Montgomery Community Media

Come fall, all Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students, staff, and visitors will be required to wear face coverings in school buildings, regardless of vaccination status. The Montgomery County Board of Education unanimously approved MCPS Interim Superintendent  Dr. Monifa McKnight’s recommendation for face-covering guidance during a meeting on Tuesday. MCPS officials say the guidance is in […]

Overall, crime in Montgomery County during 2020 decreased 14%, but the number of homicides, auto thefts, overdoses and fatal accidents increased, according to the recently-released Montgomery County Police Department’s 2020 Annual Report on Crime and Safety. The 37-page report often refers to the pandemic as the reason for the dip in crime. For example, it […]

Eleanor Milligan, 61, of Silver Spring was convicted in U.S. District Court of embezzling $1.5 million dollars from an employer.  Over a period of six and a half years, from 2009 to 2016, she manipulated the payroll of a D.C.-based business. Using the identities of fellow employees, she made payments to herself. Milligan was convicted […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue saved a dog who fell into a 25-foot-deep well in Bethesda on Saturday, July 24. The dog, named Roxy, is a cattle dog and lab mix. Roxy’s owner, Melissa Swensrud of Bethesda, told MyMCM via a text message that she was taking Roxy and her two other dogs on a […]

Eric Sylvester Dyson, accused of the murder of a World War II and Korean War veteran, was denied early release after seeking a sentence reduction on July 26. Dyson was tried by Judge Stephen G. Salant in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Dyson was convicted in the 2015 brutal murder of 94-year-old veteran Dan […]

A 29-year-old is facing several charges after attempting to kidnap two women from a grocery store in Olney, according to a statement from Montgomery County Department of Police. MCPD confirmed to MyMCM that Kenon Leonard of Olney was charged with the kidnapping and assault of a 45-year old and 42-year-old at Harris Teeter on July […]

Durante el mes de julio, el condado de Montgomery y el estado de Maryland han experimentado un aumento en el número de casos de COVID-19 y la tasa de positividad. Mientras que otros estados con menos residentes vacunados están experimentando un aumento significativo en las hospitalizaciones y muertes, hasta ahora ese no es el caso […]

Montgomery County and the state of Maryland has seen an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and the positivity rate during July. While other states with fewer vaccinated residents are seeing significant increases in hospitalizations and deaths, so far that is not the case here. Montgomery County averaged 4.4 new cases of COVID-19 per […]

El exjefe de policía del condado de Montgomery, Tom Manger, tomará el mando de la policía del Capitolio de los Estados Unidos, el viernes. Asumirá el mando donde dos oficiales murieron y casi 150 oficiales resultaron heridos luego del ataque del 6 de enero al Capitolio. “Me siento humildemente honrado de unirme a los hombres […]

Los restos encontrados en un parque nacional en el condado de Frederick han sido identificados como los de Joanna Michelle Amaya, de 21 años, de Gaithersburg, según la Oficina Federal de Investigaciones (FBI). Amaya también era conocida como Dior Reyes. El FBI dijo que los restos de Amaya fueron recuperados el 12 de junio después […]