Silver Spring MD

There’s a little white building on the main street of Thurmont, Maryland that doesn’t look like much from the outside, but inside, culinary magic happens daily. Thurmont Kountry Kitchen serves what might just be the most perfect fried chicken in the Free State, and the locals have been keeping this secret long enough.

An 18-year-old was arrested Monday on charges accusing him of what a Baltimore County prosecutor described as the “cold-blooded murder” of a couple in the presence of two young children this January at a Woodlawn apartment. Markie Jerome Cole, of Southwest Baltimore’s Allendale neighborhood, faces two counts of...

FREDERICK, MD — The shadowy peaks of South Mountain hold many secrets, but none more chilling than the legend of the Snallygaster. This nightmarish hybrid – part bird, part reptile, and all terror – has stalked the valleys of Maryland and West Virginia since the first German settlers arrived in the 1730s.

Walgreens Closures Continue Across Maryland as Pharmacy Chain Cuts Costs. Walgreens is rapidly shutting down locations across Maryland, with several Baltimore and Silver Spring stores already closed and more on the chopping block. The closures are part of the pharmacy giant’s broader cost-cutting strategy to shutter...

The Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration (ABCA), working with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), closed Sheridan International Market on Georgia Avenue NW on Mar. 24, 2025, due to its operation as an unlicensed cannabis retailer. The ABC Board issued the closure order, citing a “credible and imminent...

BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 25, 2025-- First Washington Realty (FWR), a real estate investment and management firm specializing in essential, retail-focused shopping centers, has acquired a Whole Foods Market-anchored retail shopping center in suburban Washington D.C. This 163,000-square-foot grocery-anchored...

A family is looking for answers after Donnell Stephenson, a 19-year-old Prince George’s County Public Schools employee, was fatally shot. “We were all together having dinner as a family, he said mom I’m going outside for a quick second and that’s the last text I got from my son…” said his stepmom, Erika Stephenson.

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced Tuesday that a man was charged with murder in connection to a deadly shooting that happened last year. Police said 42-year-old Derek Turrentine of Bryans Road, Maryland, was charged with the first-degree murder (premeditated) of 44-year-old...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Following a months-long investigation, the Maryland Office of Attorney General (OAG) announced Monday that an officer will not be charged after a deadly shooting in Silver Spring last year. The shooting took place in Montgomery County in May of 2024. Minutes before midnight,...

After skipping the event in 2024, the Sandy Spring Museum (17901 Bentley Road) has announced that its annual Strawberry Festival will return on Saturday, June 7. The museum began hosting the event back in 1981. The Strawberry Festival is described as a giant block party, picnic, neighborhood gathering, and community...