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The Gaithersburg woman charged with trying to drown her 25-year-old disabled daughter was out of work and facing financial issues, according to a police report from the incident. The woman, Karen Louisa Isaac, did not want to burden someone else with caring for her daughter, the report says. Isaac, 62, of the 600 block of […]

Woodstock 50 has been canceled, according to a statement from Howard County Executive Calvin Ball said in a statement. Ball offered Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia to host the music festival, which would mark the 50th anniversary of the famed Woodstock concert in upstate New York. Ball’s statement said: Earlier this month, the promoters of […]

Update 11 a.m.: Montgomery County police say Jeylen Duron has been located safe and unharmed. Original Post: Montgomery County police are asking the public for help in finding a missing 15-year-old Germantown girl. Jeylen Duron of the 19500 block of Frederick Road was last seen by a family member about 6 p.m. Tuesday night in […]

A 56-year-old Chevy Chase woman was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for securities fraud, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Greenbelt. Dawn J. Bennett also must must pay restitution of $14,504,290 and forfeit $14,306,842, the statement said. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis also sentenced Bennett to five years of […]

A 62-year-old Gaithersburg woman faces charges after trying to drown herself and her 25-year-old daughter early Wednesday morning, according to a report from Gaithersburg police. Karen Louisa Isaac of the 600 block of Coral Reef Drive, 62, has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment, according to online court […]

The Gergler Family will be receiving friends from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2 at Cedarbrook Community Church, 23700 Stringtown Road, Clarksburg. Funeral Services will be private. Tyler Gergler, 18, died Friday afternoon in a single-car accident on I-70 near Ellicott City, Maryland State Police said. Gergler graduated from Clarksburg High School this […]

National and County Mental Health Statistics Crazy. Nuts. Psycho. Screwball. Bonkers. The words for mental illness are derogatory, negative and plentiful. Experts say that these descriptors often cause sufferers to feel the sting of shame that stops up to half of them from seeking medical attention. The stigma also stops them from talking to loved […]

Montgomery County’s Silver Spring Arts & Entertainment District announced that multiple Grammy and Billboard-winning trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval is headlining the Silver Spring Jazz Festival, which will take place on Saturday, Aug. 24, from 3 to 10 p.m. in Veterans Plaza by the Silver Spring Civic Building located at One Veterans Place. This is […]

What does it take to be a finalist in the National Spelling Bee? According to Anson Cook, a rising ninth grader at Winston Churchill High School, it takes a lot of studying and a little luck. Cook should know as he was one of the final 50 contestants in the recent 92nd Scripps National Spelling […]

Update, 2:45 p.m. Tuesday: Police announced Herbert Wilbanks had been located safe and unharmed. Original post: The Montgomery County Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing Wheaton area man who has dementia.   70-year-old Herbert Wilbanks was last seen leaving Medstar Montgomery Medical Center located at 18101 Prince Philip Drive in […]