Ball joined Tree Savers volunteers to remove invasive vines from more than 100 trees at Meadowbrook Park in Ellicott City.

The Howard County Health Department (HCHD) announced today the receipt of a grant from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) to promote and increase student engagement in the sexual and reproductive health clinic at Howard Community College (HCC).

Howard County Government offices and more will be closed in observance of the Indigenous Peoples’ Day holiday on Monday, October 14th. There will be regular Monday curbside trash, recycling, yard trim and food scrap collection and the Alpha Ridge Landfill will be open. 

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 410-313-STOP or HCPDCrimeTips@howardcountymd.gov.

Howard County police are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information in the case. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 410-313-STOP or HCPDCrimeTips@howardcountymd.gov.

A second suspect remains unidentified and outstanding. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 410-313-STOP or HCPDCrimeTips@howardcountymd.gov. You may remain anonymous.  

Both suspects are charged as adults with first-degree murder and related charges and are being held without bond at the Howard County Detention Center.

A Howard County construction project to replace the existing 12-inch waterline across the Patapsco River near the 5900 block of River Road in Elkridge, is expected to begin on or about Monday, October 21st. Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed by early January 2025.

The Howard County Department of Public Works will hold a community outreach meeting on Tuesday, November 12th, to discuss the installation of a new pocket park along the northside of St. Paul Street behind 8109 to 8125 Main Street.

The County's Department of Public Works will hold a community outreach meeting on Tuesday, October 29th, to present traffic calming plans for Furnace Avenue and Hanover Road. The project will implement strategies available in the County’s recently updated Howard County Neighborhood Traffic Calming Policy, to combat excessive vehicular speeds along these two roadways.

Forty-six patients were transported to the hospital with food poisoning symptoms in Jessup.

A Howard County project to reconstruct the riser and outfall structure of the three ponds located near 7125, 7145, and 7195 Troy Hill Drive in Elkridge, has begun. Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed by mid-December 2024.