Daily highlights from Howard County's number one source for local news.
Wednesday, Nov 7 Democratic County Councilman Calvin Ball will be the first African-American Howard county executive as he secured a clear victory over Republican incumbent Allan Kittleman. | | | |
| Republican Gov. Larry Hogan easily won a second term Tuesday, lifted by Democrats who crossed party lines to vote for his centrist approach to governing despite their anger over President Donald Trump. |
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| Two front-runners from the June primary were among the winners for four open seats on the eight-member Howard County Board of Education, according to unofficial results from the State Board of Elections Tuesday night. |
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| Four Democrats will sit on the council and one Republican will represent the western portion of the county. |
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| Bill McMahon, a former county police chief who was appointed Howard County sheriff two years ago, lost his bid for a full four-year term Tuesday. |
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| State Del. Democrat Clarence Lam handily defeated local businessman Republican Joe Hooe in the race for state senator representing the 12th district, according to unofficial State Board of Election results. |
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| Marylanders decided on a pair of amendments to the state’s constitution: One requires casino revenues to be added to school budgets and the other opens the way for people to sign up to vote on Election Day. |
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| The Howard Lions varsity boys soccer team lost to the Urbana Hawks, 4-0, in the MPSSAA 4A North regional championship game at Frederick High School on Tuesday. |
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