Rockville

All Maryland Courts, including District Court for Montgomery County (Silver Spring),  Maryland District Court (Rockville), and Montgomery County Circuit Court (Rockville) are closed on Friday, July 19, 2024, due to the worldwide Microsoft outage.  NBC News reports that the outages were caused by what was supposed to be a routine update from the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. (more…)


Germantown

Approximately 55 Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) firefighters responded to a house fire in the 11400 block of Neelsville Church Rd, near Shakespeare Boulevard in Germantown, on Friday morning, where one person was reported trapped.

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MoCo Libraries

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) will host its annual “Just for the Record–A Vinyl Day” from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library, located at 900 Wayne Ave. in Silver Spring. This family-friendly event will feature popular DJs from around the country, including keynote speaker DJ Johnny Juice.

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Crime

According to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office, “today in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, MD, the Honorable Rachel McGuckian sentenced defendant, Daylon Miller, 19, of Germantown, to 25 years in prison suspend all but 15 years to serve and five years of supervised probation upon release. Judge McGuckian recommended that Miller be admitted to the Patuxent Youthful Offenders Program while incarcerated.”

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