Montgomery Community Media

Police aren’t trained to deliver babies, but when help is needed, the Montgomery County Police Department steps up to the plate. Cassandra Onley, director of the emergency communications center said out of the 727,000 calls the department received last year, call center personnel was able to assist in four successful baby deliveries. On Nov. 13, […]

It’s been almost two years since siblings Sarah and Jacob Hoggle disappeared from their Clarksburg home in September of 2014. Their mother, Catherine Hoggle, is the last known person to have seen the two children, and she has been charged by police with neglect, obstruction and hindering.  She has been found incompetent to stand trial, […]

It’s the talk of the town: twin Panda cubs! Giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to twin panda cubs at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo on Aug. 22. The first giant panda cub was born at 5:34 p.m. and the second giant panda cub was born at 10:07 p.m. on Saturday night. “All of us are […]

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released, today, the updated Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) online tool that produces public health profiles for all 3,143 counties in the United States. Each profile includes key indicators of health outcomes, which describes the population health status of a county and factors that have the potential to influence […]

Happy New Year! It’s going to be a beautiful Friday in Montgomery County. Here are five more things to know today, Jan. 2nd: 1. Montgomery Community Media’s offices are open today. Have you registered for any of our upcoming training classes? You could learn about TV and video production and have a lot of fun, […]

UPDATED A Germantown family rang in the new year at Shady Grove Medical Center with a special delivery. That’s where the hospital’s Birth Center welcomed its first baby of 2015, a boy weighing ten pounds, arrived at 12:30 a.m. on January 1. Hospital officials said both mom and baby are resting and doing well. “We […]

Studies show breast feeding results in long lasting health benefits for both mother and baby. Today, the number of women breast feeding their babies is at an all-time high. But breast feeding is not always easy. Dr. Earl Harley explains a simple procedure that makes breast feeding much easier for women. Take a look.