Montgomery County Council is no longer expected to eliminate its mask mandate at its Jan. 4 meeting even if 85% of residents have been vaccinated, as councilmembers previously suggested. Currently,… Read More
Gov. Larry Hogan announced that Maryland has surpassed 2,000 hospitalizations due to COVID-19, adding it is “a surge driven primarily by unvaccinated patients.” While the number of hospital patients continues… Read More
COVID-19 has taken its toll on the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) with 110 career and 23 volunteer members unable to report to work. Those 133 absentees are… Read More
Wednesday morning at 4:15 a.m., Montgomery County Police officers responded to a call for a shooting at the 900 block of Bonifant Street in Silver Spring. Upon arrival, they found… Read More
Montgomery County Department of Transportation released its schedule for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. All county offices are closed. Also closed are the TRiPS Commuter Store at the… Read More
A Reston, Va. man was arrested and charged with illegally possessing a 9 mm handgun that was loaded with seven hollow-point, radically-invasive projectile rounds. Tensai Berha Newold Gebremariam, 26, also… Read More
Montgomery County Police are investigating a Dec. 27 bank robbery in Bethesda and have surveillance photos of the suspect. At about 1:46 p.m., police responded to the Wells Fargo bank… Read More
As the highly contagious Omicron continues to spread, Montgomery County is recording a high number of new COVID-19 cases but its percent of occupied hospital beds is in the low… Read More
Multiple breakthrough cases of COVID in the cast have forced Olney Theatre Center to cancel the remaining performances of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. The show was scheduled to run… Read More
Montgomery County Police are investigating an attempted carjacking in Silver Spring and have released surveillance video of the Dec. 22 crime. At about 1:35 p.m., police responded to the 900… Read More
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced Monday that the recommended isolation and quarantine time for individuals who test positive for COVID-19 has been shortened from 10 days to five… Read More
Montgomery County Police Department is investigating a bank robbery at a BB&T Bank in the 19600 block of Fisher Avenue in Poolesville on Dec. 14. At 12:19 p.m., a suspect… Read More