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June 14, 2018

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For Ellicott City's businesses, signs of a slow comeback after flooding

Thursday, Jun 14

Just beyond the county’s fenced access perimeter to Main Street, businesses on Old Columbia Pike are opening their doors, nearly three weeks after a deadly flood decimated the town for the second time in less than two years.

A smooth opening day at one Howard early-voting center

A chief election judge said Thursday afternoon that turnout had been “pretty good” at the Ridgely’s Run Community Center site, but a “little slower” than the 2014 and 2016 primaries.

Husband sentenced for 'horrific' attack on wife at Columbia home

A Columbia man who fractured his wife’s skull and stabbed her in a drug and alcohol-induced rage was sentenced to 25 years in jail on Thursday, according to a statement by the state’s attorney’s office.

Police don't expect ID on Columbia skeleton for months

Human skeletal remains were found in Howard County in early June but the identification of the body will not be determined for eight weeks.

Teens arrested in Laurel after shooting on parkway

Two Prince George’s County males were arrested in connection to a shooting that occurred on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in the Laurel area on Wednesday morning.

As Ellicott City flood recovery continues, other Howard public works projects stalled

Howard County's shifted focus to disaster recovery in Ellicott City has meant other public works projects have had to shift their timelines. Other projects, including highway maintenance and annual storm drain repairs, have been pushed back as much as a month.

Artists take show to festival

Two artists from the Artists' Gallery in historic Ellicott City will have their work featured at the Columbia Festival of the Arts.

In 'Making Advances,' a staged revolution

A review of "Making Advances, Revealing Stories of Gender and Sexual Identity" at Howard Community College.