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Howard County outdoor pools and outdoor youth camps and sports may reopen beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, County Executive Calvin Ball announced.
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Yvonne Orji, who was born in Nigeria and grew up in Laurel, will have her HBO comedy special “Momma, I Made It!” air June 6. The special includes a stand-up comedy routine with footage weaved in of Orji’s trip to her home country of Nigeria to celebrate her Nigerian-American upbringing.
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Spectator-free thoroughbred racing will resume at Laurel Park on Saturday after the Maryland Racing Commission approved the schedule for a summer meet, slated to run through Aug. 22.
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The city of Laurel is offering to help support local businesses during the coronavirus pandemic by inviting owners to submit promotional videos or photographs that will be shown for free on Laurel TV.
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Following an executive order from Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan halting on-premise dining in the state, many Howard County and Laurel restaurants have special options for pickup or delivery.
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County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said Thursday that Prince George’s will be ready to start reopening by June 1 if downward trends in positive test results, hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19 continue.
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Amid nearly constant lockdowns, Maryland prisons have seen fewer COVID-related deaths than many other states. But advocates say other measures can fight the disease without draconian restrictions.
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High Five, the new treat shop that opened along Main Street this spring, is a labor of love from a family that wanted to bring something sweet to the heart of Laurel.
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The new normal for many of Laurel’s small businesses since the coronavirus pandemic began in March has been figuring out how to keep afloat despite shut doors and no customers.
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University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center has received $12,000 from the Nora Roberts Foundation as part of a $168,000 grant to the University of Maryland Medical System to support its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and White House adviser Ivanka Trump on Friday toured a Laurel, Maryland food service distributor that's participating in the Farmers to Families Food Box Program.
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Two men have been arrested in connection to an armed carjacking at a gas station in Laurel last week, Anne Arundel County police said.
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Though the doors to nature centers in Howard County and Laurel are closed because of the conronavirus pandemic, many are offering online tours, readings, discussions and classes.
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By now we are settling into what is a new normal and realizing that this new normal due to the coronavirus pandemic may be with us much longer that any of us originally anticipated.
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Prince George’s County residents must stay at home except for essential activities through at least June 1, County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said Thursday.
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, Prince George’s County Councilman Thomas E. Dernoga has been working hard to help residents of Prince George’s County.
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A fourth inmate died of COVID-19. The inmate was previously living at the Dorsey Run Correctional Facility, according to the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
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As the coronavirus pandemic keeps Maryland residents at home and businesses shut down, there are still those who are needed to take care of the sick, like these Laurel nurses and doctors.
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Patrons for Peace Project, an organization founded and run by registered nurse Ruth Walls, has launched a fundraising campaign to continue to deliver help during the coronavirus pandemic to homeless individuals.
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Rabiatu Abdul Salam, of Laurel, finished her internship with the Rape Crisis Intervention Service of Carroll County by working online when McDaniel College closed its campus due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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The state of Maryland is using an ice rink in Laurel as a temporary morgue to handle a sharp increase in deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday.
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An Anne Arundel County man has been charged with committing a string of commercial burglaries in Howard County, the Howard County Police Department announced Tuesday.
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A look at what’s canceled, postponed or changed in Howard County and Laurel due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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The pandemic has turned Maggie Duerr’s job into frenetic seat-of-the-pants commerce where stuff like nonsurgical masks and antibacterial wipes are known to arrive at Acme’s warehouse from manufacturers one minute and head out to anxious customers the next.
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This Mother’s Day, while it might not be possible to take your mom to a nice restaurant in Howard County for dinner due to the coronavirus pandemic, it is still possible to treat her to an elegant dinner at home.
