Larry Aaron III, a Marshall football player and Oakland Mills alumnus, spent his winter break with old friends and his girlfriend, including on New Year’s Eve. But that night his life took a violent turn.
The Maryland Senate refused to confirm Gov. Larry Hogan’s appointment of three members to a board that reviews decisions by state police on permits to carry concealed handguns, with several senators citing the board’s rate of granting appeals. Twenty-five senators voted Friday to reject the nominees...
A bill that would allow Howard County public works employees access to stream areas on private property is set to be filed Thursday. The bill would empower the Department of Public Works to enter properties to inspect streams and other waterways for debris and remove obstructions that could impede...
Howard sophomore Emily Durkee talks about the Lions' 52-38 victory over Marriotts Ridge on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019.
During a professional work day for Howard County teachers on Feb. 5, Atholton boys basketball coach Jared Albert heard an insightful phrase he thought would resonate with his players as they pursued a county championship. “When you know your why, your what becomes more important.” Delivering the...
For the second straight season, rivals Howard and Long Reach will share a girls basketball county title. Each playing at home on Friday night to close out the regular season, the Lions earned a 52-38 victory over Marriotts Ridge and the Lightning handily defeated Glenelg by a score of 70-42. The...
Refocused and reenergized, Oakland Mills played like a team on a mission Thursday evening against Winters Mill. The Scorpions, on the heels of back-to-back county losses last week, raced out to a 15-point lead in the opening five minutes and never slowed down on their way to a 76-36 victory over...
David Matchim, director of bands at Centennial High School, has been named 2018 Music Educator of the Year by Music and Arts, a national music instruction and instruments company. Matchim was chosen from a group of 25 semifinalists nationwide, according to the Howard County school system. A native...
More Howard County high school students took Advanced Placement exams last year than in 2016, but demographic gaps between student groups that participate in the testing have widened. In the past two years, the number of exams taken by Howard students increased by nearly 800, from 10,541 in 2016...
Howard County students will have to wait an extra four days to start summer vacation this June. The county school system announced Monday — following the closure of schools that day due to snow and ice — that all four of its “inclement weather make-up days” have been used. As a result, schools...
Crews responded Tuesday to several reports of downed trees and fallen power lines in Howard County, State Highway Administration officials said. SHA had about nearly 40 pieces of equipment operating throughout the county Tuesday, according to spokeswoman Shanteé Felix. Officials posted on the department’s...
Gov. Larry Hogan has nominated former Howard County state senator Gail Bates to the State Board of Education. If confirmed by the Senate, she will serve as a board member until 2024. Bates served in the House of Delegates between 2002 and 2010 and in the Senate between 2014 and 2018. She served...
“Powerful” is the word county library spokesperson Christie Lassen returns to again and again to describe an interactive exhibit on loan to the Central Branch on the banned practice of racial discrimination in mortgage investment that was once known as “redlining.” Trent Day Hall, a community outreach...
Howard County’s Department of Public Works will hold two informational meetings — including one on Tuesday — to help people who might want to apply for the county’s Flood Mitigation Assistance Pilot Program. Attendees can ask officials questions about the grant program, which is available to property...
Representatives from the BWI Roundtable asked state lawmakers Wednesday to file legislation addressing issues related to new flight patterns at BWI Thurgood Marshall airport. Since 2014 the Federal Aviation Administration has faced local and state opposition because of a new air-traffic control...
A 29-year-old Prince George’s County man was killed when he was hit by a car in North Laurel during the early hours of Monday morning, Maryland State Police said. Timothy Lewis, of Mount Rainier, was pronounced dead at the scene after he was struck at about 1 a.m., state police said. Lewis was...
The chief operating officer of the Stronach Group said Wednesday that it wants to invest $80 million to make Laurel Park a world-class facility and $40 million to do the same at the Bowie Training Center — the latest move suggesting Preakness may move to Laurel Park. In recent years, the Stronach...
At the beginning of each month, members of Oseh Shalom, a synagogue in Laurel, come together over food and prayer to begin the weekly tradition of Shabbat. Shabbat -- Sabbath in Hebrew-- is observed every week from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday. The synagogue has weekly Shabbat services...
A Laurel man faces multiple assault and weapons offenses after police said he broke into a home Wednesday while brandishing a firearm and threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend. Annapolis police said officers were called to a residence on Juliana Circle at 3:20 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a home...
Every morning, she woke up fearing what the day would bring. Jennifer Eller loved her work as an English teacher in Maryland’s schools. But as a transgender woman, she said she was taunted, accused of being a pedophile and a pervert, and threatened. The toll grew too much. Eller reported incident...