Montgomery Community Media

Los concejales del condado de Montgomery Will Jawando y Craig Rice anunciaron que convocarán un grupo de trabajo para desarrollar profesionales de salud mental y otros servicios de apoyo en las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS), con la intención de que los oficiales de policía no estén en las escuelas todos los días. […]

Montgomery County Councilmembers Will Jawando and Craig Rice announced they will convene a task force to grow mental health professionals and other support services in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), with the intention that police officers will not be in schools everyday. “We know that our current systems are not working, particularly for our Black […]

David Hall Dixon, the off duty Pentagon police officer who was charged with two counts of second-degree murder and assault in two separate incidents, was ordered held without bond Monday afternoon. His preliminary hearing is set for 10:30 a.m. on May 7. Dixon was charged by Takoma Park Police with two counts of second degree […]

Gov. Larry Hogan announced during a press conference on April 9 the formation of a workgroup to address the rise in violence targeting the Asian American community, “This workgroup, one of the first of its kind in the country, will be composed of a wide ranging group of experts and advocates across various disciplines who will […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics for April 12 Since Friday, April 9, the Maryland Department of Health has reported 371 new cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County — 138 Saturday, 131 Sunday and 102 Monday. The county’s cumulative case count is 68,144. The county most recently reported that 112 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Montgomery […]

A woman died after a single vehicle crash on US-29 in Silver Spring Monday morning. The accident occurred around 5:30 a.m. in the northbound lane of US-29 (Columbia Pike) at Briggs Chaney Road, according to Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD). The woman was then taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. There were […]

Effective immediately, Washington D.C. has approved increased capacity limits for Capital One Arena, Nationals Park, and Audi Field. The Monumental Sports & Entertainment’s waiver was approved Friday granting D.C. sports venues the opportunity to welcome fans at a reduced capacity. Capital One Arena — home of the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals — will open […]

The off duty Pentagon police officer who was charged with two counts of second-degree murder also has been charged with assaulting a female during a May 6, 2020 incident. Takoma Park Police said they had only become aware of the video on April 9. In the May 6,, 2020 incident, which police had responded to […]

A Silver Spring man has been sentenced to federal prison on child pornography charges. Anjan Ghosh Tagore, 48, will spend 15 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography as well as 18 months in federal prison for violating his supervised release on a previous conviction. After his initial child pornography charge, Tagore entered […]

Montgomery County firefighters rushed to put out a fire in the 8500 block of Rapley Preserve Circle in Potomac Friday evening. The neighborhood endured severe weather conditions Friday night bringing both thunder and lightning to the area. MCFRS were called to the neighborhood to extinguish a residential fire at 8527 Rapley Preserve Circle. Shortly after […]