Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County police officers and Rockville city police officers are investigating five thefts from cellular phone stores that investigators believe were committed by the same group of suspects. According to police, the suspects have taken electronics worth a total of approximately $18,200. Investigators have released video surveillance (see below) from an AT&T store in Wheaton, […]

High school football is back. Our coverage of Friday night under the lights begins at Quince Orchard High School where the Cougars took on the Damascus Swarmin’ Hornets, who are defending their 2015 3A state championship title. After the first quarter of play, the game remained scoreless. Then the Cougars scored the first points of […]

The August 10 natural gas explosion in Silver Spring continues to impact some of the families forced out of their homes. However, Kay Apartment Communities has answered questions MCM submitted about the placement of residents who were left homeless. Clark Melillo, President of Kay Apartment Communities, reports that a total of 24 units were destroyed […]

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 […]

Bethesda’s Katie Ledecky won her first gold medal of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Sunday night with a time of 3:56.46 in the 400-meter freestyle, breaking the world record she set back in 2014. “It feels great,” Ledecky said in an interview with NBC following her epic swim. Her gold medal follows the silver […]

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating the cause of a Silver Spring house fire. It happened around 1:40 a.m. at an abandoned two-story single family home located on the 400 block of Norwood Road. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said that more than 45 firefighters were on scene and were able to bring the fire under […]

The last day at Congressional for the Quicken Loans National was special. Billy Hurley III, an Annapolis resident, took hold of the lead in the final round and never let go.  Challenging as Congressional can be at times, Hurley was able to walk down the 18th fairway with Ernie Els at his side, a past […]

Maryland resident Billy Hurley III, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, won his first PGA tournament Sunday at the Quicken Loans National at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda. He scored a 72-hole score of 17-under-par 267, and earned a player’s prize of $1,242,000 and 500 FedExCup points. Hurley was followed on the scoreboard by Vijay Singh, Jon […]

The Quicken Loans National wraps up on Sunday at Congressional Country Club where a new PGA tour champion will be crowned. After 54 holes, Billy Hurley III is in the lead. He is followed by Ernie Els, Jon Rahm, Bill Haas, Webb Simpson and Harold Varner III. “It will be fun tomorrow playing with Ernie […]