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Update, Sunday: Montgomery County police offered new details over the weekend on the alleged carjacking of an Uber driver on Friday. The driver told police that about 5 p.m. he responded to a request from the Uber app for a fare at Tildenwood Drive and Montrose Road. There, four men in their 20s entered the car, […]

Cover your plants, it’s getting colder. The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory that begins Sunday at midnight and is effective until 10 a.m. on Monday for  Montgomery County and surrounding areas. According to the NWS, a frost advisory means that wide spread frost is expected and sensitive outdoor plants may be damaged or […]

Watch a video preview of the next episode of 21 This Week, below: 21 This Week airs on Montgomery Channel 21 on Sundays at 11 a.m. and again at 7 p.m.; Mondays at noon and again at 8 p.m.; Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. and again at 8:30 p.m.

Don Mooers hosts the latest episode of Montgomery Week in Review. Guests include Shirley Brandman, Ralph Watkins, Diane Vu, and Diana Barney. Mooers and the panel discuss what the public school district is doing to alleviate the problem of teacher shortages with Shirley Brandman, the work of the League of Women Voters with Ralph Watkins, the […]

Detectives from Montgomery County Police are asking for the public’s help with identifying two suspects they believe are responsible for stealing $5,000 worth of eyeglasses from a LensCrafters store in Wheaton. Officers responded to the LensCrafters store on Sept. 12 within the Westfield Wheaton mall for the report of a theft that had just occurred. […]

An outside review of a police-involved shooting in July has determined that the officer’s actions were justified, the Montgomery County police said Wednesday. In the incident, Officer Edward Cochran shot Juan Carlos Natera-Perez. Update: Man Dies from Injuries in Fairland Shooting Under an agreement between the two counties, the Howard County State’s Attorney investigates officer-involved […]

A Chevy Chase woman was found guilty on 17 federal charges related to a $20 million Ponzi scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore said Wednesday. A jury needed less than five hours to reach its verdict for Dawn J. Bennett, 56 on all 17 federal charges. She faced offenses related to conspiracy, securities fraud, […]

The Montgomery County Council on Tuesday sent a letter to Gov. Larry Hogan requesting greater pedestrian safety along Georgia Avenue, near where four Kennedy High School students were struck by a car as they were walking to a school bus stop. The letter asks the state to reduce the speed limit on Georgia Avenue, now […]

Detectives from the Bethesda police district station are hoping someone recognizes the men whose images were captured by the Potomac Farm Market video surveillance system during a Sept. 16 burglary. The market, at 9035 Congressional Parkway, was burgled about 1 a.m. that day, police said. The men forced entry into at least one shed and […]

Two Northwest High School students were struck by a car Monday afternoon crossing Great Seneca Highway at Richter Farm Road, according to a statement from the school’s principal. Principal Jimmy D’Andrea, on a message distributed on Twitter, said emergency responders took the students to a local hospital where they have non-life-threatening injuries. The students were […]