Lillian Reed

A Columbia mother and her boyfriend gave different answers to Howard County Police about what caused bruises on her daughter's face or how the 3-year-old came to ingest a bottle of melatonin.

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A four-vehicle crash involving a Maryland Transit Administration bus early Sunday in Anne Arundel County left a 33-year-old woman dead and two injured.

More than a year after Howard County officials pledged to increase police presence at The Mall in Columbia, law enforcement is preparing to move in — along with more than a half dozen new businesses.

The Howard County Ethics Commission dismissed a complaint alleging a conflict of interest in the search for the county's first inspector general.

Howard County has named Major Terrence Benn, a former U.S. marine with nearly 20 years of law enforcement experience, as acting police chief.

State Del. Chao Wu said he has no regrets about participating in democracy after two Republican colleagues, Del. Mark Fisher and Del. Brian Chisholm, refused to apologize for a racist video they posted about him.

A federal judge seems prepared to strike down Howard County's emergency legislation banning private detention centers.

Whistleblowers and tipsters have submitted 61 complaints to Howard County's new inspector general, Kelly Madigan, but the watchdog said she faces hurdles to accessing the records she needs to investigate.

The discord in the Columbia Association keeps escalating. Infighting is the order of the day, and ethics complaints are the new weapon of choice. Is it a generational shift, or a reflection of today’s political polarization?