Montgomery Community Media

The National Hurricane Center said Tuesday afternoon that Hurricane Florence, packing 130 mph winds, was getting more organized and increasing in size. The earliest reasonable time that tropical-storm-force winds could arrive in the United States from #Florence is late Wednesday, and the most likely time is Thursday morning. Wednesday should be the last full day […]

  Rockville Mayor Bridget Donnell Newton addressed a small gathering Tuesday to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. “Now 17 years later, this day is also a reminder of the strength of our nation and about unity,” Newton said. She spoke at the Memorial at Courthouse Square Park in Rockville. After […]

Just completing a coordinating call with @MDMEMA, @NWS_BaltWash, and our partners. While a SE landfall is becoming more clear, what happens after remains uncertain. The major *potential* risk for MoCo is torrential rainfall that could lead to major flooding. #HurricaneFlorence https://t.co/hnj81s8Yts — Earl Stoddard PhD, MPH, CEM (@EarlStoddard) September 10, 2018   Gov. Larry Hogan […]

Here are five things you need to know for Monday, Sept. 10, in Montgomery County: 1. School’s Out: Montgomery County Public School students have today off. Click here for the calendar. 2. En Garde: The Invicta Sports Club is offering an open house from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on its fending program. The club […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Marc Elrich said Friday he would call for officials at the county jail to come before the council’s Public Safety Committee to ask how accused murderer Tyler Tessier could have died by suicide in his jail cell — the second jail suicide during the summer. “We have to understand how this happened. These […]

In the 10 minutes between receiving his breakfast Thursday morning and his next check by guards, Tyler Tessier hanged himself in his jail cell. The suicide not only ended his life but also robbed Laura Wallen’s family of a guilty verdict. Wallen, of Olney, was shot in the back of the head almost exactly a […]

Jury selection is expected to be complete Thursday morning in the trial of Tyler Tessier, accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend, Laura Wallen, a year ago. On Wednesday, about 30 potential jurors walked one at a time to the judge’s bench for one-on-one questions. Static from a sound system kept their responses from being heard […]

Jury selection will continue Wednesday in the trial of Tyler Tessier, accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend, Laura Wallen a year ago. Public defender Allen Wolf has 20 strikes from the jury pool. Prosecutors have 10. Jury selection is expected to be completed Wednesday, and opening statements could begin Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning. Tessier […]

A protester asked Gov. Larry Hogan at a Labor Day parade Monday about the loss of homes from the widening of I-270 and the Capital Beltway. In a video, seen here, you can hear Hogan say it won’t happen. We asked Hogan about it as well as he finished a speech at the Hispanic Business Conference […]

Here are five things you need to know for Tuesday, Sept. 4, in Montgomery County: 1. Back to School: Motorists take care this morning. Children will be returning to classrooms so there will be more little folks on sidewalks, more buses on the road and more parents delivering their children to school. 2. Back in […]