Howard County

Columbia Snowden 14 and ScreenX will close its doors for good on Jan. 5, leaving Howard County with just one movie theater.

Everyone has a story about their family they’d rather not share. None may be like Christine Kuehn’s. Her grandparents and her aunt were Nazi spies working against America at the dawn of World War II. We'll talk about her new book, "Family of Spies," at The Banner Book Club.

Custom built in 2018, 5046 Gaithers Chance Drive features high-end finishes and a spacious floor plan. All in a quiet, private location in Clarksville.

A scramble for county executive and the arrival of a first-ever inspector general are among the story lines to watch in Howard County in 2026.

Here are seven things to do in Howard County for the first week of 2026.

Howard County police officers, with the assistance of a drone thermal camera, apprehended three suspects who allegedly broke into roughly 50 cars in the early hours of Christmas Eve.

COLUMN: When Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor of New York on Thursday, the city will become the largest local government in the United States led by a Democratic Socialist. Til then, Montgomery County holds the title.

Baltimore restaurateur and Elkridge resident Bob Cockey is running for Howard County executive in 2026. He becomes the fourth candidate to run in the spring Democratic primary.

COLUMN | How do you count the ways the world went right and wrong? Here’s 2025 summed up, according to me, numerically.

Here’s how to dispose of your Christmas tree in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Howard County, Anne Arundel County and across the state.

COLUMN| Is “The Baltimorons” a Christmas movie? Is it a Baltimore movie? Is it both? Columnists Leslie Gray Streeter and Rick Hutzell debate.

Here are seven things to do in Howard County from Thursday Dec. 25 through Wednesday Dec. 31.

Some of the biggest stories in Howard County: From zoning battles, the approval of the new lakefront library, school redistricting and a new inspector general.

These are the best meals I ate while covering Baltimore's dining scene, from a cheesesteak at Frank's Pizza and Pasta to The Duchess' pancit bihon hollai.

COLUMN: There’s a reason we light our nighttime hours, sing and dance around the winter solstice. Yes, it’s Christmas. Yes, it’s Hanukkah. It’s Kwanzaa, Dongzhi and Yalda, too. But we do it to ward off the dark, the bad things that lurk outside our homes and our lives and to remind of us the good.

No one hit the jackpot Wednesday, swelling the Powerball to $1.5 billion ahead of the next drawing on Saturday night.

Terri Royster left behind a lot of friends and a “memorable” legacy, her brother said. “She lived out loud.”

Howard County firefighters can use medical cannabis when they are off duty starting in January.

Howard County Police arrested Christian Kinuthia, of Windsor Mill, Friday at the scene of a nonfatal shooting in a McDonald’s parking lot in Jessup.

The home’s prime location means unique shopping and dining along Ellicott City’s historic Main Street is just minutes away. Downtown Baltimore is about 20 minutes away and Columbia is about 10.