Lillian Reed

A yearlong feud between some of Howard County’s elected leaders and the county’s Board of Appeals reignited this week after three council members voted to remove the board’s chair, sparking furious reactions from members of both bodies.

Columbia is home to nearly two dozen fried chicken shops, from local gems like Kokee Kitchen to growing chains like Crimson Coward.

A Howard County court sentenced Jeremiah Robinson to 25 years in prison and five years probation for his role in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Lance Carrington in Columbia on Jan. 14, 2025.

About one month after The Mall in Columbia’s owner launched a paid parking program, signs designating 120 preferred spots near the main entrance have been taken down.

An international search for a 27-year-old man wanted in Howard County for fatally stabbing an Ellicott City woman has ended after authorities apprehended him in India.

Construction is underway once again at the proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Elkridge after a federal judge reinstated the project’s construction permits this month.

Green Party candidate Nater Kane is taking on Democrat Vanessa Atterbeary for Howard County executive in November 2026.

Howard County attorneys filed a notice Monday that they intend to appeal a federal judge’s decision to reinstate building permits for a planned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Elkridge.

Federal immigration authorities sought an arrest warrant under seal for 18-year-old Jimy Samuel Godoy Alfaro for a charge of assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding or interfering with a federal officer.

A Howard County judge has barred Food Network host Eric Adjepong from being alone with his daughter in a ruling the “Top Chef” alumnus linked to a longstanding custody battle with his ex-wife.

To alleviate heavy foot traffic in Patapsco Valley State Park, officials and volunteers are launching projects this fall that will open access to the Woodstock area, one of the least-used sections of the park.

Howard County is sending $260,000 in emergency funding to keep Grassroots Crisis Intervention, the nonprofit that answers calls, chats and texts to the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline, afloat after losing its federal funding.

A federal judge ruled Monday that construction may continue on a planned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Elkridge, dealing a blow to Howard County leaders who attempted to halt the controversial project.

Grassroots, a Howard County nonprofit that answers calls, chats and texts to the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline from around the country, is laying off 62 employees after losing federal funding.

Vultures have descended on the Glenmont community in Columbia, where a woman won’t stop feeding them raw meat despite repeated orders.

Kymora Lee Sanders, 26, is charged with two misdemeanors related to abuse of a vulnerable adult and reckless endangerment after authorities say she went to lunch at Eggspectation, leaving behind a man in her care in a Toyota Sienna.

A Howard County judge sentenced Martese Kosh, of Frederick, to 14 years for his role in a father-son firearms trafficking operation.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials lodged a detainer Monday for Darwin Gerardo Carcamo-Santiago, a citizen of Honduras, who faces charges in Howard County for the death of Esmeralda Perez-Mendez, 35, of Takoma Park.

Howard County Police have obtained an arrest warrant for Darwin Carcamo-Santiago, 24, who is accused of strangling his girlfriend.