Laurel Leader

For its 43rd annual Holiday House Tour, the Howard County Historical Society is crossing county lines.

Craig A. Moe was elected to his fifth term as mayor of the city of Laurel, defeating challenger Jeffery Mills in the general election on Nov. 5.

Nine finalists competed in the second Changemaker Challenge on Monday night, pitching their ideas for social innovation in Howard County.

A glass case brimming with American Revolution history stands proudly in the lobby of the Charles E. Miller Branch Library.

An Anne Arundel County jury last week convicted a Laurel man of sex offense and assault charges.

By Alex Mann

Nov 7, 2019

Anne Arundel County Judge Laura Ripken has set a new date for the trial to determine whether the Capital Gazette shooter was sane at the time of the mass shooting, according to the Maryland Judiciary.

By Alex Mann

Nov 7, 2019

Positioned perfectly between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., the city of Laurel’s historic Main Street is open to a bright future filled with unique shops, long-standing businesses and a variety of restaurants that should become a reality soon, city employees say.

The unofficial election results for the city of Laurel show Craig Moe leading for mayor.

The St. Francis Christmas Bazaar will be Friday, Nov. 8, from 5 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

A judge this week unsealed hundreds of pages of documents in the Capital Gazette shooting case, shedding light on the killer’s interactions with local attorneys, his jail companions and even the prosecutor handing his case.

By John Holland

Nov 5, 2019

Panthers place three runners in top eight in the IAAM championship race

Anne Arundel County police responded Sunday to two reports of robberies, one in Severna Park and another in Laurel later that day. A Laurel woman and a juvenile suspect have been arrested in relation to the Laurel robbery. Police are still searching for a suspect in the Severna Park robbery.

By Brooks DuBose

Nov 4, 2019

“Afflicted: Daughters of Salem” continues through Nov. 10 at Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main St., for Friday and Saturday performances at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinee performances at 2 p.m.

A group representing the Maryland Jockey Club, horsemen and Baltimore City is heading to the Breeders' Cup for ‘preliminary dialogue’ about Pimlico or Laurel possibly hosting the big race in the future.

By Jeff Barker

Oct 30, 2019

Questions about mental health are expected to figure prominently when jury selection begins Wednesday as prosecutors and defense attorneys try picking a panel of 12 jurors who will decide whether the Capital Gazette gunman will serve his time in a state prison

By Alex Mann

Oct 30, 2019

The Oct. 25 win advanced the Spartans to the Region I championship game on Tuesday, Oct. 29, against Bladensburg. The game will be played at 3:30 p.m. at Flowers High School.

With his guilty plea Monday to murdering journalists of the Capital-Gazette newspaper, Jarrod Ramos advances to hearings to decide whether the gunman will be locked up in state prison or committed to Maryland’s maximum-security psychiatric hospital.

A look back at the details of everything we know from the day police say a gunman blasted through the newsroom’s Annapolis office and shot and killed Rebecca Smith, Wendi Winters, Rob Hiaasen, Gerald Fischman and John McNamara.

A Laurel man pleaded guilty Monday to killing five Capital Gazette employees in a mass shooting at the office on June 28, 2018.

Howard County police have arrested and charged an Elkridge man in Sunday night’s nonfatal shooting in Laurel, the department said Monday.

Howard County police are investigating a nonfatal shooting Sunday in Laurel, the department said in a news release.

Ongoing work to fix a broken water pipe along the track apron forced Laurel Park to cancel Friday’s live 10-race program.

North Laurel resident Glenna Liston has lived an incredibly full life and, recently, over 40 family and friends gathered to celebrate her 101st birthday.

As any fan of “Law & Order” can tell you, our judicial system doesn’t always provide resolution, even if a case appears to be a slam dunk. Take, for instance, 1959’s Case of the Stripper Shooter, which which went down in Laurel and appeared in newspapers across the country.

On Nov. 5, the city of Laurel will hold its general election for mayor and five City Council members: two from Ward 1, two from Ward 2 and one at-large.

Several teenagers were trying to cross train tracks Monday evening in Laurel when the boy was hit.

Laddie Liam gets a change of scenery in the Laurel Park starting gate Saturday, when he takes on nine rivals in the $100,000 Maryland Million Nursery.

Members of the new group Laurel Friends of the River Patuxent were out recently, cutting vines along the Patuxent River in an attempt to clear out the invasive species that choked the native plants.