Howard County’s wildly popular reading competition, “Battle of the Books,” has been a hallmark event for fifth graders since 2008. This fall, adults will have the opportunity to compete in their own version.
The Howard County Police Department identified the stabbing victim as Samuel Louie Booker IV, 26, of Columbia. He remains in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
Federal immigration authorities are meeting behind closed doors with Howard County’s top elected leaders to discuss a dispute over detaining people in the county jail who are suspected of entering the country illegally.
Mall management and law enforcement say The Mall in Columbia is safe. Howard County Police logged fewer calls for service for shoplifting, theft and assault in 2024 than before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
ICE criticized the Howard County Detention Center for twice releasing a Honduran national, Alex Yonatan Flores-Arce, as local officials say the law bars them from intervening.
Memorial Day is often billed as the unofficial start of summer. In Howard County, it heralds the return of several beloved community events, from free summer movie nights at The Wine Bin in Old Ellicott City to the second season of Savage’s new(ish) farmers market.
Columbia Snowden 14 and ScreenX resumed movie screenings May 9 even as the property's Florida-based owner, Sterling Organization, pursues plans to demolish the theater and build a warehouse in its place.
Billionaire Bill Ackman has increased his control of the real estate development company that owns much of Columbia, further tethering the Maryland town’s interests to one of the richest people in the world.