Soak in all the summer sun with your pick of outdoor events that include live music, good eats and great company. One thing is important for many of this week’s events from Juneteenth celebrations to outdoor concerts to see Maggie Rogers or Brooks & Dunn: bring a blanket!

The Howard County Public School System will reorganize six divisions.

There are endless events in Howard County to launch into June, from a Pride celebration to a self-defense class, and even craft workshops or a pet adoption event.

A Tuesday evening panel hosted by The Baltimore Banner touched on education and business topics across Howard County. Panelists included County Executive Calvin Ball and Bill Barnes, the Howard County Public School System superintendent.

Maggie Kudirka has been living with metastatic breast cancer for years. That hasn’t stopped the Howard County ballerina from teaching dancing and putting together an annual benefit concert.

The Howard County Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a $2.4 billion operating budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. It doesn’t increase property taxes and provides more funding for schools and public safety.

Dominique Dawes, a Silver Spring native and three-time Olympian, plans to expand her gymnastics academy franchise to Columbia. She currently has two locations in Montgomery County.

Elfreth defeated 21 other candidates for a chance at an open U.S. House seat.

Ellicott City’s Main Street looks a little different, after the monthslong razing of four historic buildings for the Safe and Sound Plan meant to curb dangerous floods.

Howard Hughes Corporation now owes more than $17 million in damages to a Howard County construction company.

As Howard County’s Antique Farm Machinery Club hosts its 29th annual auction on Saturday, the club looks to the future of their museum and the county weights what’s to become of the museum grounds.

Investigation into fatal I-695 crash stated the driver spun into the work zone through an opening meant for construction vehicles.

Maryland State Police identified the six victims killed in Wednesday’s crash.

Life as a highway construction worker: We ‘don’t know who’s gonna go home that day’

The recommendations include deploying more state troopers, increasing speeding fines and lowering the temporary work zone speed limits.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball unveiled $2.4 billion operating budget request, including $1.14 billion for the Howard County Public School System.

New details from the NTSB’s investigation of the March 2023 crash reveal that a safety truck was “parked and unattended.” The attorney for one victim said that had it been properly positioned, it might have prevented that crash that killed six workers in the median work zone.

Three suspects, all from Baltimore, are charged with murder and other offenses in the kidnap-slaying of 47-year-old David Winchester Jr. His body was found in a wooded area along Spa Road in Annapolis on March 28.

A baker in Dundalk was one of the last people to cross the Key Bridge, making it off about a minute before it collapsed.

The Coast Guard doesn’t think the six construction workers survived the bridge collapse because of the deep waters and cold temperatures.