Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal collision that killed a Bethesda woman shortly before 7 p.m. on Wednesday night in the 5500 block of River Road. According to the police department’s preliminary investigation, the woman, identified by police as 95-year-old Margaret McDowell Wydro was crossing River Road from south to north at […]

UPDATED A 21-year-old Takoma Park man was killed in a fiery crash overnight in Silver Spring. MCFRS Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the crash happened at Gist Avenue and Ray Drive around midnight. On his Twitter account, Piringer said the vehicle crashed into a tree and caught on fire. According to Piringer, the driver was pinned […]

A three-story condominium fire displaces a Bethesda family, according to a spokesperson with Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services. MCFRS Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the blaze occurred this afternoon at 5700 Chapman Mill Drive in Bethesda where the fire originated on the deck/balcony. According to Piringer, the occupant was able to get out of the house safely […]

A 30-year-old painter was injured in a fall down a residential elevator shaft today, according to a spokesperson with Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS). MCFRS Spokeperson Pete Piringer said the incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. at 9209 Cranford Drive in Potomac where a house was being renovated. According to Piringer, the worker who […]

The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Warning for Montgomery County, effective from midnight to 9 a.m. Monday. According to the Freeze Warning, temperatures may drop to the mid 20s and/or hover around 30 degrees. A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are expected. Sensitive crops and other vegetation are at risk for being killed […]

UPDATED 9 p.m. Police are calling the shooting “a death investigation.” UPDATED 6:31 p.m. Montgomery County police officers are on the scene of a shooting in the 9600 block of Lost Knife Road. Police Spokesperson Rick Goodale said the call was reported at 5:49 p.m. today. At the scene, police found a victim with an […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to a fire on the roof of a Montgomery College building, according to Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson Pete Piringer. Piringer said crews found fire in the area of the air conditioning unit from a building that is under construction at the college’s Rockville campus. “Montgomery College ‘new’ Science [building] under construction, welder’s […]

A school bus fire closed southbound lanes of Georgia Avenue at Shorefield Road on Friday morning. Montgomery County fire and rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer said there were no injuries in the bus blaze that was heavily involved when firefighters reached the scene. Motorists were advised to seek another route while the fire department responded. Fire […]

UPDATED Sept. 26 at 9 p.m. Montgomery County police have charged 22-year-old Ryan Anthony Salandy of Germantown with first degree murder in the death of 21-year-old William Dean McDaniel of Clarksburg. Salandy is being held without bond. According to police, his bond hearing has been set for Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. in Rockville. So […]

Two firefighters were injured battling an apartment fire at 3620 Gleneagles Drive in Leisure World on Tuesday afternoon, according to a Montgomery County fire spokesperson. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said nearly a dozen residents were displaced by the blaze that began around 3:15 p.m. on the first floor of a bedroom. When […]