4 days ago - A federal conservation program originally designed to help small farmers is now disproportionately benefiting industrial livestock operations, according to a new report by a family farm advocacy group.
5 days ago - Howard County fire officials say about 110 residents were safely evacuated from a senior home in Elkridge, where an electrical fire created unsafe levels of carbon monoxide.
6 days ago - Property tax assessments were mailed in Maryland on Tuesday, and many homeowners will see lower assessments, the result of a softening real estate market.
8 days ago - Some school systems in Maryland are considering shortening spring break, in part to give students more time to prepare for standardized tests.
11 days ago - A Howard County judge has sentenced a man to a year in prison for stealing laptop computers from his former employer, a nonprofit run by Catholic nuns.
13 days ago - A Howard County medical office has reversed plans to stop accepting insurance and move to a retainer-style practice, also known as concierge medicine.
13 days ago - Howard County police have charged a Mt. Hebron High School teacher with sexually abusing a 17-year-old female student over a period of two years.
20 days ago - An Ellicott City man was charged with negligent hunting for allegedly shooting a shotgun slug through a window at a daycare center in a case that has raised questions about safety zones, the state Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday.