Phone Freeze Hits the ‘Falls’
Once again, a new phone policy has been adopted by Loudoun County Public Schools, only this time, there may be no way around it for students. In April 2025, a new Virginia State Law was passed by the Virginia General Assembly in regards to personal technology device usage in schools. This new law, unlike previous...
8 Dulles Airport Police Officers Facing Misconduct Allegations
Eight Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police officers assigned to Dulles Airport have been fired or have resigned in the wake of misconduct allegations. The incident was first reported by NBC4 Washington, which said the misconduct was related to officers taking bribes from taxi drivers to allow them to...
Maryland mom found competent to stand trial for 2014 deaths of her children
Catherine Hoggle, a Maryland mother with an extensive history of severe mental illness, has been deemed competent to stand trial on charges of killing her two children in 2014.
Gaithersburg Police Arrest Suspect in Shooting That Occurred Near Rio on October 25
Detectives with the Gaithersburg Police Department have arrested a man in connection with a shooting that occurred in late October near the Rio Lakefront area. In an update released on December 10, police announced that 41-year-old Christopher Renta, of Gaithersburg, has been taken into custody. Renta is charged with...
Commentary: Maryland must end the harmful practice of automatically charging youth as adults
Maryland’s criminal system has long operated like an engine built to run roughshod over Black lives, and the data makes that plain: Black people represent roughly 30 percent of the state’s population but make up about 71 percent of those behind bars. That imbalance is a monument to deep-seated structural policies and...
Cracker Barrel Settles to Pay Over $100,000 After Alleged Mistreatment of Disabled Children
The settlement follows a state investigation into allegations that students with autism faced mistreatment during a class visit to a Maryland Cracker Barrel
Concern for Missing 35-Year-Old Man
Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 3rd District Investigative Section are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Nelson Antonio Diaz Castillo, a missing 35-year-old. Diaz Castillo was last seen on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, around 3 p.m. in the 9100 block of Piney Branch...
Kevin Alexis Mendez-Ortiz Arrested By ICE In Maryland: Feds
ICE Baltimore says it arrested Kevin Alexis Mendez-Ortiz late last month, during a targeted operation in Oxon Hill. According to the agency, Mendez-Ortiz is a Honduran national who crossed into the US illegally in 2022 and was released the same day — and is now accused of causing a violent crash that nearly killed a...
A Look at Maryland’s Only Nuclear Power Plant
Maryland’s only nuclear power plant, the Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center in Lusby, continues to play an outsized role in powering the state nearly 50 years after first coming online. Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Energy highlighted the facility’s national significance, noting that Calvert Cliffs...
The Problem: Maryland Is Running Out of Power
Full disclosure: the following solution was presented to me by Dr. Thomas Day, a constituent with far greater expertise in the energy sector than I could ever claim. That said, I find his proposal both intriguing and highly achievable if only the green extremists would pause their war on anything that isn’t wind or...

















