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First teen sentenced in Glenelg hate crime case to serve 18 weekends in Howard County jail

Joshua Shaffer, a former Glenelg High School student who pleaded guilty to hate crimes was sentenced to 18 weekends in jail Friday.

‘We can’t make do anymore': Area school districts rebel against decade of tight budgets

Some Maryland school systems, including several in the Baltimore area, are asking for big increases in school funding for next year.

Howard High principal honored by state organization

Nicholas Novak, principal of Howard High School, was named the 2019 Principal of the Year by the Maryland Association of Secondary School Principals.

Book store is a good cure-all for the winter shut-in blues

West Friendship neighborhood column

Celebrating a life in art at Howard Conservancy

Mostly Main Street neighborhood column

Career day from Clark lifts River Hill girls basketball to region title

Junior guard Kennedy Clark scored a career-high 23 points to lift host River Hill to a 54-40 win over Calvert in the 2A South regional championship game March 9 in Clarksville.

Grant leads Thomas Stone boys basketball past Oakland Mills for first region title since 2012

Gary Grant scores a game-high 30 points and Thomas Stone pulls away late in the fourth quarter to beat Oakland Mills 69-60 for the 2A South boys basketball region championship on Friday, March 8, 2019.

'He's something different:' Josh Odunowo carries Reservoir boys basketball to 3A East region title

After a quiet first half, Odunowo finished with 29 points, 23 rebounds and five blocks in the Gators' 70-56 win over Northeast in the 3A East final on Friday night.