The Career and Technology Center wasn’t bustling with students, teachers and administrators. However, there’s school life in the building for the first time in six months amid the coronavirus pandemic,

On Wednesday, crews began rolling out new turf at Carroll High School. The site improvement project includes not only a new football stadium but upgrades to the soccer fields, new practice fields for the soccer team and the school’s marching band.

Najia Stallworth, who had taught in public schools and other institutions since 1996, said she was fired from John Carroll on Tuesday, but said the administration did not reference the viral photo as the reason for her termination.

The Carroll Sports Hall of Fame will total 133 members when the Class of 2020 gets officially welcomed next year. But the Hall has lost a handful of past inductees since last November, most recently when Shirl Dorsey Greene died Sept.

County Health Officer Ed Singer said any positive tests are electronically relayed to the Health Department and that he had been in touch with CCPS personnel, including Superintendent Steve Lockard, last week and that communication continued over the weekend.

The Times caught up with the longtime coach to talk about the first week of school, and hie feelings about getting back to normalcy on the playing fields.

Board of County Commissioners President Stephen Wantz spoke for most of Carroll when he told Sheriff Jim DeWees, “We’ve got your backs and we will continue to have your backs” at the Sept. 3 commissioners meeting.

Of course, it’s easy for students to be motivated on the first day or the first week. Will teachers be able to engage them a month in?

We have plenty of impressive young people in Carroll County, attending schools locally. We brought you the story of one such student on the first day of the school year. Century High School sophomore Uchechi Mba was recently selected as a Maryland delegate to the 2020 World Food Prize Global Youth Institute for her research paper and video presenta

The MPSSAA announced Friday that the winter sports season will take place Feb. 1 through March 27; the fall season March 15 through May 8; and the spring season April 26 through June 19.