A 21-year-old bystander was shot during an altercation involving two other men outside of a convenience store in Columbia on Saturday evening, Howard County Police said. Officers responded to the Sam’s Mart in the 5800 block of Stevens Forest Road for a reported shooting about 6:37 p.m. and found...
When Wayne L. Wold gives an organ recital at 4 p.m. Sunday at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ellicott City, he will be the only performer for most of the program. Although this concert is being presented by the Howard County Concert Orchestra, the orchestra itself does not appear on the program....
Every kid growing up remembers how unfair playing make-it take-it was during a pickup basketball game. It made one team’s chances of making a comeback exponentially more difficult. Make-it take-it also exists in boys lacrosse. A dominant faceoff specialist can take over the game and give his team...
The Howard boys lacrosse team will once again compete for a state title. After missing out on playing in the state championship game the last two seasons, the Lions will return to the final after defeating Bowie 15-2 in the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association Class 4A semifinal...
Hereford had been waiting a year for its shot at redemption and, thanks to a big second half, the Bulls made the most of it. Trailing by two at the half of the 2A state semifinals Saturday against three-time defending state-champion Glenelg — the team that beat the Bulls in last year’s title game...
J.M. Bennett pitcher Aaron Combs has been in more stressful situations than any he saw Friday at Atholton with the 3A East regional championship on the line. As a freshman, he came up to the varsity team and in the playoffs was thrust into a bases-loaded, two-out situation and got the final out...
On Wednesday, Howard County officials will conduct testing of the new public alert system meant to warn of potential flooding in historic Ellicott City. The tests will occur between 10 and 11 a.m and will confirm the alert system’s travel distance and functionality. A variety of tones and speech...
All Howard middle and high school students can attend a student-led Mental Health Forum on May 16. The forum is aimed at helping combat stigma surrounding mental health and bringing awareness to the issue. Ambika Siddabathula, the outgoing student member of the school board, is hosting the forum....
Howard County will spend as much as $140 million to ease the deadly flooding that sweeps into historic Ellicott City. The massive civil works project involves boring a large tunnel near Main Street to divert the stormwater that rushes down the steep-sided valley into the quaint mill town. Four...
In order to fully fund the school system’s budget request, Howard County would have to either raise taxes or eliminate another department’s budget entirely, County Executive Calvin Ball said in a Facebook post Monday morning. “There have been a lot of questions about my proposed operating budget...
A 22-year-old man charged with the homicide and assault of a couple in their Columbia home on May 5 is being held without bond, the Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office said Monday. Wilson Orellana-Lemus, of Tamebird Court in Columbia, was charged Saturday with first-degree murder, attempted...
Howard County police said Monday that 165 animals were removed from the Animal Welfare Society of Howard County last week. After a citizen reported “poor conditions” at the shelter, county Animal Control officers removed the animals Friday afternoon. On Friday, police reported more than 100 animals,...
After receiving tips about “poor conditions” at the Animal Welfare Society of Howard County, county Animal Control officers have removed more than 100 animals from the nonprofit, police announced Friday afternoon. A citizen reported Thursday there was foul odor, overcrowding and “a lack of cleanliness”...
Howard County school officials are moving forward in the process of building a replacement Talbott Springs Elementary School in Columbia. The Board of Education unanimously approved the elementary school’s design plans at its meeting on May 9. The replacement two-story, 86,805-square-foot building...
A Fort Meade man has been charged with multiple counts of human trafficking and assault after allegedly trafficking a woman from Maryland to California and back, Howard County police announced Friday. Demontre Haynes, 34, was arrested and charged Thursday after a witness called in a report of a...
Laurel’s Main Street will be alive with activity Saturday as its well-loved Main Street Festival returns, promising a parade, food, games and entertainment for all ages to enjoy, organizers said. The city’s largest festival, the one-day event attracts between 75,000 to 100,000 people, according...
For those who believe the unfortunate chain of events that rocked the Triple Crown series over the past couple of weeks will be the death of the Preakness in Baltimore, consider the possibility that it might be just the opposite. The transparent attempt by The Stronach Group recently to change...
Dr. Rolando V. “Doc” Goco, a retired internist who had maintained practices in South and Northeast Baltimore as well as Laurel, and earlier had survived the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II, died April 28 of dementia at his Tucker, Ga., home. The former longtime Laurel...
Officials broke ground Friday on the Laurel Park Station development — located adjacent to the Laurel Park racetrack — that is meant to revitalize the Route 1 corridor in Howard County. The 63-acre, mixed-use development will be built out from the renovated MARC train station and include 1,000...