Randallstown

Liberty Road is finally getting the attention it deserves. The corridor at the heart of Baltimore County's affluent, largely black middle-class enclave of Randallstown will finally get the Walmart residents have been promised for years, thanks in no small part to the efforts of County Executive Kevin Kamenetz. Now he must capitalize on the momentum of this long-stalled development to bring the kind of employment, entertainment and other amenities to the community that its residents deserve.

I flew out of a lunch meeting at Sascha's in Mount Vernon last week, ran down Centre Street in heels in the rain and rushed past co-workers in the lobby of the Sun. I hurried through the skywalk into the paper's garage, jumped in my car and turned the key to leave for an assignment in Randallstown. Then it hit like it has so many other times in the four months since I moved from South Carolina to Baltimore: I have no idea where I am going. I can drive hardly anywhere without pulling out my GPS from under the driver's seat and punching in the address.

While earning two victories last week, the junior pitcher struck out 30 batters over 12 innings. He fanned 18 hitters in a seven-inning two-hitter against Pikesville, then followed that with 12 strikeouts in a five-inning, no-hit shutout of Milford Mill. Coach Marc Stevens said the 6-foot-2, 190-pound right-hander pounds the strike zone with his fastball, forcing hitters off the plate. A three-year starter, Sanchez is also showing maturity with patience and by getting ahead in the count.

Et cetera Randallstown alum Womack is Houston-bound Former Randallstown basketball guard Tione Womack has signed with Houston. The former first-team All-Metro player, who led the Rams to two state titles, has spent the past two years at Hagerstown Community College. Womack averaged 10 points, 7.6 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 2.9steals as a sophomore. "Tione has a pass-first mentality that creates easy scoring opportunities for his teammates and is a quick, solid on-ball defender," Cougars coach James Dickey said in a news release.

After a seven-year delay, Randallstown residents cheered Monday over an announcement that a Walmart will open on Liberty Road next year. Officials and residents have long hoped that the store — a planned $9 million, 160,000-square-foot supercenter with groceries and a pharmacy — would revitalize the aging commercial corridor, encouraging other national retailers and restaurants to set up shop in the affluent, largely black community....

A man was found with gunshot wounds early Friday morning in Randallstown, according to Baltimore County Police. A woman called police from the 5400 block of Old Court Road at 3:06 a.m. to report a friend outside her back door, ringing her buzzer and trying to get in, police said. When police arrived, he was unconscious but breathing, with two gunshot wounds to the back. The victim was taken to Northwest Hospital Center, where he was later pronounced dead. County homicide detectives are investigating, according to police.

(From the Baltimore Crime Beat blog) A man who police say shot and wounded his wife and then barricaded himself in his Baltimore County house in Randallstown for hours was found dead inside this afternoon, a police spokesman said. Police identified him as Terrence Joseph Wilson, 36, who lived in the 9500 block of Oak Trace Way in a subdivision off Liberty Road. His wife, who escaped the house before the standoff, was being treated at Maryland Shock Trauma Center for multiple gunshot wounds.

A couple of hundred mourners joined the family of Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony at the funeral Monday for his elder sister, Michelle Anthony, in Randallstown. The mother of four children, Michelle Anthony, 38, died Dec. 21 in Baltimore. Details about the cause of death have not been disclosed. A statement released by the Nuggets last week said she died of a "pre-existing condition. " Carmelo Anthony, 26, attended Towson Catholic High School and played college basketball at Syracuse University.

The problem: A bench at a Randallstown bus stop is broken. The back story: Certified nursing assistant Roslyn DeGraffinreid, 64, works long hours at a Randallstown nursing home before catching the bus home. She says she and other riders like to sit as they wait for the No. 54 to arrive in the 9100 block of Liberty Road. But the wooden bench at the stop has been broken for at least two years, she says, and a second bench is starting to fail. "Now it's more elderly people," she said.

A man 55-year-old man was killed Wednesday afternoon in a motorcycle crash in Randallstown, according to Baltimore County police. David Cassell of the 8400 block of Charlton Road in Randallstown died when he collided with another vehicle at about 3:15 p.m. at the intersection of Liberty and Chapman roads, police said. The accident remains under investigation. No other injuries were reported. liz.kay@baltsun.com Text BUSINESS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun Business text alerts

One of his closest friends was shot and killed in a case of mistaken identity. The prep school program he signed on to play for suddenly folded. And his family - including his newborn son - was more than 400 miles away. For Tione Womack , life after high school proved to be an unexpectedly jarring introduction to the real world. “It was just like a pause on my life,” said Womack, who graduated from Randallstown in 2008 and enrolled at Queen City Prep in North Carolina.

An MS-13 gang member wanted in Honduras in the killing of a man with a machete was arrested Monday at his home in Randallstown, federal authorities announced. Oscar Orlando Amador Centeno, 29, had previously been deported in January 2010 for illegally entering the country, and officials say that in July 2010 he struck a man three times with a machete on a soccer field in Olancho, Honduras, and stole his wallet. Amador Centeno re-entered the country at an unknown time and began living in Randallstown.

Neila Block, a retired Baltimore County recreation center supervisor who had been a Pimlico Hotel hostess, died of lung disease March 30 at her daughter's home in Santa Fe, N.M. She was 82 and had lived in Randallstown and Mount Washington. Born Neila Beal in Minneapolis, she earned a degree in recreation from the University of Minnesota. She became a civilian employee of the Army and set up and managed military recreation centers in France and Germany in the 1950s. While working with the military, she met her future husband, Fred Block, a Hochschild Kohn department store buyer who later owned women's clothing stores, including the Fashion Post.

While earning two victories last week, the junior pitcher struck out 30 batters over 12 innings. He fanned 18 hitters in a seven-inning two-hitter against Pikesville, then followed that with 12 strikeouts in a five-inning, no-hit shutout of Milford Mill. Coach Marc Stevens said the 6-foot-2, 190-pound right-hander pounds the strike zone with his fastball, forcing hitters off the plate. A three-year starter, Sanchez is also showing maturity with patience and by getting ahead in the count.

Susan Reimer seems extremely misguided; her sympathy for Sgt. Robert Bales, who massacred men, women and children, is an enigma to me ("War makes you crazy, both there and here," March 26). But since these are her feelings, why is she ashamed to admit them? Geraldine Segal, Randallstown

Baltimore County police have charged a 54-year-old Randallstown man with first-degree murder, alleging he stabbed his girlfriend's son to death Sunday night with a "sword-type weapon. " James Thomas Haywood, 54, of the 3800 block of Pikeswood Drive in Randallstown, is accused of killing Andrew Maurice Fisher, 28, of the 7000 block of Windsor Mill Road in Lochearn. Court records show that Haywood was convicted in 1990 of attempted murder and in 2010 of misdemeanor theft. On Sunday, officers responded to the 3800 block of Pikeswood Drive for a report of a stabbing at around 10 p.m., said Baltimore County police spokeswoman Detective Cathy Batton.

A 19-year-old Randallstown resident has been charged with murdering a homeless man and is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center, police said Friday. Keon Rashid Cunningham, who lives on the 5400 block of Old Court Road, was arrested in the killing of Adeolu Adedgoke Otemolu, 33. The crime occurred on Nov. 5 behind Cunningham's home, where Otemolu was found with several gunshot wounds. He was taken to Northwest Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The following day, an autopsy was performed on Otemolu by a pathologist in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, who determined that the manner of death was homicide.

When Chris Vaile was severely wounded by an improvised explosive device in January 2008, the Marine Corps sergeant refused to leave his squad in Iraq. It was his final tour. The wound permanently left shrapnel in his foot and earned him a Purple Heart, but he would not leave. "He was fearless and full of adventure," Cara Vaile said of her son. Chris Jarrod Vaile, 25, a Randallstown native, was killed Sunday by an IED in Afghanistan, where he was working for a private security firm.

A 28-year-old man died after he was stabbed Sunday night in Randallstown and a suspect has been arrested, according to Baltimore County police. Officers responded to the 3800 block of Pikeswood Drive for a report of a stabbing at around 10 p.m., said Baltimore County police spokeswoman Detective Cathy Batton. The 28-year-old had gone on his own to Northwest Hospital and was pronounced dead several hours later, Batton said. At the Randallstown address, police took a 54-year-old suspect into custody.

The No. 1 Milford Mill boys basketball team knocked out another of its season goals on Friday night, one that has impressively become routine. Led by a scintillating shooting performance from senior guard Chase Cormier, who scored a career-high 28 points, the Millers earned their fourth straight Baltimore County championship with a 76-45 win at Randallstown. Milford Mill, also the two-time defending Class 3A state champions, took charge in the second quarter, limiting the Rams (17-5)