HOWARD COUNTY

A North Potomac high school student who was in Columbia visiting a friend was shot and killed Saturday, police said.

A North Potomac high school student who was in Columbia visiting a friend was shot and killed Saturday, police said.

That night in April 2019, the two families gathered around the Seder table. Roslyn and David Zinner had set out eggs, horseradish and matzo for the Jewish holiday, symbolizing new life, tears and traveling in haste. With them were a mother and son from Honduras who barely understood English, much less the religious tradition. But the pair followed along as…

Vivian “Millie” Bailey is a barrier breaker full of adventurous spirit: She is listed among the first Black American female pilots and spent her 102nd birthday skydiving in Maryland. She served in the Army during World War II, earning a rare superior rank in an officer’s course where she was only one of two African-American women, according to a...

A potentially harmful algae bloom has prompted warnings for people to exercise caution when kayaking or boating in a reservoir in Montgomery and Howard counties in Maryland

Police in Maryland have arrested a man who they say drove a car into a woman at a fast-food restaurant parking lot

A man struck a woman with an Audi in a McDonald’s parking lot, pulled her inside the car and took off, police in Howard County, Maryland, say. Police responded to the McDonald’s in the 10000 block of Washington Boulevard in Laurel just before noon Wednesday. Bystander video of the incident shows the woman get out of the Audi and...

A 5-year-old was trapped inside a large gun safe in Howard County, Maryland, on Tuesday and needed to be rescued by the fire department.

Police have charged a 20-year-old Maryland man with entering a high school and trying to kiss a 14-year-old student

A 6-year-old boy is dead and a mother is hurt after a driver struck them in a crosswalk in Columbia, Maryland, Monday afternoon, police say.

A recovery helicopter hoisted a plane out of the trees it crashed into in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, last week.

A person was killed in a crash that closed southbound Interstate 95 in Laurel, Maryland, Thursday afternoon, Howard County police said.

A gas explosion was responsible for the likely destruction of a Howard County office building on Sunday morning, fire and EMS officials say.

Some storms and rain is expected into the overnight hours after a tornado warning in parts of Maryland.

A man in Howard County, Maryland, shot and killed a Virginia man who allegedly tried to break into his home, police say.

A burning barn created a huge plume of thick, black smoke over part of Howard County, Maryland, Monday afternoon.

County fairs are a summertime essential pretty much everywhere, and the DMV is no exception. Celebrate with tons of food, unique contests, live entertainment and carnival rides all summer long.

Maryland’s Howard County has been awarded a nearly $2 million grant to help protect a section of the Chesapeake Bay’s vast watershed.

Lines of storms bringing heavy rain, winds and possibly hail are headed towards the D.C. area for Sunday afternoon and evening.

A Howard County family is one step closer to suing the University of Maryland over their daughter’s death.

An average of more than 80 items are stolen from cars in Washington, D.C., each day, according to Metropolitan Police Department theft data released to the News4 I-Team.

Authorities linked active pipe bombs found in the woods in Maryland to a stalking suspect who killed himself after he was convicted in 2001.

A Maryland man was charged with attempted murder after police say he opened fire on a driver who parked in his assigned spot.

Police are trying to determine who scattered dozens of fliers promoting the Ku Klux Klan in a Maryland city.

Police in Maryland are investigating whether a woman found dead in her backyard was mauled to death by a pit bull she had recently adopted.

A day after a Maryland woman apparently was mauled to death by her recently adopted pit bull, her sister defended the category of dogs and said the victim wanted to help the animal.

A Maryland man pleaded guilty to falsifying overtime documents while working as a police officer.

Robert Frazier left home Sunday night for 15 minutes. When he came back, he found that his family’s dog had attacked his wife.

Two adults and three children escaped a reported gas leak shortly before a home in Howard County, Maryland exploded into flames.

An officer shot a man who pointed a gun at police outside a hotel in Howard County, Maryland, Sunday night, police said.

Two workers who were found dead at the Howard County Fair Tuesday may have overdosed, police say.

A Howard County firefighter died Monday after falling through a floor while battling a seven-alarm house fire.

Two people were found dead inside an overturned vehicle Friday afternoon in a river in Ellicott City, Maryland, officials say.

A flood warning is in effect for D.C. and surrounding counties as heavy rain continues to fall.

Police in central Maryland are investigating after a discovery of human skeletal remains.

Two days after devastating flash floods in Ellicott City, Maryland, searchers have found the body of a missing National Guardsman in the Patapsco River.

A woman who was caught on camera squeezing through a McDonald’s drive-thru window and helping herself to food and money has pleaded guilty.

The man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and burying her in a shallow grave will go on trial for the crime in June.

A man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and burying her in a shallow grave hoped his trial date would get pushed back so the public would forget his crime, he suggested in a jailhouse call prosecutors played in court Friday.

Amid a national conversation about whether more officers and teachers should be armed in schools, data compiled by the News4 I-Team shows many schools in the Washington, D.C. region already have dedicated officers.

Two bald eagles who got tangled up in a fence in Maryland were safely freed on Thursday by animal control workers, officials say.

A 32-year-old Maryland man has been sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison without parole for the 2016 slaying of his parents.

A man who argued with a coworker over parking and hit him once faces an involuntary manslaughter charge after the second man died of his injuries six months after the assault, officials say.

Investigators say a police officer who shot and wounded an SUV driver in November won’t be charged with a crime.

The woman caught on camera climbing through a McDonald’s drive-thru window and stealing food and money has been arrested, Howard County police said Thursday.

Police in Howard County, Maryland, are searching for a woman who was caught on camera climbing through a McDonald’s drive-thru window and stealing food and money.

Howard County police charged a third teenager in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy.

Howard County authorities say two teenagers have been arrested in a weekend shooting that left a 14-year-old boy dead.

A school bus crashed onto its side on a highway in Maryland Monday morning — injuring five people — because the bus driver was speeding, police say.

The man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend, who was a Maryland high school teacher, will not face an additional charge for the death of the fetus, prosecutors announced Friday morning.

Maryland police have made an arrest in the Oct. 8 Walmart shooting that left one man injured. Ellicott City resident De’Andre Edward Eason, 20, was charged with first-degree murder, assault and handgun violations.

Police in Maryland are investigating a shooting inside a Walmart store that left one man injured.

A convicted rapist from Maryland fought with and injured at least two officers at Dulles International Airport as he was being escorted through the airport for deportation.

The pregnant Maryland high school teacher who was found killed was shot in the back of her head, police say.

The pregnant high school teacher who was missing from Maryland was found buried in a shallow grave on Wednesday, and her boyfriend has been charged with killing her.

The family of a missing pregnant high school teacher is offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to her whereabouts.

County fairs are a summertime essential pretty much everywhere, and the DMV is no exception. Celebrate with tons of food, unique contests, live entertainment and carnival rides all summer long.

More than a dozen Maryland animal shelters are working to find homes for at least 2,000 cats and kittens across Maryland in July, waiving adoption fees during an event called “Maryland 2,000.”

Montgomery County, Maryland, officials are investigating a possible drowning in a Gaitherburg lake.

The body of a swimmer was found after being last seen in the Rocky Gorge Reservoir on the Howard County and Montgomery County line.

A man riding a stolen motorcycle died in a crash with a car in Maryland, authorities say.

Good options and access for shopping are major issues for residents of Prince George’s County, Maryland, which is why attracting new retail is one of the county executive’s top priorities.

Howard County prosecutors have dropped charges against a recaptured inmate who was at large for six days when he escaped during transport to a state hospital.

Adolfo Sanchez-Reyes, 43, from Guatemala, was arrested by ICE agents on Friday, March 24. He is currently being held at the Howard County Detention Center after a review of his immigration history revealed his illegal status.

An attempted murderer who escaped police custody last week spent five days surviving on food from trash cans and water from puddles before he was found hiding in a drainage pipe Wednesday night.

Howard County police are searching a wooded area near Clifton Perkins Hospital Center after someone spotted a man in the woods close to where a prisoner convicted of attempted murder escaped last week.

The search for an attempted murderer who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Maryland entered its third day Monday, with the U.S. Marshals Service joining the search.

A man serving time for attempted murder escaped from a Howard County hospital Friday, police say.

A man serving time for attempted murder escaped from a Howard County hospital Friday, police say.

A man who has been playing in D.C.-area bands since 1969 is planning to play in Maryland’s medical marijuana industry.

A Maryland high school teacher has been disciplined after encouraging students to “have fun” writing a slave song for an assignment as part of a lesson on abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

A portion of picturesque Main Street in Ellicott City, Maryland, is reopening after flooding last month.

Authorities want to hear from other possible victims of a northern Virginia man who they believe sold concertgoers counterfeit tickets.

Howard County police have released a series of 911 calls placed during the deadly flooding in Ellicott City.

The man shot and wounded by police after walking into a Baltimore TV station wearing an animal costume and a fake bomb will be charged with two felonies and several other crimes, authorities announced Friday.

A Laurel, Maryland, man is facing an attempted first-degree murder charge after police say he offered an undercover detective posing as a hit man $15,000 to kill his wife.

An Indiana man is accused of scalping his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter, authorities said.

Police say a pedestrian was struck and killed on U.S. Route 1 in Laurel.

Howard County Police have identified the officer who shot and killed a man who threatened him with a knife.

A Howard County Police officer has been charged with DUI and hit-and-run after a crash in Upper Marlboro, authorities said.

Authorities say an 83-year-old woman was killed in Columbia when her car plunged from the upper level of a parking structure.

You may be better off buying property in Prince George’s County than renting a place to live, a new study reveals.

A Howard County teen has been sentenced to two days in jail for setting fire to speed-camera equipment.

A former Maryland substitute teacher has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for possession of child pornography.

Check out the top holiday lighting displays in D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

Governor-elect Larry Hogan is scheduled to host a breakfast meeting with five county executives.

Maryland is set to name its “Teacher of the Year.”

A Maryland man has been arrested on a murder charge in the death of his father during an argument.

A 75-year-old grandfather was killed Saturday when a tree fell on him while he was grilling in Howard County, Maryland.

A peeping Tom spied on young men in the restrooms of several stores around Maryland, say Howard County police.