Montgomery Community Media

To Detective Katie Leggett, the 1975 disappearance of the Lyon sisters was the biggest case in Montgomery County history. On Friday, nine Montgomery County police detectives were honored by the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce. The award was granted during the chamber’s 44th annual Public Safety Awards Luncheon. Here’s how some of the detectives described […]

Matt Post, a Sherwood High School senior, talks about speaking before the students and government leaders who took part in Wednesday’s walkout for gun safety. Rep. Maxine Waters of California was in the crowd during his speech. She called Post “the next big thing.”  

County Executive Ike Leggett unveiled the last budget of his political career Thursday, a $5.56 billion spending plan that funnels $75 million more into the school system, cuts other county spending slightly and offers virtually no property tax increase. Speaking before about 80 to 90 people — mostly county government executives — Leggett warned of […]

As St. Patrick’s Day approaches on March 17, Maryland State Police are urging those who plan to celebrate with alcohol to be safe and smart and avoid impaired and distracted driving. With an increase in impaired drivers expected throughout the state this weekend, state police will be conducting saturation patrols at each of the 23 […]

Montgomery County police say a body found along Great Seneca Highway last month belonged to a 57-year-old Gaithersburg man. whose family reported him missing in July. Michael Wayne Umberger lived on South Frederick Avenue in Gaithersburg, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore identified him, police said. The office will complete an […]

About 500 Clarksburg High School students marched out of class and into the bleachers in the school’s football stadium to mark the month since a gunman killed 17 students in Parkland, Florida. Students left class about 10 a.m. and took the short hike, in a bracing wind, to the football stadium. It was over at […]

Montgomery County remains the healthiest county in Maryland, according to an annual ranking conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin. “The rankings show that where you live influences how well and how long you live. The local-level data make it clear that good health is influenced by many factors beyond […]

A 27-year-old man with an unconfirmed address has been charged with committing a series of armed robberies and commercial burglaries in Derwood, Gaithersburg and Montgomery Village. Police said Anthony Paul Mackie committed the robberies and burglaries between Dec. 2, 2017, and March 3. Mackie was charged in connection with armed robberies and commercial burglaries: Dec. […]

Robert Scheer remembers when he was a foster child in Northern Virginia, he had all his possessions in a single plastic trash bag. Nearly 30 years later, he and his husband adopted four children from the foster program, all arrived with their possessions in plastic bags. The Darnestown resident took his own memories and the […]

Council President Hans Riemer has introduced legislation that would establish a “Ready to Learn” program, providing subsidies so low-income children can attend early learning centers. “What we would like to do is get those kids an acceleration coming into kindergarten so they have learning skills,” Riemer said Monday. “It’s not about learning the alphabet or […]