Howard County

Lourdes Karina Pinto, a North Laurel resident, opened Tasty Empanadas in 2018 before expanding the food stall into a food truck.

Maryland health experts are urging residents to stay indoors Friday as wildfire smoke pushes air quality to dangerous levels.

Whether you want to attend the Disability Pride Arts Festival, bask in sunflower fields or buy art at Creative Alliance's "Big Show," we've got you covered.

The Sisters of Bon Secours USA sold a portion of its land to the Howard County Conservancy as a way to ensure it will never be developed.

Baltimore-area bakeries and cafes are hopping on the dot cake trend with macarons, doughnuts and lattes covered in tiny round rainbow nonpareils.

COLUMN | To win in Maryland's most Democratic counties, Republicans will try to distance themselves from toxic parts of the national and state party. It’s not always easy.

A newly-installed eel ladder, one of the first in Maryland, helps endangered American eels pass over Harford County's Eden Mill dam — and benefit the surrounding ecosystem.

Baltimore County authorities charged Jake Burdett in March 2025, claiming he jeopardized immigration cases by deleting dozens of electronic forms and stealing physical files including passports.

Whether you want to head to a carnival celebration, watch "The Wiz" and "Wicked" outside, or attend a crab festival, we've got you covered.

Restaurateur Desmond Reilly and his companies — Star Restaurant Group LLC and Chicken + Whiskey Columbia LLC — are facing lawsuits and tax liens more than a year after leaving The Mall in Columbia.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.’s temporary moratorium on utility shutoffs for overdue bills is ending on July 15.

Maryland’s Attorney General declined to file charges Tuesday against three Howard County Police officers who shot and killed Alex LaMorie, a man with autism.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. announced last week that it wants to increase rates starting next month. The Maryland Public Service Commission said the company will have to wait.

William Nelson II, of Elkridge, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a student he met on the Grindr app.

From the Inner Harbor in Baltimore to Ocean City, here’s where to watch fireworks for America’s 250th birthday in Maryland.

Jalen Godard, 29, of Odenton, reported his truck stolen to police minutes after he allegedly broke the window and stole a Verizon store in Ellicott City last week, police said.

COLUMN | The 200th celebration of Independence Day was so over-the-top with stunts, kitsch and merch that wags and academics dubbed it the Buycentennial. So I look at this year’s 250th semiquincentennial and can’t help but judge it, well, worse.

Howard County residents and immigrant rights activists plan to rally Thursday morning outside the federal courthouse in downtown Baltimore ahead of a crucial hearing on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Elkridge.

With what began as a pandemic hobby, Candace Bell took her love of candlemaking and turned it into a business.

Whether you want to listen to live classical music, watch an all-trans burlesque revue or attend an Independence Day parade, we’ve got you covered.