Howard County

COLUMN | By the time James Appel, a top Maryland Republican finance expert, set off for the Bahamas in November 2023, he and his wife had upgraded to a 65-foot luxury yacht. That’s what got the Annapolis man in trouble.

This custom Clarksville home features a heated saltwater pool, outdoor kitchen, bonus suite and private wooded backyard.

COLUMN | Wendell Rakosky is a professional Sinatra tribute artist. What’s it like? I guess you could say he did it Frank’s way.

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.

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.

COLUMN | If the U.S. Supreme Court decides to disqualify mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, Maryland voters will mostly be OK. The unlikely hero? The U.S. Postal Service.

Maryland leaders are embracing accessory dwelling units as the cost of living rises and young people flee the state.

State investigators released video Monday that shows the fatal police shooting of a young man with autism outside his apartment in Columbia.

From shopping center sidewalks in Hunt Valley to the amphitheater lawn at The Chrysalis in Columbia and the gates of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Marylanders flooded public spaces Saturday with homemade signs, inflatable crowns and chants of “No Kings.”

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.

Howard County officials are supportive of removing aging motels along Route 1 to efforts to revitalize the area.

In West Friendship’s Fox Valley Estates, you’ll find this Southern-style home. The five-bedroom, four-bath home offers nearly 6,000 square feet of upgraded living space, all set on an attractive 1.34-acre lot. As a bonus, enjoy access to a community pool and tennis court.

Whether you want to celebrate Orioles’ opening day all day, learn the history of the Key Bridge or sing along to R&B hits, we've got you covered.

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

The Savage library branch in Howard County is closed Tuesday and Wednesday for HVAC repairs.

COLUMN | Most local governments don’t want you to know that they’re working with ICE. It’s not the horrific campaign to drag pregnant women and friendly neighbors to the border and give them a sharp kick. It’s the routine business of removing criminal aliens.

A Howard County Circuit Court judge sentenced an Ellicott City teen to 45 years in prison after the 2024 fatal shooting that occurred near Howard High School.

The Missouri-based company will lay off 118 employees between May 20 and 22, according to a Maryland Work Adjustment and Retraining Notification.

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.