The emergency rule passed a week after a Howard County transfer student was arrested while wearing an ankle monitor for another offense.
A store employee reported being assaulted by a suspected shoplifter, while numerous items were stolen from cars, people, according to HCPD.
Howard County firefighters were called to an early morning house fire in Columbia that was quickly brought under control, the HCFD reported.
More than 3 dozen accelerant detection dogs from across the country were in Howard County recently to brush up on their skills.
A Severn teen has been arrested, along with a teen from Ellicott City, in connection to the fatal shooting of a Baltimore man, police said.
A 17-year-old boy from Ellicott City wearing an ankle monitor was arrested at school with a loaded gun for the shooting death of a MD man.
Two teen boys from Elkridge were found with gunshot wounds in a Columbia shopping center parking lot Saturday night, police say.
A dental assistant has entered a plea in connection to his role in several "peeping Tom" incidents involving teens and co-workers.
Police were called to several locations where up to 500 participants gathered in parking lots attempting to shut down intersections.
U.S. Marshals are helping search for a Columbia teen wanted in connection to a summer shooting at the mall. The reward is now up to $30K.
Howard County Police are hoping the public will provide answers about clothes and shoes found lying near the water at Rocky Gorge Reservoir.
Nearly 200 people packed parking lots across 3 MD counties Saturday night for illegal car rallies. Police broke them up and 5 face charges.
A suspect from Washington, D.C. has entered a plea in the 2020 fatal shooting of an Owings Mills man in The Columbia Mall parking lot.
A shopper assaulted a Weis Market employee when attempting to leave with unpaid items, according to Howard County Police.
A former Maryland man will spend time in prison after prosecutors said he made more than 12,000 calls to members of Congress over 19 months.
A Laurel man killed himself after fatally shooting a Montgomery County person and wounding a woman in a domestic disturbance, police say.
The teenager wanted in the fatal Columbia mall shooting this summer remains on the run and police need the public's help finding him.
A Lanham man was arrested Wednesday after a MSP K-9 sniffed out drugs in his vehicle that had been stopped in Howard County.
An Owings Mills man has been arrested in connection to a road rage shooting that happened on a Howard County highway Aug. 12.
Police have arrested a man they say robbed a food truck with a knife that was parked in Jessup. He took off with cash, police reported.
A woman assaulted a Dunkin' employee before stealing the tip cup, other businesses were burglarized and several vehicles were stolen: HCPD.
A victim riding on a bus reported being robbed and injured by three suspects, according to Howard County Police.
A motorcyclist was killed early Saturday morning in Laurel after police say he drove into a truck that was turning.
A man cut locks on a liquor store door then stole cash and cigarettes before running off, according to Howard County Police.
A Columbia woman has died after police say her vehicle hit a guard rail, then a concrete barrier, then was hit by an oncoming SUV.
Video of the suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of a teen at The Mall In Columbia has been released by the HCPD. Do you recognize him?
A man was injured in a fight with an armed suspect who tried to steal his wallet, reports the Howard County Police Department.
Firefighters quickly put out a backyard shed blaze that broke out Monday around 7 p.m., according to Howard County fire officials.
A 47-year-old man has been sentenced for drug trafficking out of a Laurel hotel, according to the Howard Co. Office of the State's Attorney.
A 17-year-old has been fatally shot at The Mall in Columbia and detectives are searching for the suspect, according to Howard County Police.
Howard County Police are investigating a non-fatal shooting of an 18-year-old in Columbia late Thursday night.
Howard Co. Police remind residents to keep their homes and properties secure to prevent thefts after a teen stole bicycles from a garage.
A Baltimore man has become the third person sentenced for his involvement in a murder-for-hire plot targeting a Howard County man.
Multiple storage units at Public Storage in Columbia were broken into recently and various items stolen, according to police.
Howard County Police reports two more overnight burglaries of businesses in Jessup and Laurel.
Two businesses were burglarized and a woman reported being robbed in a two-day span in Ellicott City, according to Howard County Police.
Officials have issued a heat alert and a Code Orange air quality alert in Howard County. Cooling centers are open now for residents.
Two 15-year-old boys have been arrested after police say they broke into a trailer parked at Harper's Choice MS. Someone also entered a HS.
Two men have been sentenced in a lawn care equipment theft scheme that targeted eight small businesses in Howard County.
A 3-year-old boy has been fatally shot at his Columbia home with what the HCPD says was an unsecured gun. They do not know who shot the boy.