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.
A fire broke out at a property in the 7900 block of Dorsey Run Road of Jessup Wednesday night. A firefighter and another person were hurt.
The Independent Investigations Division of the MD attorney general's office will investigate the officer-involved shooting of a suspect.
A 23-year-old man repeatedly stabbed a family member with a spear. He was fatally shot by Howard County Police.
Police have discovered that the suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of a snowplow driver is no longer in the U.S.
The suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of a teen at the Mall in Columbia was tracked to New York where he was arrested, police report.
A Honduran national convicted of rape has been arrested by ICE after being released from jail twice by the Howard County Detention Center.
Two teen boys face burglary charges after police say they were on fire department property in Ellicott City after hours.
A bear spotted Memorial Day in Prince George's Co. has been captured. DNR officials believe it's the same bear seen in Howard County.
William Thomas Marshall III (a.k.a. Junior), 18, of Columbia remains at large 10 months after police say he fatally shot a teen at the mall.
A 17-year-old who has been at large for four months has become the 5th suspect arrested in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Jemik Parker.
A dog owner has entered a plea in the case where one of her three dogs who escaped her home and bit a 4-year-old girl at a park.
A 16-year-old Laurel boy who Howard County Police say was driving a stolen vehicle involved in a deadly crash now faces charges.
A man has been sentenced after dousing clerks with pepper spray then stealing money from the cash register at 4 convenience stores.
A Columbia woman has died after Howard County Police say she was hit head-on by a stolen vehicle driven by teenagers.
A driver has died after crashing his vehicle into a Columbia building. The incident is being investigated by Howard County Police.
Three semis were involved in a collision on Interstate 70 Wednesday morning, requiring the roadway to close in both directions.
An Owings Mills man has been sentenced in connection to a road rage shooting that unfolded in August 2024 along I-95.