Laurel Leader

A sampling of Howard County police reports from Oct. 8 to 15.

Howard County police say a Laurel man with a gun was taken into custody outside The Mall in Columbia on Friday night.

The first full week of mandates requiring all municipal workers in Baltimore and Baltimore County to either be vaccinated or undergo regular testing has begun, but tabulating the number of police and firefighters who complied remains a work in progress, officials said.

With its cornerstone laid in 1921, Carroll Baldwin Hall in Savage is celebrating its 100th anniversary with special events planned throughout the year.

A sampling of Howard County police reports from Oct. 1 to 8.

A sampling of Howard County police reports from Sept. 24 to Oct. 1.

Maryland hospitals say their workers are largely complying with COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

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The cases of students quarantined still represented a small portion of the more than 882,000 students enrolled in Maryland public schools, but it brought into sharp focus the large numbers of students who must learn from home during a school year that is still far from normal.

A new sidewalk along northbound Route 1, connecting the entrance of the Paddock Pointe community in North Laurel in Howard County to the city of Laurel and Prince George’s County, opened last week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

A sampling of Howard County police reports from Sept. 17 to 24.

Anne Arundel County police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect in a carjacking in Laurel early Sunday morning, the department said Monday.

This year, the Savage 7K Run and One-Mile Historic Walk are returning to the streets Oct. 17 to benefit the Carroll Baldwin Hall. The race begins at 8 a.m. at the hall and winds through Savage Park, the Patuxent Branch Trail and the streets of Savage.

Brian William Hare, 33, is the fourth and final member of the Aryan Brotherhood indicted in O’Sullivan’s murder.

Paulo Sousa Lacerda, 55, of Jessup, was arrested Tuesday and charged with five counts of possession of child pornography and three counts of distribution of child pornography after a Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigation.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information about a letter carrier robbery in Laurel earlier this month, the agency said Tuesday.

A sampling of Howard County police reports from Sept. 10 to 17.

Christa Beverly, a longtime civil rights lawyer and the wife of former Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker III, died Saturday, he said. She was 61.

A sampling of Howard County police reports from Sept. 3 to 10.

A sampling of Howard County police reports from to Aug. 27 to Sept. 3.

Maryland State Police are investigating a two-vehicle collision in Jessup that left a man dead early Sunday morning.

"Today, we should demand justice and reparations for Black Americans in order to help bring an end to systemic racism. This is not vilifying success or wealth, this is not preaching victimhood, this is not negative or unproductive. This is justice."

A sampling of Howard County police reports from to Aug. 20 to 27.

Howard County police are investigating a two-vehicle collision in Columbia that left a man dead early Monday morning.

As the coronavirus has become more prevalent in the Baltimore area, some parents say they are losing confidence in plans for the fall semester and are anxious about sending their children into classrooms.

Almost a century after Greenbelt’s inception, the city will vote on the issue of reparations, a form of compensation for historical wrongs and loss caused by slavery, segregation, stolen land housing discrimination.

A sampling of Howard County police reports from to Aug. 13 to 20.

Supported by the Horizon Foundation, United Way of Central Maryland, Women’s Giving Circle and Community Foundation of Howard County, the biennial Changemaker Challenge encourages participants to submit big, innovative and creative ideas that will make a difference in the community.