Shane Lee, who is a Montgomery County native from Burtonsville, signed with the Los Angeles Chargers as an undrafted free agent this past spring after three years at Alabama and his senior year at USC. As Lee took a knee after practice on Thursday, Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh brought Lee’s parents out for an emotional reunion before his father Mark Lee spoke to the team (clip below).
A 21-year-old Gaithersburg man is dead following a shooting in Montgomery Village. 20-year-old Oliver Alexis Perez Fierro of Montgomery Village was identified as a possible suspect and the alleged shooter. At approximately 12:15 p.m., Perez Fierro was taken into custody and transported to the Montgomery County Public Safety Headquarters. Police say a mugshot for the suspect is not available.
Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD)– Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU) are investigating a fatal collision that occurred on Saturday, August 10, 2024, in the area of Lockwood Drive and Columbia Pike in White Oak.
The inductees will be honored at the Silver Spring Civic Building on Sunday, May 4th, 2025
The 75th Annual Montgomery County Fair goes until Saturday, August 17th and the top three food items were crowned at this year’s Fair Foodie Awards hosted by our very own […]
Potomac native and Bullis alumna Masai Russell set an Olympic trials record and qualified for the Paris Olympics with a 12.25 in the 100m hurdles. On Saturday, she won 100m hurdles gold by .01 seconds with a 12.33.
Quincy Wilson, a rising junior at the Bullis School in Potomac, became the youngest male U.S. track Olympian when he ran the opening leg of Round 1 of the U.S. 4×400-meter relay Friday. Now, he’s the youngest male Olympic track and field gold medalist ever…and school starts in two and a half weeks.
Many Facebook groups, locally, nationally, and internationally, are being targeted by scammers who are attempting to pull at heart strings by creating missing children posts and asking for the made-up information be shared.
MCPS will join Baltimore City Public Schools and Washington County Public Schools as school districts that will pilot girls’ flag football during the Fall 2024 season, joining Frederick County Public Schools, which successfully piloted girls’ flag last year. The schedule and information about how the season will work, can be seen below:
On Thursday, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich held a bill signing ceremony in Rockville for Bill-7-24, the Tenant Fire Safety & Notification Bill, which strengthens tenant protections and ensures safer living conditions. (more…)