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With horns consistently honking in the background, about 100 parents and students gathered Thursday afternoon outside the Howard County Board of Education headquarters in Ellicott City to advocate for a plan to get kids back into schools for in-person learning.
- More Howard County residents are voting via mail ballot in the 2020 general election than almost any county in the state, according to data from the Maryland State Board of Elections.
- Howard County police have identified a body that was found earlier this week in Columbia and are investigating the death as a homicide, the department announced Thursday.
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In rural Howard County, some voters will have to travel twice as far to cast early ballots this year
Howard County voters will have five sites to choose from come the last week of October when in-person early voting starts. Marriotts Ridge High School is the farthest west option Howard early voters will have this year, but it is 10 to 15 miles away from many of the county’s westernmost voters. - In the past week, 90 to 100 of Howard County’s 1,995 election judges have quit, according to the county Board of Elections. Several have cited the rising number of coronavirus cases as a reason.
- As the Howard County school system and the Board of Education are reexamining the school resource officer program, the union for the district’s administrators has put its support behind keeping police in schools.
- Howard County police said they located an adult body in a wooded area near the 6100 block of Old Dobbin Lane in Columbia on Tuesday morning after the department received a tip that there may be a body there.
- The debate over a new cultural arts center in Columbia hit its next phase Monday night as the Howard County Council heard 40 testimonials from individuals and organizations at a legislative public hearing.
- Those who have chosen to live in Howard County want to live in a tolerant community where many different races and nationalities peacefully coexist, not one that promotes fake “law and order,” sells fear and demonizes those who are different.
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- A sampling of Howard County police reports from to Oct. 9 to 16.
- The Confederate flag, along with the swastika and other symbols “promoting hatred,” are now banned from Howard County Public School System property, which includes clothing, vehicles and at school-related events, according to an updated policy.
- Howard County this week announced $1.5 million in grants will be provided to 40 Howard County nonprofits. At a news conference Thursday, on the seven-month anniversary of the first case of COVID-19 in the county, County Executive Calvin Ball presented the grants, funded through the federal CARES Act, to 16 of the 40 nonprofits.
- A Dunloggin Middle School virtual learning session was disrupted last week by other Howard County students who interrupted the class by showing pornographic images and using derogatory and racist language.
- With concerns about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and various restrictions in place, Halloween festivities in Howard County will really be like no other, as event organizers are working hard to create safe and healthy spooky fun during these strange times.
- A look back at the top girls outdoor track performers from Howard County that competed between 2010 and 2020.
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- The Howard County Council has introduced legislation for the month of October that includes moving the funding for the new Columbia Cultural Center out of contingency, mandating fiscal analysis on bills introduced by the county executive and laying the groundwork for a future school in Ellicott City.
- Neither candidate running for the Circuit Court judge seat in Howard County has a traditional background. Incumbent John J. Kuchno started his career as a journalist, while Quincy L. Coleman began as a parole and probation officer.
- Tim Grauel participated in the Seeds of Change program at the Howard County Detention Center, run by Howard EcoWorks and the Department of Corrections, which aims to educate and provide vocational training to inmates so they can grow and maintain a native-plant nursery.
- Howard Community College has announced it will not return to normal operations for the remainder of the 2020-21 academic year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
- "James Rouse had the original vision for Columbia to be a model for fairness, equity, diversity and inclusion. As adopted, this new policy has extended that vision to the entire school system in Howard County."
- A sampling of Howard County police reports from to Oct. 2 to 9.
- With horns consistently honking in the background, about 100 parents and students gathered Thursday afternoon outside the Howard County Board of Education headquarters in Ellicott City to advocate for a plan to get kids back into schools for in-person learning.
- Nine people were injured and one person was killed in four separate shootings across Baltimore on Thursday, police said.
- Baltimore City and Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Carroll, Harford and Howard counties have issued their own guidelines for trick-or-treating during the pandemic.
- Just days before early voting begins, Baltimore’s four mayoral candidates joined a virtual debate to make their cases for why they are the best choice to lead a city that was already suffering from deep inequities long before the coronavirus pandemic hit.
- With horns consistently honking in the background, about 100 parents and students gathered Thursday afternoon outside the Howard County Board of Education headquarters in Ellicott City to advocate for a plan to get kids back into schools for in-person learning.
- Nine people were injured and one person was killed in four separate shootings across Baltimore on Thursday, police said.