Raven Payne

5 days ago | wmar2news.com | Raven Payne

HOWARD COUNTY, Md. - If you're planning on fishing or taking a dip in Lake Elkhorn or the stream feeding into it any time soon, you may want to think twice. A large sewage spill came as a shock to neighbors. "I had no idea that this was going on in my backyard," Pat Simon said. Hear residents voice their concerns following a sewage overflow in Howard CountyShe said when her neighbor told her the stream behind their townhomes on Watchlight Court was overflowing, she thought nothing of it.

6 days ago | wmar2news.com | Raven Payne

HARFORD COUNTY, Md. - It's curtains closed for Ryan Furniture in Havre de Grace. The family-owned business was a staple in the Harford County community for over 70 years. Now that it's closing on Sunday, people like Millie Flosser are reeling. "I'm very sad. It's been here since I was as a teenager in Aberdeen and then in Havre de Grace, and I've bought quite a few things from them. Their quality is always very good," Flosser said. Another woman shared the same sorrow. "I'm very sad Ryan's is closing.

1 week ago | wmar2news.com | Raven Payne

BALTIMORE - Bright colors, great music, and giving back are the themes for this year's Artscape. Local band The Shaky Experience is bringing new meaning to the gift of music. "We try our best to connect ourselves to our audience, and our community, as much as possible by letting people express themselves in their most creative being," said James Lane. Lane founded The Shaky Experience in 2010, the name coming from a medical condition he's had since he was born.

2 weeks ago | wmar2news.com | Raven Payne

HOWARD COUNTY, Md. - Howard County parents call the proposed funding for the area's public schools a crisis. They say they need tens of millions of more dollars for their kids to continue being successful. Specifically, the district needs around $29 million extra to prevent negative impacts. And even students are taking notice of the situation and speaking up. "As far as it looks right now, we're only on a downward trajectory," River Hill High School junior Henry Yarmus said.

2 weeks ago | wmar2news.com | Raven Payne

BALTIMORE - For Michele Little John, her over seven years in prison wasn't hard for just her. "I went in more than one time. I'm a mother, and through this process, what hurt the most is that I took my children through a lot. And we have to realize that as moms, when we're locked up, your children are locked up. No one is going to treat your children the way that you can," she said. And the struggles continued after she was released.