Montgomery Community Media

UPDATE: Police have located Victor Saavedra, who is safe. ORIGINAL: Montgomery County police officers are asking for the public’s help to locate a missing Colesville area man. According to police, 79-year-old Victor Saavedra of Sherwood Forest Drive was last seen boarding a bus near his residence at 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 21. Saavedra is described by […]

UPDATED: Police have located Keith Burhman of Montgomery Village deceased. Police said no foul play is suspected in the death. ORIGINAL POST: Montgomery County police officers need your help to locate a missing Montgomery Village man. Police said 26-year-old Keith Burhman of Snyder Mill Court in Montgomery Village was last seen leaving his residence Saturday, August 21 […]

Here are five things to know today, Aug. 22nd, in Montgomery County: 1. School starts in just one week for more than 159,000 MCPS students. The school district still needs donations to provide students in need with backpacks and school supplies. 2. Officials announced Friday natural gas was the cause of the Flower Branch Apartment […]

A man who reported the smell of gas at the Flower Branch Apartments continues to ask whether more could have been done to prevent the August 10 explosion. Investigators have confirmed that natural gas was the source of the blast that killed seven people. But MyMCMedia’s Phyllis Armstrong reports some residents are still asking who […]

Natural gas is the source of an explosion and fire that claimed seven lives in Silver Spring. The National Transportation and Safety Board is now taking over the investigation to determine exactly what ignited the gas at the Flower Branch Apartments on August 10. At a news conference this morning, the head of the Baltimore […]

Public safety officials from the Montgomery County Police Department, Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) provided an update on the continuing investigation into the August 10 explosion and fire at the Flower Branch Apartments located in the 8700 block of […]

Here are five things to know today, Aug. 19th, in Montgomery County: 1. Clarksburg Premium Outlets is hosting a job fair today at Clarksburg High School to fill 800 positions. 2. Officials to provide an update on the investigation into the August 10 explosion and fire at the Flower Branch Apartments in Silver Spring. 3. Metro’s […]

Montgomery County police officers need your help to locate a missing 22-year-old Kensington area man. According to police, Aaron Ray Watkins left his Meredith Avenue residence on Sunday, August 14. Police describe him as an African-American male, 6′ 2″ tall, and weighing approximately 157 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. He uses a blue wheelchair […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal collision that happened Wednesday afternoon in the Burtonsville area. Officers and Fire and Rescue personnel responded to reports of a collision in the Sandy Spring and Old Columbia Pike area shortly after 4 p.m. According to a preliminary investigation, a 1996 Saturn SL, travelling eastbound on Sandy Spring […]

UPDATED: Police report missing Gaithersburg man has been located safe and unharmed.   Update: Jose Luis Ramirez located safe & unharmed. TY for sharing this missing person case! https://t.co/dbkrqL3onF pic.twitter.com/F9TepP09gV — Montgomery County Department of Police (@mcpnews) August 18, 2016 ORIGINAL POST: Montgomery County police officers need your help to locate a missing 43-year-old Gaithersburg man. […]