The Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame will posthumously honor Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of Special Olympics, with its first Lifetime Achievement Award at its 2025 induction ceremony in Silver Spring, recognizing her global impact on inclusion through sports that began in Montgomery County. (more…)
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced charges against five individuals for allegedly operating a human and drug trafficking organization in Howard County and surrounding areas, involving the exploitation of vulnerable women and distribution of illegal drugs. (more…)
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a house fire in the 17600 block of Kohlhoss Road in Poolesville on Friday evening. (more…)
While he was born in Boston, Massachusetts, his formative years were spent in the planned community of Columbia, Maryland, a place that undoubtedly shaped the acclaimed actor. He graduated from Wilde Lake High School in Howard County.
Raymond Mitchell of Germantown was watching the Orioles game with excitement on April 16, as he won $6,500 as the the Home Run Riches Contestant of the Game.
According to his obituary in 1911, John Hanson Gassaway was one of the most prominent men in Montgomery County — county commissioner, school commissioner, trustee of the Andrew Small Academy, […]
In the 2024 film Detained, Rebecca awakens at the Gaithersburg Police precinct, accused of a hit-and-run. However, a deadly confrontation soon exposes a sinister scheme. With no one left to trust, she must unravel the truth before it destroys her– while hiding her own dark secrets.
Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Tanease Callands, a missing 17-year-old. (more…)
Maryland Comptroller Brooke E. Lierman today released the following statement on reports that the Trump Administration may discontinue the IRS Direct File program after the 2025 filing season: (more…)
White’s Ferry owners Chuck and Stacy Kuhn have offered to donate the ferry business and assets, valued at $4.5 million, to Loudoun County, VA after Montgomery County recently declined a similar offer, as part of their ongoing effort to reopen the historic Potomac River crossing. On April 11, officials from Maryland, Montgomery County, and the Town of Poolesville offered a $3 million financial incentive to the ferry and Virginia landing site owners to help resolve the long standing dispute and reopen the ferry, which has been closed since 2020. (more…)
The following is a brief summary of events from the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) regarding a kidnapping of an adult woman that occurred on the 10300 block of Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda.