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Thomas Wayne Anderson, 75, who led the Takoma Park Police Department from 1997 to 2002, died Feb. 1 at his home in Georgia. Anderson was a retired Army Lt. Colonel and had attended North Georgia Military College. He also was a police chief in West Columbia, South Carolina and had been active in his community […]

Rev. Raphael Warnock, who defeated incumbent U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler Tuesday in the Georgia senate runoff election and will become the first Black senator from Georgia once the results are certified, received high praise and congratulations in many tweets from Montgomery County and Maryland politicians. During an interview on CBS News after he was proclaimed […]

Update: The Supreme Court denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit Friday. Original Post: Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh joined 22 other attorneys general in a brief asking the Supreme Court to reject a Texas lawsuit challenging 2020 election results. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing four battleground states— Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin— […]

Silver Spring is the most generous city in America—at least when it comes to GoFundMe donations. And Rockville is the 10th most generous city in the country, according to GoFundMe’s annual Year in Giving report released Tuesday. The list is based on the number of donations made per capita in cities with a population greater […]

Register now for the annual Maryland Civil Rights Educational Freedom Experience bus tour. The tour, hosted by the Montgomery County Office of Human Rights, retraces the steps of Civil Rights leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks and many others. This year’s bus tour is scheduled from April 18-26. The bus will leave […]

Williams County (Tennessee) police have arrested a man who has an outstanding warrant under another name in Montgomery County, local police said Wednesday. John Martin Hill was arrested in Tennessee, on an outstanding warrant from Alpharetta, Georgia, police said. After more investigation, police determined Hill had an outstanding warrant from Montgomery County under the name […]

The Maryland Province Jesuits released the names of 24 priests—former, deceased, and current Jesuits “no longer serving in ministry”—who were “credibly accused” of sexually abusing minors. In a letter, Fr. Robert M. Hussey, who oversees Maryland Province Jesuits said he apologized to the victims of the named priests. “We view the disclosure today of our shameful […]

Registration is now open for the annual Maryland Civil Rights Education Freedom Experience bus tour. The tour, hosted by the Montgomery County Office of Human Rights, retraces the steps of Civil Rights leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks and Medgar Evers. This year’s nine-day bus tour is scheduled from April 7 to […]

Register now for the annual Maryland Civil Rights Educational Freedom Experience bus tour. The tour, hosted by the Montgomery County Office of Human Rights, retraces the steps of Civil Rights leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks and Medgar Evers. This year’s bus tour is scheduled during Montgomery County Public Schools spring break […]

Road closures are scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. on Saturday at the Randolph Road and Georgia Avenue interchange in Silver Spring, and motorists are advised to expect delays. According to officials with the State Highway Administration, crews will temporarily close travel lanes to switch traffic for construction of a $39 million interchange at the […]