Montgomery Community Media

The Takoma Park Youth Council has issued a statement in support of the Montgomery County Council’s special appropriation to expand the Mobile Crisis Response Team, while also calling for the Council to increase the unit’s size beyond six members. Up until last month, the Mobile Crisis Response Team, a unit that assists police officers during […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics Friday morning the Maryland Department of Health reported 15,568 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is an increase of 65 from the 15,503 cases reported Thursday. 717 county residents have died from COVID-19 since the first case in March. This is an increase of one since Thursday. More Montgomery County […]

Gov. Larry Hogan isn’t worried about President Donald Trump’s threats to cut federal funding to schools that choose not to fully reopen in the fall. As the summer hits its halfway point and with coronavirus numbers spiking throughout the country, many states are unsure what to do regarding their schools in the fall. Some areas […]

The Montgomery County Police Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) is asking for help in locating a missing teen from Montgomery Village. Tabria Robinson, 17, was last seen at her house on Chadburn Place at around 3 a.m. on June 7, according to police. Robinson has since been in contact with family members over the phone, […]

A Silver Spring woman has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of her infant daughter. The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) said Kiearra Tolson, 23, was arrested and charged for the death of her daughter, Blair Niles, about 15 months old. The infant’s body has not been found. On Wednesday, Tolson’s […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Special Victims Investigations Division are asking the public for help in locating a missing Cloverly area teen. Diamond Nelson, 17, lives on Farmcrest Court and was reported missing by her family, police say. Nelson frequented the Northeast area of Washington, D.C., according to a police statement. Concern for Missing […]

Members of the Montgomery County Council discussed the use of force, choke and neck holds, no knock warrants and other controversial police tactics during their July 9 public safety committee meeting. The committee plans to update certain police policies in light of local and nationwide police abuse incidents, especially the death of George Floyd Jr. […]

Montgomery College released a statement Tuesday against recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) restrictions for international students taking online classes in the fall due to the coronavirus. ICE announced Monday that international students only taking online classes in the fall will need to leave the country. “It is disappointing that U.S. Immigration and Customs […]

Thursday afternoon Montgomery County provided an update to the public health metrics being used to guide the reopening timeline on the COVID-19 Dashboard Thursday. Since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the county, there have been 15,503 cases and 716 deaths.  Wednesday, County Executive Marc Elrich side the county would not be moving into […]

A fourth employee at Darnestown Liquor and Wine has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a statement from the county. On Monday, Montgomery County announced that the store would be temporarily closed after three employees tested positive: one on June 30 and two others a few days later. The store is planned to reopen on […]