WFMD News Podcast February 9, 2026

  A Hampstead man will spend the next two decades in prison after a violent domestic assault left a woman with life-threatening injuries. ICE has deported Melbin Ramos-Orellana, a Honduran national who was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman against her will.  The Howard County Council has passed two emergency bills aimed at curbing federal immigration enforcement in the county.  Governor Wes Moore on Friday joined county and city leaders, along with Plamondon Hospitality Partners, to break ground on a new full-service Marriott hotel and conference center at Carroll Creek. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.