Maryland prison officials are investigating an alleged assault against a correctional officer Friday at the Patuxent Institution in Jessup. Officials said that a veteran female correctional officer reported that she was escorting a male inmate assigned to kitchen duty when the inmate shoved her...
Four Washington, D.C., residents have been charged in a string of robberies after stealing merchandise, using stun guns and pepper spray on employees at the Nordstrom Rack in Columbia, Howard County police announced Friday. Princess Brown, 27, Jai Jenkins, 18, Alaysha Simmons, 18, all of D.C. proper,...
In tough environments, just like the one Atholton boys basketball found itself in against Reservoir on Friday night, coach Jared Albert preaches playing as a team. Sometimes opponents will go on scoring runs, just like the host Gators did in the third and fourth quarters. Other times valuable contributors...
Snake bit in close games through the first two weeks of the season, including three losses by four points or less, River Hill finally managed to turn the tide in its favor on Friday against Marriotts Ridge. Saniha Jackson (10 points, 14 rebounds) and Emily Masker (11 points) each scored in double...
December is all about learning for Century’s wrestling team. Last weekend, the Knights opened their season with a trip to Hagerstown for a dual-meet tournament. Century got nine matches in, a welcome situation for Steve Willingham. The third-year coach has a mix of youth and experience, and it...
Winters Mill coach John Lowe said his team was anxious to take the mats Thursday at Centennial. The Falcons went 3-0 on the first day of their own Grindstone Duals but faltered on the second day and lost all four matches, including two by six points or less. Safe to say, it left a bad taste in...
A Columbia teenager who “preyed on the elderly,” said a Howard County judge, was sentenced to 10 years in jail, county prosecutors announced Tuesday. Zayah Abdul Hassan, 19, pleaded guilty to one count of theft scheme — $100 to under $1,500 — and one count of robbery on Dec. 4 after being charged...
Most Howard County schools received high scores in the state’s new star education rankings, but officials with the school system say their analysis of the rating isn’t focused on the number of stars, but rather on the factors that helped the school succeed — and where improvements can still be...
In an effort to curb child hunger, for the first time, Howard schools are offering free lunches during two days of winter break. Howard established the winter meals program “because hunger doesn’t end when school ends,” said Brian Bassett, a county schools spokesman. “The more days we can offer...
Public art can define a locale and ratchet up its appeal in a way nothing else can, say organizers of a fledgling nonprofit. That’s why Fund for Art in Ellicott City, which was founded in November 2017, is sponsoring a mural competition for professional and amateur artists on four buildings around...
Howard Executive Calvin Ball didn’t have much to say during a meeting with local residents Monday in Columbia. That was the point. For 90 minutes, the Democrat who was sworn in last week as county executive listened to questions and comments from a crowd of more than 130 people at the Florence...
“The Little Mermaid” is a tail, er, tale that makes for a really child-friendly show at Toby’s Dinner Theatre. Even if they haven’t already seen the 1989 movie on which this 2008 Broadway musical is based, kids will respond to its mermaid protagonist, the storybook-handsome prince who falls in...
As Michael Locksley returns to College Park as the new University of Maryland football coach, police in Howard County continue to search for his son’s killer. More than one year ago, Meiko Locksley, 25, was fatally shot in Columbia. Today, police say they have made no arrests, continue to investigate...
On Jan. 16, 1984, Gary L. Gardner had his first day with the Howard County Police Department, as a patrolman in West Columbia. He would go to spend 35 years with the police department, climbing the ranks and eventually becoming chief. On Dec. 31, Gardner will walk the hallowed halls of the department...
An attorney for one of the four former Glenelg High School students arrested and charged with hate crimes is asking for the top charges to be dismissed. Matthew Lipp, 18, of Woodbine, appeared before Howard County Circuit Court Administrative Judge William V. Tucker with his lawyer, Brian Thompson,...
The 10 Laurel public schools located in Prince George’s County received three or four stars out of five in the state’s new education rankings unveiled last week. The Maryland State Department of Education rated each school from a minimum of one star to a maximum of five, part of the Every Student...
A Jessup man charged with the killing of 33-year-old Steve Bernard Wilson in a Hanover model home on Dec. 5 is being held without bond, court records state this week. Dillon Augustyniak, 18, was charged Dec. 7 with first-degree murder, armed robbery, theft and felony use of a firearm, according...
The group exhibit by the Laurel Art Guild at the Bernice Kish Gallery at Slayton House serves as a reminder that artists may work alone in their studios and yet they often have organizational ties that facilitate getting their work on public view. A nonprofit organization founded in 1967 and located...
Laurel residents who look forward to shopping for a Christmas tree each year from the Laurel Lions Club’s yearly fundraiser will have to look elsewhere. After 61 years, the Laurel Lions Club will not sell Christmas trees this holiday season. Laurel Lions Club President Charles Brannan, said the...