Laurel Leader

The Maryland horse track owner has determined it must divest itself of not just Pimlico, as planned, but could sell Laurel Park to some type of state-run sports authority — rather than pay tens of millions of dollars in taxes on track improvements. trib.al/X0pbeP7

As Laurel's Larry W. Cook Jr. prepared his artwork for “A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration,” the new show at the Baltimore Museum of Art, the trauma inflicted on five generations of his male ancestors gradually came into focus. trib.al/c2HTHAa

A racetrack may seem an odd venue for a stage show like Simon and Garfunkel, but in 1983 Laurel Park drew fans from both Baltimore and Washington and held nearly four times the crowd that could fit into Merriweather Post Pavilion. trib.al/EsxJdjn

Anne Arundel County Police are investigating a suspicious death in Laurel after human remains were discovered in the back of a burned-out car. trib.al/hQlO43m

Howard County police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run late Thursday night in Laurel. trib.al/S6NCZvD

The two-week murder trial against a Laurel man accused of fatally stabbing 28-year-old Deontae Swingler at a birthday party in Severn last year ended Friday afternoon after jurors spent roughly an hour and a half deliberating several homicide counts. trib.al/oGaCVpy

High concentrations of blue-green algae have been found in the T. Howard Duckett Reservoir, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission said Thursday. trib.al/sBlTrDy

I-95 was partially closed for more than six hours on Wednesday after the crash in Laurel, according to state police. trib.al/ipv5JJP

Cody Morris joined the Cleveland Guardians’ taxi squad on Wednesday and is set to be activated off the injured list Thursday when rosters expand. The 25-year-old Laurel native would be making his MLB debut. trib.al/a48YKHJ

A Baltimore County jury convicted a Laurel man of first-degree murder Tuesday for the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Zeshaan Toppa in October 2020. trib.al/dVsxrdj

Two Bowie residents and a Laurel man conspired with others to reap $1.6 million of unemployment insurance money during the COVID-19 pandemic, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. trib.al/ZSFFgUv

A 64-year-old Laurel man pleaded guilty Tuesday to the 1982 murder of Laney Lee McGadney, whose death became a 40-year-old cold case before the introduction of DNA testing cracked the case. trib.al/dpDsPt1

Juliette Whittaker, an 18-year-old Laurel resident who was recently named The Baltimore Sun’s high school girls Athlete of the Year a second straight time, becomes the first girl track and field performer from Maryland to win Gatorade’s national award. trib.al/SUGCJqR

Leaving Mount de Sales as the area’s most prolific girl runner ever, Laurel native and Stanford commit Juliette Whittaker is only the sixth athlete to be a repeat winner of The Baltimore Sun high school Athlete of the Year in the awards’ 55 years. trib.al/SCmqHBn

The United States has won all three world championships and will try to remain perfect with the help of four Maryland residents — including Jennifer Gray of Laurel. trib.al/WpzcdMZ

A Meade Middle School bus collided with another vehicle and crashed into the woods in Laurel while taking students home Tuesday afternoon, according to police and school officials, who are investigating the collision. trib.al/Y4chOLs

A Pimlico upgrade is now scheduled to be completed by 2026, but the timeline for a similar project at Laurel Park remains undefined. trib.al/ShKi7gw

A Laurel Police Department officer was injured by gunfire Wednesday morning while police were trying to arrest a suspect in connection with an attempted murder case, the agency said in a news release. trib.al/71WVgZ4

Neil Thorsen of Green Point Wellness in Laurel was voted Best Budtender in the Baltimore Sun’s Best Readers’ Choice: Medical Marijuana Contest 2022. @GPWellnessMD trib.al/fhRBhTJ

A Prince George’s County Police Department cruiser was damaged Saturday night as an officer attempted to break up a crowd at a car meet up in Laurel, officials say. trib.al/Gq1Y92G