While we keep a wary eye on the systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center, it’s time to prepare for the worst. Like ...

Gun violence in and around the Mall in Columbia, including deadly shootings, prompted Howard County police to announce plans ...

COLUMBIA, Md. — Police are asking for the public’s help as they search for a person who they say is linked to a shooting inside a Columbia gas station. Howard County police have released images of a ...

Chief Administration Officer Brandee Ganz was the highest-paid Howard County employee in 2025; her total gross pay was $298,675, according to payroll data obtained through a Maryland Public ...

The county budget offers a high level — and aspirational — look at how those who work for the people of Howard County are to be compensated, but a clearer view of one of the government’s largest ...

Howard County Police Chief Gregory Der announced his retirement days after body-worn video was released showing several officers shooting and killing a man with autism.(Courtesy WBZ/Howard County ...

At the core of the 2026 election for Howard County Council are concerns about housing availability and affordability, school funding, land use, and development. There is only one Republican among the ...

The San Antonio area doesn't divide neatly into young and old neighborhoods, but as residents move through different stages of life, the parts of the city where they cluster tends to shift. The ...

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This story was updated because an earlier version included inaccuracies. People who live in Urbandale's ZIP code 50323 have a breast cancer rate more than two times higher than Iowans who live in Fort ...

Howard County, Maryland, has revoked the building permit for a private detention center that County Executive Calvin Ball said was going to be used by U.S. Immigration and Customs. And the county ...

Michael Howard, a former church leader in Boone County, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after admitting to sexually abusing a teenage boy from his congregation over several years, with the ...