Joppa News

WEATHER Today's forecast calls for sunny skies and a high temperature near 84 degrees.

Human remains were found in two separate locations in Joppa and there is a possibility they belong to a man who has been missing since Friday , police say.

Harford County teachers took their protest over lack of raises and other contract issues to the County Council Tuesday night, packing the chambers as the council got ready to vote on the 2013 budget.

The Harford County Sheriff's Office is asking the public's help in locating a Joppa man who has been missing since Friday.

A Joppa house fire Tuesday night caused $25,000 worth of damage to the structure and $2,000 in the contents.

An accidental fire in Joppa caused thousands in damage Tuesday evening, but no injuries were reported as a result of the blaze.

The Harford County Public Library Board of Trustees will make its final decisions in June and July regarding reinstatement of Sunday hours at some branches.

A 47-year-old Joppa resident died Wednesday night in a motorcycle accident on Old York Road, according to the Baltimore County police department.

Boscov's, a well-known regional retailer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2008, but will reopen at White Marsh Mall.

At least three Harford County library branches stand to have Sunday hours reinstated after the Harford County Council passed a budget amendment approving the longer hours Tuesday night.

Councilman Dion Guthrie said Tuesday he expected to introduce amendments during that evening's council meeting to remove the transfer facility from the capital budget proposed for 2013.

The recent expansion of a suburban label making plant has pushed the number of small manufacturing jobs in Harford County to just over 6,000, economic development officials there say.

The recent expansion of a suburban label making plant has pushed the number of small manufacturing jobs in Harford County to just over 6,000, economic development officials there say.

Who says U.S. manufacturing is dead? Certainly not the folks at Bizerba Label Solutions.

Harford County Council members approved the first of what are expected several amendments to the proposed fiscal year 2013 budget during Tuesday's council meeting, including one to increase the amount of money earmarked for a new animal shelter in Fallston.

The waste transfer station proposed for Joppa was a hot topic, yet again, at the Harford County Council's first budget hearing Wednesday night.

A Harford County councilman is calling for a state investigator to examine circumstances surrounding the proposed transfer station in Joppa, including the county's move away from the waste to energy facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground .

Kristen L. Hipple, 31, of the first block of Haverhill Road in Joppa, was charged Sunday with theft less than $1,000. Dominic G. Pretlow, 26, of the 1700 block of Carrs Mill Court in Fallston, was charged Monday with second-degree assault.

About 200 people turned out for Sheriff Jesse Bane 's town hall-style meeting for the Edgewood and Joppa area Saturday to get an update on the status crime and traffic issues in the county.