Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Smith recently announced the recommended operating budget for Fiscal Year 2021. According to MCPS, the $2.8 billion will allow the district to provide services to accommodate the student population growth, fund ongoing salaries and benefits, and manage increasing operational costs. Dr. Smith’s recommendation reflects the Board of Education’s budget […]

Montgomery County police officers said they have arrested a 25-year-old Germantown man for drug and firearm offenses after a traffic stop in Glenmont. Dayvon M. Irving of the 18700 block of White Sands Drive is being held without bail on 13 charges, according to online court records. According to police, a Wheaton police district officer […]

To a federal prosecutor, the scheme seemed “like the script of a bad horror movie,” but it ensnared a former Walter Johnson High School lacrosse coach. The coach, Gary B. Reburn, is awaiting extradition from the United Kingdom to answer for his role in a plot to kidnap five children and kill their parents, according […]

Police detectives say that four men — whom they said are associated with the 18th Street criminal street gang — have been arrested in connection to the homicide of 19-year-old Sara Gutiérrez-Villatoro from Washington, D.C. The body of Gutiérrez-Villatoro was found slain in the woods near Dickerson on Nov. 29. The Office of the Chief […]

Update (Dec. 18): Police say Cheikh Ahmedou Bouh has been located safe and unharmed. Original Post (Dec. 16): Detectives with the Montgomery County Police Department are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing juvenile. 13-year-old Cheikh Ahmedou Bouh of the 11100 block of Lockwood Drive in White Oak was last seen at his […]

Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Smith will host a Virtual Community Conversation regarding the FY 2021 Operating Budget on Wednesday, December 18 at 6:30 p.m. MCPS leadership will answer questions about the budget during the live program which will broadcast live on the MCPS website and on MCPS TV (Comcast 34-HD 998, Verizon 36 and […]

The Montgomery County Police Department has an open case regarding a check fraud incident. After further investigation, police found that the victim mailed an envelope with a check for his rent from a post office in the Silver Spring area. One month later, the victim was told by his landlord that the check had not […]

Chef José Andrés is the winner of the 2019 Time For Kids Person of the Year. Andrés founded World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit group that has provided millions of meals to the survivors of  natural disasters and other emergencies. Andrés and his WCK team served meals to thousands in the Bahamas after it was devastated […]

Update (6:45): Based on worsening weather conditions and a forecast for freezing rain, MCPS schools are now closed today (December 16, 2019). All school and community activities in school buildings also are canceled. All administrative offices are open. Childcare programs in school buildings may remain open as scheduled. URGENT UPDATE: Based on worsening weather conditions […]

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory from midnight to 1 p.m. Monday.  The advisory covers an area that includes northern Montgomery County, across the Potomac to western Loudoun County.  The service says people should expect mixed precipitation, with up to 2 inches of snow and ice accumulations. That means hazardous, slippery […]