A Howard County jury has convicted an Elkridge man of second-degree murder in the death of his wife in 1991, whose body was found last year buried in the family’s back yard. Robert Jarrett Jr. was convicted Tuesday evening in ...

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ELLICOTT CITY — A murder trial starts this week in Howard County for a man charged in the 1991 death of his wife. Robert Arnold Jarrett, Jr. was arrested last year and charged with first-degree murder after human remains were ...

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Education is the most democratizing force that can empower every generation across our great nation. In a time when we are slipping behind the rest of the world in college completion and we see the ripple effects that educational attainment can have on jobs and our economy, health and happiness, draconian cuts would be devastating. Maryland has the distinction of having a top-rated educational system, and Howard County is often at the top of that system.

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For the fourth consecutive year, Howard County has been ranked as the healthiest county in Maryland, according to a report released Wednesday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.

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WESTMINSTER — A citizens group aims to limit new construction at a former Catholic school complex in rural Howard County that an Islamic community is considering buying. The Carroll County Times reports that residents of the Cooksville area met Thursday ...

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The cybersecurity firm Accuvant Inc. says it expects to add 180 jobs as it moves its Maryland office from Hanover to nearby Dorsey. The privately held Denver-based company joined state and Howard County officials in announcing the move Thursday. Accuvant ...

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A federal judge in Baltimore has awarded about $3,300 in damages to a trio of Howard County hunters whose two lion trophies were misplaced and molted on the way back from a South African safari.

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In his first veto since he was elected in 2006, Howard County Executive Ken Ulman on Thursday vetoed legislation passed by the Howard County Council earlier this month to define so-called “growth tiers,” or levels of development that will be permitted in various areas of the county.

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Soda sales may be going flat in Howard County public facilities, thanks to a new policy restricting the sale or distribution of the bubbly beverage on county property and at county-sponsored events.

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ANNAPOLIS — An outside prosecutor is helping investigate a boat crash involving a Maryland delegate from Anne Arundel County. Del. Don Dwyer has admitted his blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when the motorboat he was operating ...

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