Howard County

A former Howard County teaching assistant is facing criminal charges for sex crimes involving a student.

A reported abduction involving a truck driver that led investigators to the Jessup area proved to be unfounded, Howard County police say.

A 6-year-old boy is dead after he and his mother were struck by a vehicle in Columbia on Monday afternoon.

Authorities in Howard County have charged a man in the killing of his friend's pit bull after he allegedly stabbed the dog and tied it to a tree where it died.

A Howard County teen with autism who was reported missing on Wednesday has been located.

James Leppi had something big to be cheerful about while working hard in the cold on Christmas night to help people enjoy Symphony of Lights at Merriweather Post Pavilion.

UPDATE: Police say William Coe Tuder returned home unharmed.

A Howard County 16-year-old is facing felony charges after he allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl in a high school bathroom on Monday.

Howard County police have identified a driver who was killed, and a second driver who was critically injured in a crash involving a gravel truck in Columbia on Friday.

There are traps lining the floors, mice droppings on just about every surface and even a dead mouse laying on the bedroom carpet.

A Columbia man is behind bars after police say he shot two men Monday night during a drug deal gone bad. 

Police and emergency crews are responding to the scene of a deadly crash in Howard County on Monday.

A second person who allegedly fled from police in Laurel before crashing into a tractor-trailer on I-95 has died, Howard County police said on Friday.

A  Woodbine man who shot and killed a man from Chantilly who was trying to enter his home will not be charged, the Howard County State’s Attorney’s office announced on Tuesday.

A Howard County police officer showed off his muy caliente salsa dancing skills while directing traffic outside of Merriweather Post Pavilion earlier this week, and it was all caught on video.

A happy ending to the search for a missing 16-year-old with autism in Maryland. He is safe at home thanks to a Good Samaritan.

Officials and residents in Columbia, Md. say they’re still amazed that no one was killed, or even hurt, in the powerful natural gas explosion that rocked an office building and shopping center in the town on Sunday morning.

Oh deer.

A Howard County police officer caught some ballers off guard when he walked into a gym and challenged a player to a game of one-on-one — and it was all caught on video!

Woodstock 50 is officially canceled, the Howard County executive’s office confirmed on Wednesday.