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Cecil County

Wrightsville-Hellam, PA
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Search Underway For Missing Kayaker After Susquehanna River Capsizing Near PA-MD Border Search Underway For Missing Kayaker After Susquehanna River Capsizing Near PA-MD Border
Search Underway For Missing Kayaker After Susquehanna River Capsizing Near Pa-md Border A search is underway after a kayaker disappeared in the Susquehanna River near the Maryland-Pennsylvania border Sunday evening, Aug. 2, authorities said. Emergency crews were called to the area of Rock Run Landing in Port Deposit at approximately 6:25 p.m. after receiving reports that a man had capsized while kayaking in the Susquehanna River. The man did not resurface after the kayak overturned, Maryland Natural Resources Police told wmar2news. Multiple agencies responded to the scene, including Cecil County emergency crews and the Robert Fulton Fire Company in Lancaster County, Pennsylva…

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by Jillian Pikora
Rising Sun-Conowingo, MD
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Delaware Man Charged In Cecil County Party Shooting That Left Two Dead, Two Injured: State PD Delaware Man Charged In Cecil County Party Shooting That Left Two Dead, Two Injured: State PD
Delaware Man Charged In Cecil County Party Shooting That Left Two Dead, Two Injured: State PD A 23-year-old Delaware man has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal shooting at a party in Elkton that left two men dead and two others injured, authorities announced. Justice Schmeek Pratt, of Bear, Delaware, was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 4, by the Maryland State Apprehension Team with assistance from the Delaware State Police and First State Fugitive Task Force, who charged him with second-degree murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and firearm offenses. The arrest followed a search warrant executed at a residence on Channing Drive in Bear, where police recovered two …

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by Zak Failla
Camden, NJ
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Camden Woman Hits Tree Along I-95, Dies In Maryland Crash: Troopers Camden Woman Hits Tree Along I-95, Dies In Maryland Crash: Troopers
Camden Woman Hits Tree Along I-95, Dies In Maryland Crash: Troopers A New Jersey woman was killed when her pickup crashed on Interstate 95 in northern Maryland, authorities said. Tracey McKeon of Camden, NJ, died in the crash, a Maryland State Police spokesperson said on Thursday, Oct. 31. Troopers responded to the wreck on I-95 South in Perryville, MD, at around 8:47 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 27. Investigators said McKeon was driving a 2012 Dodge Ram near milepost 92.9. The pickup went off the highway to the right and crashed head-on into a tree. Cecil County paramedics pronounced McKeon dead at the scene. She was 54 years old. T…

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by Chris Spiker
Elkton, MD
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'Historic' Howard House In Heart Of MD Town Damaged By Three-Alarm Fire 'Historic' Howard House In Heart Of MD Town Damaged By Three-Alarm Fire
'Historic' Howard House In Heart Of MD Town Damaged By Three-Alarm Fire Crews from several states came together over the weekend to contain a “stubborn” three-alarm fire that spread to the site of the former famed Howard House in Elkton. Upwards of 100 firefighters from Cecil County, neighboring states and jurisdictions came together at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 21, to battle a blaze that broke out in the heart of town and refused to go down quietly, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal’s Office. On Sunday afternoon, crews were called to West Main Street, at the intersection of North Street, where there was a fast moving fire that was quickly up…

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by Zak Failla
Elkton, MD
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School Bus Driver Charged With DUI For Cecil County Crash Into Ditch School Bus Driver Charged With DUI For Cecil County Crash Into Ditch
School Bus Driver Charged With DUI For Cecil County Crash Into Ditch Authorities say that a Cecil County school bus driver has been charged with alleged impaired driving after crashing in Charlestown. Late in the afternoon on Thursday, Dec. 22, officials say that Rising Sun resident Susan Janet Small, 60, crashed an empty bus into a ditch near the intersection of Cecil Street and Market Street in Charlestown, according to investigators. It is alleged, that Small, who reportedly had the smell of alcohol on her and failed sobriety tests, was intoxicated at the time of the crash. No students were on the bus at the time of the crash, though she was heading to C…

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by Zak Failla