Laurel Leader

Two juveniles were arrested Thursday after police say they robbed two people at gunpoint and fled into a nearby apartment building in Glen Burnie that contained guns, ammunition and drugs.

A high concentration of blue-green algae has been detected in Triadelphia Reservoir in Howard County.

A 64-year-old Laurel man pleaded guilty Tuesday to the 1982 murder of Laney Lee McGadney, whose death became a 40-year-old cold case before the introduction of DNA testing cracked the case.

Two Bowie residents and a Laurel man conspired with others to reap $1.6 million of unemployment insurance money during the COVID-19 pandemic, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

Juliette Whittaker, an 18-year-old Laurel resident who was recently named The Baltimore Sun’s high school girls Athlete of the Year a second straight time, becomes the first girl track and field performer from Maryland to win Gatorade’s national award.

After decades of debate and calls for reform, the thoroughbred racing industry will be governed by uniform federal regulations starting Friday, a prospect that has inspired widespread worry among Maryland horsemen.

Leaving Mount de Sales as the area’s most prolific girl runner ever, Stanford commit Juliette Whittaker is only the sixth athlete — boy or girl — to be a repeat winner of The Baltimore Sun high school Athlete of the Year in the awards’ 55 years.

The United States has won all three world championships and will try to remain perfect with the help of four Maryland residents.

A Meade Middle School bus collided with another vehicle and crashed into the woods in Laurel while taking students home Tuesday afternoon, according to police and school officials, who are investigating the collision.

Rushern Baker has announced he's dropping out of the race for the Democratic nomination for governor.

Three juveniles and an 18-year-old were arrested Tuesday after a Washington, D.C., police officer said he was shot at while responding to a burglary at a Metropolitan Police Department evidence lot in Anne Arundel County.

A Pimlico upgrade is now scheduled to be completed by 2026, but the timeline for a similar project at Laurel Park remains undefined.

Both set to graduate the nursing program later this month, Anne Arundel Community College nursing students James Richardson and Alexis Rice decided to take jobs outside of school to supplement their classroom learning.

A union representing more than 150 workers at Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Courses said it members voted “overwhelmingly” to ratify a 3-year contract with Maryland Jockey Club.

A Laurel man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges saying he had intercourse with two underage boys and kept a collection of more than 6,000 images and videos depicting children being sexually assaulted.

A Laurel Police Department officer was injured by gunfire Wednesday morning while police were trying to arrest a suspect in connection with an attempted murder case, the agency said in a news release.

Neil Thorsen of Green Point Wellness in Laurel was voted Best Budtender.

Full list of winners and runners-up.

Three teens were arrested after attempting to steal from a firearms store in Millersville, according to Anne Arundel County Police.

A Prince George’s County Police Department cruiser was damaged Saturday night as an officer attempted to break up a crowd at a car meet up in Laurel, officials say.

Maryland State Police said just before 5 a.m., they responded to a call for a pedestrian struck on Baltimore Avenue just before Queen Anne Avenue.

After five years on the Prince George’s County Board of Education, Raaheela Ahmed, a Democrat, will run for the District 23 Senate seat.

Ivan Bates, the Baltimore defense attorney who’s running for state’s attorney for the second time, released his tax returns Thursday while touting transparency and calling for his opponents to do the same.

For National Gun Violence Survivors Week and beyond, it is more important than ever to share our stories, like that of my cousin Victor, whose terrific kindness and determination to succeed underscore the devastation gun violence can reap, writes Celeste Iroha, a Laurel native

Sophomore Bryson Tyson scored 25 points to lead Mount Saint Joseph basketball to a win over St. Vincent Pallotti on Friday night.

Anne Arundel County police are investigating after they say a man robbed a store in Laurel at gunpoint Thursday evening.

After another week of canceled racing and training days, the Maryland Jockey Club and its parent company, The Stronach Group, are confronting renewed concerns about the viability of the dirt surface at Laurel Park.

Golden Moiselle Douglas was born at 3:11 a.m., on Jan. 1. She was the first baby born in 2022 at Howard County General Hospital.