Howard County officials broke ground Monday on a new 238,000-square-foot courthouse in Columbia. The project includes a four-story atrium, 691-space parking garage, chambers for six judges, as well as distinct hallways and separate, secure elevators for prisoners. The new Circuit Court building...
The two photographers in the exhibit “Landscapes” at Howard Community College offer decidedly different viewpoints. Larry Chatman has a series that provides a street-level look at distressed urban areas, while Gary Freeburg offers imposingly panoramic views of Alaskan wilderness. Chatman, who was...
Columbia celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The milestone comes at a pivotal time for the planned community, which is old enough that some of its earliest neighborhoods are fraying and need uplift, but young enough that it is only now undertaking the task of creating a true downtown. Follow...
The closing event of the six-months-long Columbia 50th celebration included a dedication of Gail Holliday's poster tree sculpture in Kennedy Gardens on the east side of Lake Kittamaqundi and was followed by a Columbia Orchestra concert and entertainment at lakefront.
Columbia capped its six-month long golden anniversary celebration on Sunday by dedicating 22 iconic posters that evoke the city’s visionary beginnings while also looking toward tomorrow. The posters were dedicated as part of the festival’s closing ceremony, which also included an evening theatrical...
When the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association announced last year that changes to the state tennis tournament were coming this spring, Marriotts Ridge’s Veronica Cuellar knew her road to winning a state title was about to become much easier. She placed fourth last year in girls...
During the months leading up to her freshman year of high school, Taylor Liguori sat down with her dad and set out a road map for what she hoped to get out of her four years at Hammond High. It was a lengthy list — filled with a wide array of goals — but for Liguori it was a constant reminder of...
Howard County police are offering a reward for information about Saturday’s shooting in Columbia in which a bystander was struck in the leg during an altercation involving two men outside of a convenience store. The bystander — Kaylin Castle, 21, of Columbia — was listed in fair condition Monday...
Howard County police are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information about last week’s fatal shooting in Columbia. At approximately 5:21 p.m. Thursday, police responded to the 5400 block of Old Tucker Row and found 27-year-old Ronald Carolina Jr., of Columbia, suffering from gunshot wounds....
A Temple Hills man, shot while he was attempting to run over a Howard County Police officer, was found guilty of assault and other charges by a county jury Wednesday, county prosecutors announced. Tremayne Middleton Dorsey, 39, was convicted of two counts of second-degree assault, resisting arrest,...
A Columbia man who fractured his wife’s skull and stabbed her during a drug-induced rage was sentenced to 25 years in jail on Thursday, according to the Howard County state’s attorney’s office. David Thomas Leakan Jr., 39, pleaded guilty in May to one count of first-degree assault for a 2017 attack...
Students enrolled in the Howard County school system’s free and reduced-price meals program, or FARMs, can qualify for more than a free meal; free college applications, reduced health insurance coverage, reduced tuition for academic programs and more also are available. County schools provide...
A Columbia man was found guilty of indecent exposure and disorderly conduct for “exposing his genitalia and fondling himself” in front of a girls high school track team, the Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office announced Friday. Andrew James Cleary, 30, was found guilty of two counts of indecent...
The Columbia Festival of the Arts opens June 14 with the free, three-day Lakefest 2019 followed by a variety of ticketed events from stoop storytelling to high-wire stunts, a comedy show and a film festival through the end of June. “This is our 32nd year and the 16-day festival has something going...
An exciting journey awaits children from the age of 8 to 80+ at the Studio Theatre in the Horowitz Performing Arts Center at HCC, where the Arts Collective is putting its 24th season to bed with a tale designed to fire the imagination of anyone who shares the ride. “Pip-Pip The Dragon: A Story...