Public Safety

Moore endorses MoCo Council, General Assembly candidates

Moore endorses MoCo Council, General Assembly candidates

Plus: Realtors’ ‘super PAC’ puts money into independent expenditure effort for Friedson, council candidates May 11, 2026 11:46 a.m. 11:55 a.m. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Thursday issued a wave of endorsements for federal, state and local...

Family of Silver Spring fire victim continues to honor her legacy

Family of Silver Spring fire victim continues to honor her legacy

Plus: Driver dies in I-270 crash; MCPS teacher of the year awarded May 11, 2026 6:00 a.m. 10:53 p.m. A donation from the family of 25-year-old Melanie Diaz, the victim of the 2023Arrive Silver Spring apartment complexfire, has helped the Montgomery...

Pedestrian dead after hit-and-run on Beltway in Chevy Chase

Pedestrian dead after hit-and-run on Beltway in Chevy Chase

Incident occurred Thursday night near Connecticut Avenue Maryland State Police are looking for the driver who was involved in a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run collision Thursday night on the outer loop of the Capital Beltway near Connecticut Avenue in...

Montgomery Village man convicted for fatal shooting in D.C. bar

Montgomery Village man convicted for fatal shooting in D.C. bar

42-year-old faces up to 33 years in prison for second-degree murder, other offenses A Montgomery Village man was found guilty Tuesday of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the April 2024 shooting death of a man at a Northwest...

Kayaker who died in Potomac River identified

Kayaker who died in Potomac River identified

22-year-old was one of three paddlers involved in Sunday incident The kayakerwho died after falling out of his boatin the Potomac River on Sunday has been identified as 22-year-old William Lankford from Lynchburg, Virginia. Three kayakers were...

Man charged with arson in connection with Jiffy Lube fire

Man charged with arson in connection with Jiffy Lube fire

Plus: Germantown man begins Underground Railroad Freedom Walk; State health department warns of tickborne illness as weather warms up A Silver Spring man was charged with arson in connection with a fire at Jiffy Lube in Silver Spring that caused...

State Supreme Court says MoCo overstepped with gun restrictions

State Supreme Court says MoCo overstepped with gun restrictions

Case heads back to Circuit Court in Rockville for further proceedings; further litigation in federal court possible The Supreme Court of Maryland has found Montgomery County does not have the authority under state law to prohibit wear-and-carry...