Columbia News

The Columbia Association Art Center invites artists to participate in "Singular Sensations," a holiday exhibition featuring artwork in all media priced for sale at $150 or lower.

By Mike Santa Rita msantarita@patuxent.com Posted 11/17/09 An off-duty Baltimore City police officer shot and killed a pit bull mix dog Nov.

Their first DVD, 'Kings of Leon: Live at the O2, London, England' arrived in stores Nov.

Renewable fuels provider New Generation Biofuels Holdings, Inc. today announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.

By Mary T. Robbins Phelan mrobbins@patuxent.com Posted 11/12/09 Jackie Dobbins, left, and Dolly Wanzer stand and sing during worship services at the new St.

Posted 11/12/09 The Howard County Health Department plans to open a methadone clinic next spring at its offices on Columbia Gateway Drive, in east Columbia, to treat recovering heroin addicts, the county's health officer said this week.

By Luke Broadwater lbroadwater@patuxent.com Posted 11/10/09 The suspect accused of firing 21 shots into a crowded Halloween party - killing one young man and paralyzing another - was being monitored closely by the state immediately before the shooting, officials said.

Ann's House of Nuts will unveil its new 20,000-square-foot Columbia headquarters on Tuesday.

A Columbia mansion that was the site of a Halloween party where one man was fatally shot and another was badly injured was the scene of another shooting at a similar event in June, a Howard County police spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Posted 11/03/09 Aaron Thomas Brice, 19, of Silver Spring. The father of Aaron Thomas Brice, 19, of Silver Spring, said Tuesday he was struggling with the death of his son, who was killed in a shooting in Harpera s Choice early Sunday.

Father of 10-month-old says, 'I've got to start all over again' By Mike Santa Rita msantarita@patuxent.com Posted 11/05/09 Jose Lozano holds his 10-month-old son, Antonio, outside his Owen Brown home.

By Luke Broadwater lbroadwater@patuxent.com Posted 11/04/09 After Devin "Devon" O'Brian Dixon was shot trying to rob a drug dealer in 2005, Nathaniel Quick came to his aid, driving his friend to the hospital in critical condition.

By Sarah Breitenbach sbreitenbach@patuxent.com Posted 11/04/09 Columbia could learn a thing or two from a Missouri city that shares its name.

'That party doesn't take place, the shooting doesn't take place' By Jennifer Broadwater jbroadwater@patuxent.com "I've instructed my staff to look at every possible angle of the situation that brought this mayhem into the neighborhood,"said county executive Kenneth Ulman, referring to the Halloween party shooting that took place at $1.6 million ...

A Silver Spring family is in shock after the Halloween night murder of their son at a youth party in a million dollar mansion near Columbia, Maryland.

A 36-year-old Columbia man, who police say fled to Mexico before Howard County investigators identified him as a suspect in a 2005 murder, is being held without bond in the county's detention center.

By Jennifer Broadwater and Mike Santa Rita jbroadwater@patuxent.com Posted 11/02/09 The home where two men were shot early Sunday morning.

The Forest Glen development in which the house sits is a relatively wealthy, secluded area.

Columbia, Mo., and Columbia, Md. , have a few things in common. Most noticeably, they have the same name.

Two men were shot A- one fatally A- at a Halloween party early this morning in an upscale Columbia neighborhood, Howard County police said.