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More than 11,000 Montgomery County Public Schools students will receive high school diplomas in commencement ceremonies this year. The high school commencement season is set to begin Wednesday, June 2, and will end Thursday, June 17. Last year, MCPS held virtual graduation ceremonies, but this year each school’s commencement ceremony will be in person and […]

Montgomery County Police Department’s Major Crimes Division is investigating the homicide of a young man found dead in his home in Burtonsville on Saturday. Damion Callery Jr., 18, of Burtonsville, was shot and killed, police say. Callery recently graduated from Paint Branch High School and was getting ready to start college at Bowie State University […]

Maryland State Police (MSP) from the LaPlata Barrack are investigating a two-vehicle crash that killed two people in Charles County on July 27. Police say that 15-year-old Halimatou Diallo and her mother, 49-year-old Fatoumata Binta Diakite, died in the wreck. The two lived in Silver Spring and Diallo was a student at Paint Branch High […]

Today is Wednesday, April 24. In addition to the Caps playing a deciding Game 7 against the Hurricanes at Capital One Arena at 7 p.m., here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Ribbon Cutting for Montgomery Community Media’s Silver Spring Media Lab: Today MCM is cutting the ribbon for our new Silver Spring Media […]

Today is Wednesday, March 13. Here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Conversation on Racial Equity Begins: Montgomery County Council is doing more to address systemic racism in the county. This morning at 10 a.m., County Executive Marc Elrich, the County Council, the Montgomery County Planning Board, and student representatives from Montgomery College and […]

Montgomery County Public Schools and Montgomery County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (MCCPTA) announced that it is hosting a series called “Safety and Security Conversations.” The first meeting was Thursday evening at the Carver Educational Services Center in Rockville. It featured Ed Clarke, the chief safety officer for MCPS, and Dr. Christina Conolly, the director of […]

Crosstown rivals Paint Branch visited the Springbrook Blue Devils Friday night and left no doubt as to how this game was going to play out.  The Paint Branch Panthers dominated the Blue Devils on both sides of the line of scrimmage offensively and defensively.  The Panthers took their first possession at the start of the […]

Paint Branch High School, Burtonsville, Maryland Saturday March 3, 2018 Paint Branch has had an outstanding 2017-2018 season, unfortunately it came to an end Saturday afternoon when Perry Hall, the defending Maryland 4A State Champions came to the Panther home court.  The Gators came with a considerable size advantage which initially did not seem have […]

Silver Spring police district officers are investigating a shooting that occurred Monday morning in Burtonsville, a Montgomery County police statement said. Investigators believe that this was not a random event and the perpetrators and the victim may have had some prior association, police said. About 8:50 a.m. Monday, Silver Spring officers responded to the Burtonsville […]

More than 50 student leaders recently met with school board members to shares ideas and discuss issues impacting life in Montgomery County schools. Find out more in this report by MCPS-TV: