A Toast Among Ghosts

Parkville Middle School student wins first place in Baltimore County Public Library’s horror story writing contest

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TOWSON, MD—Three Baltimore County Public Schools students swept the “under 21” category of Baltimore County Public Library’s Tales of the Dead Short Horror Story Contest. Polly Sloan, a Grade 7 student at Parkville Middle School, won first place for “The Letters from No One,” about a man receiving mysterious and terrifying letters predicting his imminent death. Second place went to […]

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Reisterstown man convicted of first-degree murder in connection with fatal Essex stabbing

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ESSEX, MD—A Reisterstown man has been convicted in connection with a fatal stabbing that occurred at an Essex bar last year. Shawn A. Parks, 33, was found guilty of first-degree, premeditated murder by a jury late Monday in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. On August 30, 2020, officers with the Baltimore County Police Department responded to the parking lot […]

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Overlea man charged in connection with fatal Reisterstown stabbing

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UPDATE: Jimmy Foye has been convicted of murder. Original story below… —— OVERLEA, MD—Police have arrested and charged an Overlea man in connection with a fatal stabbing that occurred in Reisterstown on Friday. Homicide detectives have charged Jimmy Foye Sr., 60, with first-degree murder in the death of 43-year-old Irma Lily Garrido Ruiz. At just after 12:30 p.m. on January […]

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