Quince Orchard HS football shut down after 6 cases of COVID confirmed

A Gaithersburg high school has had to put its football program on pause after six cases of COVID were confirmed among students. A spokesperson for Montgomery County public schools says it is believed that the cases are connected to football.

19-year-old arrested in deadly Wheaton shooting

An arrest has been made in a shooting in the Wheaton area that left a 25-year-old man dead and put a nearby school on lockdown Tuesday.

Montgomery County schools mandate vaccinations, masks for employees

Staff in the Montgomery County Public Schools district will be required to show proof of their vaccination against COVID-19, or be subjected to weekly testing, officials announced on Friday.

Video: Silver Spring lightning strike caught on camera

A lightning strike in Silver Spring was caught on camera Wednesday as severe weather hammered the D.C. area.

Victim in deadly Wheaton shooting identified

Arcola Elementary School is locked down as police search for a suspect following a deadly shooting on Blueridge Avenue in Wheaton.

Video shows knifepoint robbery on bus in Silver Spring

Montgomery County police have released video showing a knifepoint robbery that occurred on a bus in Silver Spring in July.

DC region parents question why teachers are not being required to vaccinate or regularly tested

With rising concerns surrounding the delta variant and as many kids begin going back to school, should schools in the DMV require their teachers to either be vaccinated or regularly tested?

Maryland man pleads guilty to bludgeoning woman to death, cutting her throat

A Germantown man has pleaded guilty to beating a woman to death and cutting her throat in his apartment nearly two years ago after he “heard voices that told him to kill her.”

Man spits on Asian store owner in DC, police say; officials encourage hate incident reporting

At the same time as another suspected anti-Asian hate crime in the region, officials in Montgomery County are educating communities about what rises to the level of a hate crime and encouraging more reporting of these racist attacks and others like them.

Montgomery County restoring indoor mask order

The Montgomery County council on Thursday voted unanimously to give the county’s top health official the authority to introduce mandatory masks indoors – and he says he wants to begin implementing it.