Andrew Michaels

Tom McNeal, the school system's new director of security, emergency preparedness and response, says decisions to delay or close for inclement weather is weighed by many factors.

Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman filed legislation Friday to help veteran-owned businesses easily procure county purchasing contracts.

The school system’s School Naming/Renaming Committee recommended the Board of Education name Elementary School 42 “Hanover Hills Elementary.” The board will finalize the name on Jan. 11.

Howard County fire officials are asking residents to take precautions when using heating sources after five fires were reported in the past four weeks.

The Board of Education approves the 2018-2019 academic calendar and holds a public hearing for input on the name of Elementary School 42 opening in Hanover in August 2018.

Ellicott City Post Office mail carrier Dave Colbert shares what it's like on the job during the busy holiday season of delivering cards and packages.

MIchael Martirano was selected as Howard County Public School System's permanent superintendent during a Board of Education meeting on Dec. 19.

Abdilai Karim Sesay Braima, 19, of Laurel pleaded guilty to a drug-related armed robbery at a Clarksville home in April.

The city of Laurel Planning Commission discusses a special exception application filed by medical marijuana dispensary Blu Pharms LLC.

Beginning next fall, students attending Howard or Prince George's Community colleges can take courses at the Laurel College Center as part of Bowie State’s bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Active-duty Army trauma surgeon Kyle Remick, of Walter Reed hospital, teaches River Hill High School ninth-graders about on-site trauma care in collaboration with the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services.

A proposed route for the high-speed maglev rail line, connecting Baltimore to Washington, D.C., could potentially run through South Laurel and city Mayor Craig Moe says he is against the project.

Prize-winning shoe cobbler, Sunny Yoo, of Ellicott City, said the shoes that earned him a silver medal in the 2016 German Shoe Repair contest were stolen from the family-owned business, Cobbler & Co. shoe repair, at the Arundel Mills mall over the weekend.

Wilde Lake High School Principal Rick Wilson sent a letter home to parents after another fight among students. The third fight in three weeks, Wilson and school officials share how the school system is working to prevent violence.

Del. Barbara Frush will not seek reelection when her term expires in 2018, but will co-chair Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker's campaign for governor.