Montgomery County

A community playground is back open nearly two years after authorities said it was destroyed by arson.

Hateful, Islamophobic graffiti was found at Walt Whitman High School in Montgomery County. FOX 5's Shomari Stone reports. 

Montgomery County Public School parents spoke out at board meeting Thursday night, voicing frustration about proposed staffing changes for special education programs. Parents say paraeducator cuts and reductions in autism-specific support could have devastating impacts on kids with special needs.

Families of children with autism are bracing for a heated Montgomery County School Board meeting over proposed staffing changes in special education. FOX 5's Shirin Rajaee is live at tonight's meeting with the latest.

Montgomery County is hitting the brakes on a controversial security robot in downtown Silver Spring. The high-tech patrol was meant to deter crime, but pushback from residents and lawmakers has now killed the pilot program. FOX 5’s Shirin Rajaee is live in Silver Spring with what went wrong.

A 15-year-old girl has died, and two women were hospitalized with injuries — one of whom remains in critical condition — after a driver lost control of their car in Montgomery County, police say. FOX 5's Sydney Persing has the latest on the tragic accident. 

A 15-year-old girl has died, and a 20-year-old woman is in critical condition following a two-car crash in Montgomery County on Wednesday.

In a new legal filing, Montgomery County social workers say the county failed to protect them when they were responding to a dangerous scene without police backup. Now, their union is pushing for change to protect them and the community. FOX 5's Chief Legal Correspondent Katie Barlow has more. 

A tense and dangerous rescue effort unfolded at the Embassy Suites on Democracy Boulevard after two men escaped from armed robbers but ended up on a ledge.

Limiting cooperation with ICE is the goal of a controversial bill up for debate in Montgomery County, with the council holding hearings on the measure Tuesday. 

Authorities say two people have been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a Gaithersburg man earlier this month. Police identified the suspects as 16‑year‑old Wisdom Da‑Silva Baptista, of Gaithersburg, and 20‑year‑old Kevin Jesus Perez Fierro, of Montgomery Village. Both are charged with first‑degree murder and armed robbery in the killing of 18-year-old Taeyon Malachi Prather.