as pay that they say neglects to keep up with the rising cost of living. (Baltimore Sun)

A new bus route in Baltimore, the Quicklink 40, is about to begin as a first moving step of Baltimore’s reimagined Red Line. It does not add any stops and instead combines existing Orange and Blue routes and starts Monday, August 28.

An Elkton man was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for his participation in a conspiracy to sexually abuse a child from the age of 4 months to 2 years, produce and receive images documenting the abuse, and for possession of child pornography. (The Aeigis)

The Harford County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Baltimore man with first- and second-degree murder, and first- and second-degree assault, in the Aug. 2 death of an Edgewood man. (Baltimore Sun)

A new report claims the Baltimore City Police Department is falling short of its goal of getting out of their patrol cars more often to engage with the public. But police say they are falling short of that goal because of chronic staffing shortages. (WBAL)

Ocean City officials are launching a campaign to draw more workers, both seasonal and year round. (WBOC)

Seven years ago, the Baltimore mayor’s office had a staff of 39 full-time employees that operated on a $5.2 million budget. Today, the mayor’s staff has soared to 103 employees operating on a $17.1 million budget. (WBFF)

Maryland has received more than $24 million in opioid settlement money. (Baltimore Sun)

Montgomery County is offering free computers and up to $45 per month off home or mobile Internet for some low-income residents. (WTOP)

Charles County school officials are using artificial intelligence to aid in monitoring the nearly 1,700 surveillance cameras for detecting guns. (WMAR)

Gas prices in Maryland keep going up. The average is $3.80, up 27 cents in the past month. (WJZ)

Harford County officials are pushing for security cameras to be placed along Ma and Pa Trail in Bel Air where was woman was recently murdered. (WMAR)

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – AUGUST 17

A Towson University funding campaign raised $102 million for research and an endowment…it’s largest fundraising campaign ever. (Baltimore Business Journal)

Tempers flared as the Wicomico County Council held its first public meeting since being sued by County Executive Julie Giordano (R) earlier this month for blocking two of her high-profile nominations and stripping funding for three positions in her administration. (Maryland Matters)

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San Diego’s Blake Snell stymied the Orioles offense last night at Petco Park. A Ryan Mountcastle home run was the lone highlight in a 5-2 loss to the Padres in the rubber game of the series. (Camden Chat)

PENNANT WATCH: Tampa Bay won last night in San Francisco to gain some ground on the Orioles in the AL East. (MLB)

A prominent Memphis couple with a long-standing relationship to former Ravens player Michael Oher want to end a conservatorship that he’s challenging in court. (Baltimore Sun)

Jim Palmer joined the Orioles broadcast from the hospital amid his bout with coronavirus and says he’s ‘feeling a lot better’. (Baltimore Banner)

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