Columbia News

Verizon Business has set up a new million-dollar lab in the Washington area to show off its next-generation passive optical network to federal agencies looking for greener and more cost-effective telecommunications networks.

An unwed mother at 16, Farrar went on to graduate from the University of Maryland with a degree in public health and a minor in biology.

Howard County police have arrested a Columbia teenager they say used Internet "spoofing" software to make telephone threats to his former high school and the Howard County Board of Education.

TALLEYVILLE , Del.- Delaware State Police have released a video surveillance photo of a suspect accused of stealing a $20,000 ring in Delaware just hours after robbing two jewelry stores in Maryland.

A 43-year-old Columbia man pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to dealing cocaine - more than 330 pounds of it, according to his plea agreement, which also claims he was involved in a mortgage fraud scheme with his mother.

Howard County police have arrested a former Oakland Mills High School student for making a series of telephone threats to the school by using spoofing software, which is used to gain unauthorized access to computers.

Larry Walker, a pastor at Columbia's Celebration Church and a longtime youth mentor, announced his candidacy for the Howard County Board of Education Dec.

A second suspect in a 2005 Howard County homicide has been arrested and is awaiting extradition from Washington state.

Several charges against the 22-year-old accused of firing 21 shots into a crowded Columbia Halloween party - killing one young man and paralyzing another - have been dismissed.

Howard County police charged a Columbia man in a hit-and-run last month that injured a 16-year-old. Russell White III, 24, was charged with fleeing the scene of an accident, negligent driving and failure to drive right of center in the Nov.

Howard County police arrested a Columbia man Thursday in connection with a hit-and-run that injured a 16-year-old pedestrian last week.

Diamond rings swiped Police are investigating robberies Wednesday at two Zales Jewelers.

A study led by the University of Miami may cause a sea change in cardiac care as it shows stem cells from bone marrow appear to help heart attack patients recover better.

The identity of a Howard County police officer found dead Sunday at her Columbia home was released Monday.

A well-regarded Howard County nonprofit that is helping 88 clients deal with sexual assault and abuse has announced it will close Dec.

As pedestrian bridges spanning highways go, Columbia's version over busy U.S. 29 has all the charm of any urban backwater, swathed in protective fencing, with secluded pathway connections that keep most residents away.

I'd like to respond to the letter in the Nov. 19 issue, "Our Columbia and its Missouri counterpart two different places," by Kathy Larson and its dismissal as irrelevant of my comments about density.

Howard County police are offering a $500 reward for information leading to an arrest in a non-fatal hit-and-run accident that occurred Sunday in Columbia.

'Urban art' or graffiti? The graffiti that covers a skateboard park was not planned or supervised, but it was expected and accepted.

Final votes on the two bills that will map out Columbia's future likely won't come until the Howard County Council's Feb.