Howard County firefighters fought a blaze that sparked inside the chimney of a Columbia home. No injuries were reported.
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A 16-year-old Columbia boy has been arrested after police found him with a ghost gun that he used during an argument.
The Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services on Friday held a swearing-in ceremony for its newest member, 2-year-old Beacon.
A Columbia man has been convicted in an arson case involving Molotov cocktails that damaged an apartment complex and displaced 20 people.
Two residents of a third floor apartment in Columbia have been displaced after a fire broke out Sunday morning, officials report.
Steven Davis has been sentenced in the strangulation, suffocation and assault of a female victim whose vehicle he then stole.
Officials are warning Howard Co. residents that fake arrest warrants are being mailed with a phone number for scammers to demand payment.
Two Howard County police officers hustled into a smoky home to rescue a frightened dog while its frantic owners waited outside.
A 47-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder after police say she stabbed another woman with a pair of scissors.
A teenager reported a man exposing himself to her and multiple people reported a man threatening them and trying to get into their vehicles.
A Howard County firefighter was injured Sunday morning battling a fire that broke out in a townhouse in Laurel.
A Columbia mom has been sentenced for shooting 2 teens in 2024, five days after her own teen was the victim of an armed robbery in 2024.
A Laurel woman reported being assaulted in her home and property destroyed, while 2 teen boys had a bike stole on the Dobbin Road path.
A video released by the Howard County Police Department shows a K9 tracking down a 14-year-old suspect who jumped out of a vehicle.
A man contacted police for a head injury but a hospital medical team discovered he'd actually been shot in the head, police reported.
Firefighters from four counties battled a bedroom blaze in a Highland home Thursday afternoon.
A Columbia resident who works as an IT computer specialist has been charged with possessing child porn and soliciting child porn.
The Howard County Police Department has boosted their patrol efforts for the first few weeks of school, which started Monday.
A 27-year-old mom has been charged in the death of her 3-year-old child in 2024 at a home in Columbia, according to police
A reward has been offered for information in the fatal shooting of a man who was getting into his vehicle in a parking lot, police report.
A police officers is on leave after fatally hitting a 93-year-old woman in a parking lot Friday morning, police report.
Howard County Police reminds residents that there are 23 cold cases waiting to be solved. There are $30K rewards offered for information.
Police said the crash happened shortly after 3:20 a.m. on Sandy Spring Road in Montgomery County.
Two cats died in a fire at a fire at a Columbia home Monday morning, the Howard County Fire and Rescue Services reported.
Howard County Police stopped a 16-year-old boy they say was trespassing and found a gun and magazines in his backpack.
An inmate at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Jessup has died after he and his cellmate were found bloodied in their cell.
A Prince George's man has been sentenced after he stalked a person and set fire to 3 Columbia apartments that injured a firefighter.
Police have arrested a man they say broke into a trailer located at Oakland Mills High School.
A man stabbed a family member with a spear and was fatally shot by Howard County Police. Bodycam video of the incident has been released.
A house and a townhome caught fire after lightning hit both during a thunderstorm that barreled across Howard County.
Two Howard County men have been charged in connection to a fatal highway shooting that left one dead and two injured.
Howard County Police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide after two individuals were found dead in a Columbia home.
Howard County leaders introduced a new initiative this week offering free gun locks to residents.
Maryland DNR has detected chronic wasting disease in a Howard Co. deer for the 1st time. A DNR expert spoke with Patch about the disease.
Police are searching for the suspects who gained access to Oakland Mills Middle School and damaged electronics inside the building.
A Columbia mom and Laurel dad have been arrested after police say they left their 1-year-old alone in a hotel room to drink at a bar.
A woman reported being shot by her friend in Jessup and drove herself to a hospital. A man reported being assaulted during a home invasion.
The woman died Sunday following the June 11 blaze at her Howard County home, according to her family.
A teenage boy has been arrested after police say he shot at a woman sitting in her vehicle following an argument between the pair.