Montgomery County implements color-coded system for announcing school delays, closures

Montgomery County Public Schools has implemented a new color-coded process for informing students, parents and staff when weather requires a delay or closing, and when a closure might justify a shift to virtual instruction. 

Firefighters rescue residents from apartment fire near Montgomery Mall

Several families will have to find another place to stay Friday night after a two-alarm fire broke out in an apartment building near Montgomery Mall. 

13-year-old charged with attempted armed carjacking in Montgomery County

A 13-year-old has been arrested and charged with attempted armed carjacking after allegedly pulling a knife on the victim at the Montgomery Village Shopping Center.

Suspect arrested for stabbing 3 men at Silver Spring McDonald's

A 34-year-old man is in police custody accused of stabbing multiple people at a Montgomery County McDonald's restaurant on Tuesday morning.

Rockville could lower voting age to 16 this year

Is 16 years old too young to vote? That's the question voters in Rockville may get to decide later this year.

Vandals break stained-glass window at Takoma Park church

Authorities are searching for the person who threw rocks at and broke a stained-glass window at a church in Takoma Park.

Montgomery County offers free recreation center fitness passes to residents in 2023

It’s the first week of the new year which means plenty of New Year’s resolutions are in the works, so to help Montgomery County residents with fitness minded goals, the county is offering free fitness passes at recreation centers.

2 teenage girls reported missing in Montgomery County

Detectives in Montgomery County are asking for the public's help finding two teenagers who have been reported missing.

FOX 5 employee carjacked outside station in Bethesda

Montgomery County Police are searching for a suspect involved in an armed carjacking in Bethesda on Wednesday night involving a FOX 5 employee.

Battle over North Bethesda bike lanes heats up

New Montgomery County bike lanes have proven to be so divisive, thousands of fired-up residents are weighing-in online.

Carjackings, ghost guns among top crime concerns for Montgomery County State's Attorney McCarthy

As crime concerns across the D.C. region continue to grow in the New Year, Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy says the focus on youth, proper enforcement and strict sentences are essential to keeping offenses like carjackings and the use of ghost guns in check.

Silver Spring man charged with sex trafficking, prostitution: police

A Silver Spring man was arrested and charged with multiple counts of sex trafficking and prostitution after authorities say he forced a female victim to work as an escort.

Daughter of former US intelligence director John Negroponte guilty of murder

The daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte has been found guilty of fatally stabbing a 24-year-old man after a drunken argument inside a Maryland home.