Lillian Reed

James Rouse founded Columbia with a vision of inclusivity. But as residents prepare to cast ballots for their village councils and Columbia Association board members, some worry varying rules are producing low turnout and elections lack transparency.

A Columbia mother and her boyfriend gave different answers to police about what caused the bruises on her daughter’s face or how the 3-year-old came to ingest a bottle of melatonin.

Federal authorities are weighing in on a lawsuit between Howard County and Genesis GSA Strategic One LLC, a case with implications for the future location of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Baltimore field office.

The Baltimore Antique Bottle Club annually hosts the world’s largest one-day bottle show, a lucrative antique market that draws serious collectors and even more serious money to the Howard County Fairgrounds each spring.

Howard County’s $432.6 million capital budget proposal represents an approximately 16% increase from last year.

Howard County’s Chief of Police Gregory Der is planning to retire from the department on June 1 in the wake of two fatal police-involved incidents.

A Maola Local Dairies milk processing plant in North Laurel is laying off 72 workers and closing by Dec. 31, meaning residents no longer have to deal with a stench coming from the plant since at least the ’90s.

Kathleen Amesbury, 28, and Dale Brown Jr., 25, of Hanover, Pennsylvania, are facing charges in Howard County following a yearlong investigation into the 2025 death of her 3-year-old child.

Two years after the Dali cargo ship slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, eight crew members remain grounded in Baltimore, among the longest stretches of time for any seafarers in recent memory.

Robots are waiting tables at ViVa Ristorante, an Italian-American eatery located in Elkridge’s Howard Square.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year sets aside $3.5 million to build the county’s first public ice rinks at the Meadowbrook Athletic Complex in Ellicott City.

From an egg hunt to a gardening workshop, here are seven things to do in Howard County for March 19-25.

Howard County is considering a charter amendment that would give officials the authority to take on debt to fund affordable housing projects as the county faces a major shortage.

After arrests at a White Marsh Mall teen “link-up,” Baltimore County residents and officials debate curfews, safety concerns and where teens can gather.

Everything you need to know about candidates for Howard County office in 2026.

Patuxent Commons residents are feeling uneasy after police shot and killed 25-year-old resident Alexander LaMorie, an autistic man, who authorities say refused commands to drop a knife.

The private owner of a planned ICE facility in Elkridge claims Howard County officials obstructed the federal government’s authority to enforce immigration law and open detention sites.

From an Irish dinner to an Ultra 50k, here are seven things to do in Howard County from March 5 through March 11.

Federal contract records and planning documents about a planned ICE facility in Elkridge offer a window into how immigration authorities are broadening their footprint in Maryland.

Howard County has assembled a task force to develop a strategy for positioning itself as a leading destination for filmmaking in Maryland and the mid-Atlantic.