Daily highlights from Howard County's number one source for local news.
 Sunday, Aug 12 Scores of Johns Hopkins University scientists watched as a NASA spacecraft zoomed toward the sun Sunday on an unprecedented quest to get closer to our star than anything ever sent before. |   | |
| Howard County police said they are investigating the death of a man whose body was recovered from a pond in Jessup. |
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| Howard County police have determined that Leroy Peyton Truehart had a medical emergency when his SUV ran off the road and he died a few days later. |
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| The city of Laurel is hosting a Main Street Block Party on Aug. 17, with proceeds benefitting Ellicott City flood relief efforts. |
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| The school already has hired a sports medicine consulting firm, Walters Inc., to investigate the protocols and procedures relating to the death of offensive lineman Jordan McNair. |
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| Shop Maryland Tax-Free Week started Sunday as the state allows consumers to buy some goods, particularly clothing and shoes, without paying the state's 6 percent sales tax. It comes just in time for back-to-school shopping. |
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| Boston Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale was unhittable Sunday as the Orioles struck out 12 times in his five innings against him. |
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| Howard Magazine's Best of Howard readers' poll is open for voting from Aug. 2 through Aug. 31. |
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