After about 22 years of service with the Carroll County Detention Center, Warden George Hardinger is retiring from his position, effective next Wednesday

The Carroll County Public Schools community’s appreciation for its school resource officers was demonstrated once again when Century High School students chose its SRO to be the keynote speaker for graduation.

Francis Scott Key crowned a regional tennis champion Wednesday when the Eagles’ mixed doubles team of Paige Bussells and Gavin Bussells won the Class 1A North title match at Poly in Baltimore. The Eagles’ tandem defeated Pikesville’s Sydni Glick and Liran Vaiman 6-1,

Kelsey Shekore, a South Carroll High School class of 2021 grad, said her high school experience, especially the last couple years, helped her work-life balance.

Olivia Reardon sparked South Carroll (7-1) with four hits, and led off the seventh with her second double before scoring the go-ahead run on a single by pitcher Maddie Karns.

Peter Heubeck closed out a 3-2 win with his season-high 15th strikeout to send Gilman to Monday’s Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference championship round.

Bailey Bullock, a 16-year-old sophomore at John Carroll School in Bel Air, had a cardiac emergency and died outside the school Wednesday waiting to be picked up after track practice.

And the anticipation of resuming spring sports now shifts to playing official games for the first time in two years. The week leading up to Memorial Day of 2019 saw the last collection of high school sporting events for any Carroll public school team.

Case numbers decreased from 98 to 94 within a week due to four fewer staff members having the virus. Of those, for the second week in a row, 85 are students. The previous high had been 82 students, the week of April 7.

A little less than 30% of Carroll County’s population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but more than 40% have been given their first dose.