Despite a lot less vehicles on the roads lately, the number of crashes have gone up. Authorities attribute the uptick to speeding. As a result, Maryland State Police troopers are stepping up enforcement measures on speeding motorists during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the past few days, MSP troopers have issued hundreds of citations and warnings […]

A man shot by a police officer in White Oak Thursday has died, Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) Chief Marcus Jones confirmed at a press conference. At about 2:15 p.m. on Thursday, MCPD received a call from a person in White Oak saying a neighbor threw a rock at their window and yelled at them […]

Imagination Stage, a theater and performing arts center in Bethesda, has moved online due to COVID-19. The theater is offering storytimes, arts and crafts, theatre exercises and more through Facebook and on its website. Parents who are interested in sharing arts activities with their families should visit imaginationstage.org/blog. All activities will be linked there, as […]

La abogada Maricé Morales y ex-delegada estatal explica los detalles sobre la legislación de Maryland que otorga la posibilidad de aplicar la vacuna contra COVID-19, cuando este lista, y realizarse exámenes médicos relacionados al coronavirus, para todos los residentes del estado sin importar su estatus migratorio. Morales dice que el gobierno estatal ha separado fondos […]

Detectives with the Montgomery County Police Department are investigating the burglary of an electronics repair shop in Wheaton. According to a MCPD press release, it happened on April 26 shortly before 5:00 p.m. at the Exclusive Tech Repairs shop located on 11000 block of Georgia Avenue. After reviewing the business’s surveillance video, detectives found that […]

Kim Jones and Matt Freeman are the co-hosts for this episode of Studio 501c3, a show that focuses on the nonprofit organizations in Montgomery County working to build supportive communities every day. This episode features Cynthia Rubenstein, executive director of Passion for Learning (P4L). Since 2004 Silver Spring-based P4L has helped students in low-income communities develop […]

Lots of updated information regarding the impact of COVID-19 in Montgomery County is available. County Executive Marc Elrich, and County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles discussed pandemic efforts during their weekly virtual media briefing on Wednesday. County Executive Elrich confirmed the grim milestone of 304 COVID-19 related deaths. Currently, there’s more than 5,000 confirmed COVID-19 […]

Maryland Public Schools will remain closed for the remainder of the academic 2019-2020 school year. Online learning will continue and students will not return to campuses because of the coronavirus. The announcement was made Wednesday at a news conference with Gov. Larry Hogan and State Superintendent Dr. Karen Salmon. Salmon said, “After extensive discussions with […]

Kim Jones and Gabrielle Nash are the co-hosts for this episode of Studio 501c3, a show that focuses on the nonprofit organizations in Montgomery County working to build supportive communities every day. This episode features Diego Uriburu, the executive director of Identity, Inc. The Gaithersburg based nonprofit focuses on creating bright futures for Latino youth. Uriburu talks […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education is expected to vote on a new grading system for both the fourth marking period and overall semester at its May 12 meeting. Because students only have been learning on line due to the pandemic, the Montgomery County Public Schools has been reluctant to assign a letter grade. During […]