» Defendant Charged With Stabbing Her Impaired Sister Released
In a brief proceeding before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Salerno on April 27 a defendant charged with stabbing her mentally impaired sister was released pre-trial. “This is more of a person issue,” not a community safety issue, said Judge Salerno in making his ruling. Dana House, 55, is...
Dupont Circle Shops Beg City For $2 Million Lifeline Amid Deckover Chaos
Dupont Circle business owners say the Connecticut Avenue deckover has turned their workdays into a drawn-out survival test, and they are now asking the city for $2 million in emergency rent help to make it through the construction period. At a D.C. Council budget oversight hearing on Monday, Golden Age...
Woman identified in deadly shooting at park in Temple Hills
A woman from D.C. was identified as the victim in a deadly shooting in Temple Hills.
UMD to cut 150 jobs, enact hiring freeze due to state’s budget restraints
The University of Maryland College Park plans to eliminate 150 jobs and enact a hiring a freeze due to the state's budget restraints.
Firearm Recovered at Blake High School, Suspect in Custody
Montgomery County Police responded Wednesday at approximately 11:29am to Blake High School in Silver Spring for a report of a student with a firearm. According to MCPD, officers located the firearm and the person has been detained. Montgomery County Public Schools has placed the school in a hold status. An MCPD update indicated that the suspect is not an MCPS student.
Concern for Missing 14-Year-Old Boy
Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Carlos De Leon-Acosta, a missing 14-year-old. De Leon-Acosta was last seen on Thursday, April 23, 2026, in the 300 block of Colesville Manor Drive in Silver Spring....
‘It was not my fault’: Fairfax County board denies homeowner’s appeal for controversial 3-story...
A controversial three-story home addition that sparked backlash in a Fairfax County neighborhood will not move forward as planned after a zoning board denied the homeowner’s appeal.
DC felon gets 40 months behind bars for possessing semiautomatic Glock
WASHINGTON (7News) — A 23-year-old D.C. man will spend more than three years in prison after he was caught with a loaded gun despite being a felon. According to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, Kiyel Kearney was sentenced to 40 months in prison and two years of supervised release after pleading guilty in January to unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a...
Silver Spring woman becomes first Montgomery County resident to receive rare stem cell therapy...
The state of Maryland leads the nation as the fifth most populous area for people living with sickle cell, an autoimmune disease that prevents oxygen from flowing properly throughout the body. It is described as debilitatingly painful by patients like Jessica Ceja, a 41-year-old Silver Spring wife and mother of...
1 shot, 1 in custody after fight in Montgomery Co. high school’s parking lot
The shooting reportedly happened after a fight broke out outside Blake High School in Silver Spring just before 11:30 a.m., according to Montgomery County police. “MCPS security staff noticed several young males in the parking lot who were engaged in an argument that quickly was escalating into a fight,” police chief Marc Yamada said at a news conference outside the school.
