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Howard Community College won the New England Collegiate Conference League of Legends championship on Saturday. The title is the first for the Dragons' esports program that was established this fall.
- Columbia-native Greg Whittington, who spent the last four years playing professional basketball internationally, signed a two-way contract with the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday.
- Howard County police have arrested two men in the Oct. 4 homicide of a 23-year-old man in Columbia, the department said Friday.
- The Howard County Public School System proposed its calendar for the 2021-22 academic year to the Board of Education on Thursday with schools opening one week before Labor Day on Aug. 30. The board will vote on the calendar Jan. 7.
- Howard County reached an unwelcome milestone Thursday amid the coronavirus pandemic. The county reported its highest number of daily positive coronavirus cases since the pandemic began in March, with 110 new cases on Wednesday.
- For those wanting all the fixings and not the stress, there are still several options available in Howard County to order a complete Thanksgiving dinner that only requires reheating.
- Howard County Executive Calvin Ball said Wednesday an additional nearly $6 million in federal CARES Act funding would be going to the school system to offset costs incurred due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- A Sykesville man was indicted by a grand jury for negligent manslaughter after a March vehicle collision left a Howard County man dead, the Howard County Police Department announced Wednesday.
- A look back at the top football teams and defensive players from Howard County that played between 2010 and 2020.
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- Howard County Council member Opel Jones introduced legislation earlier this month to prohibit county agencies from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- "County Executive Ball, you have the ability to cancel this contract. Listen to your constituents, get ICE out of our county, and stop profiting from the misery of mostly Black and brown people."
- Howard County on Tuesday reported its highest number of daily positive coronavirus cases since the pandemic began in March. The county recorded 99 new cases on Monday, according to the Howard County Health Department’s website. The previous high, according to county data, was 84 positive cases on May 27.
- Howard County residents gathered outside the Columbia post office on Oak Hall Lane for a Save the Post Office rally on Tuesday as part of a nationwide demonstration.
- The Howard County Department of Community Resources and Services is partnering with the Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center to provide an expanded Cold Weather Shelter program this year. The program begins Nov. 30 and ends March 28.
- THB Neighborhood Bagelry & Deli, the local bagel chain formerly known as Towson Hot Bagels, is set to open its fifth location this week in Columbia.
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- A look back at the top football teams and offensive players from Howard County that played between 2010 and 2020.
- A sampling of Howard County police reports from to Nov. 6 to 13.
- In a work session to discuss the school system’s proposed hybrid reopening plan on Monday, the Howard County Board of Education rejected the partially in-person model and voted instead to keep students in virtual learning through at least mid-April.
- Howard County public schools on Monday announced the suspension of all in-person support programs beginning Thursday due to the county’s rapidly increasing coronavirus numbers.
- Howard County Executive Calvin Ball on Monday announced a tightening of restrictions after daily coronavirus positivity numbers in the county exceeded 5%.
- Howard County election officials have finished counting all votes cast in the 2020 general election. Both Board of Education incumbents — Christina Delmont-Small and Jen Mallo — won reelection, while newcomers Antonia Barkley Watts, Jolene Mosley and Yun Lu will join the board in December.
- Columbia's Jennifer Whiddon discovered that creating a wreath of baseballs to donate to this year’s Kennedy Krieger’s Festival of Trees event isn't that easy.
- An activist legal group says it’s begun receiving case files in its fight to pry loose records on Baltimore Police use-of-force cases, but continues to face significant hurdles.
- With COVID-19 numbers on the rise, Kay Keyhani decided to offer a free community session in nidra yoga, a practice of yoga that helps individuals cope with stress and anxiety, to promote relaxation and better sleep.
- After more than two years of work and $13 million, the state is preparing to reopen Lawyers Mall, the prominent First Amendment gathering space outside the State House in Annapolis.
- The day before Thanksgiving, the Baltimore County Public Schools system was shut down by a ransomware attack that hit all its network systems.
- An activist legal group says it’s begun receiving case files in its fight to pry loose records on Baltimore Police use-of-force cases, but continues to face significant hurdles.