Montgomery Community Media

Sides squared off in Rockville on Friday as demonstrators voiced their support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and counter-demonstrators across Maryland Avenue expressed their support for immigrants. Here’s our piece on the people supporting immigration:   Coverage of the protest: A Peaceful Protest for a Hot Topic

County Executive Marc Elrich released a statement late Wednesday night saying he had met with local Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials earlier that day. The meeting caps weeks of tension after Elrich signed an executive order July 22 spelling out how the county would and would not assist ICE. In the days after he signed […]

Montgomery County Councilmembers are considering a step up in security because of messages they’ve received since several men, who are in the country illegally, have been charged with sex crimes. “I think all of us have received alarming messages over the last couple of weeks that are based on ignorance and unfortunately in some cases […]

Bishop Leila Ortiz, who leads the Metro DC Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, doesn’t shy away from saying it’s unusual for a Latina to lead 35,000 Lutherans in about 80 churches in the DC region. “The Holy Spirit is up to something,” she says. Ortiz is the first Latina bishop in the […]

The family of Sarah and Jacob Hoggle held a vigil Saturday night, marking the fifth year since the children disappeared. Their mother, Catherine Hoggle, has been charged in their deaths, and she remains institutionalized at the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup where doctors have ruled her incompetent to stand trial. Their father, Troy […]

It’s Monday and cloudy. Check out the weather forecast. Here are five things to know in Montgomery County for Monday, Sept. 9. 1. Municipal Monday: Rockville’s Mayor and Council has a drop-in session at 5:30 p.m. with Mayor Bridget Donnell Newton and Councilmember Mark Pierzchala. The Mayor and Council session begins at 7 p.m. at […]

A 28-year-old Baltimore woman has been charged with attempted carjacking in connection with an incident that occurred in the Silver Spring area Wednesday. And according to online court records, she still has an outstanding charge of driving with a learner’s permit without supervision. Shaquana Kendricks, 28, of the 4400 block of Green Rose Lane in […]

The Montgomery County Council released a statement Thursday night expressing their commitment to an inclusive community and condemning a series of rapes over the last month. The council also vilified its critics, including President Donald Trump and neo-Nazis, for spreading “inaccurate information.” The statement comes after recent reports of rapes in the county. The defendants […]

Most schools started Tuesday. Arcola Elementary School in Wheaton went to school for 30 days this summer and only got a short Labor Day break. Principal Emmanuel Jean-Philippe tells why:

The nephew of Washington Wizards’ star John Wall faces potential life in prison after a Germantown shooting in which a woman was shot in the back, according to Montgomery County District Court records. The story was first reported by WJLA-TV. 28 year-old D’Andre Wall of Germantown allegedly shot the woman after the driver of the […]