Silver Spring MD

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — A powerful cold front that brought tornadoes and melon-sized hail in Illinois is now racing across the Mid-Atlantic, setting up a rare and dramatic weather reversal from near 80-degree warmth to heavy, wet snow — possibly with thunder and lightning — within 24 hours. Forecast...

A new investigation from Washingtonian magazine examines the wave of allegations involving the Psychiatric Institute of Washington, the only dedicated psychiatric hospital in Washington, D.C. Former patients and staff describe not receiving enough food and the hospital operating with too few workers. Others allege...

Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Tenease Callands, a missing 17-year-old. Callands was last seen on Monday, March 9, 2026 on Featherwood Court in Silver Spring. She is 5-feet, 4-inches tall, with...

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Montgomery County until 8 p.m. Wednesday, according to a Wednesday afternoon alert. The communities under the watch include Aspen Hill, Bethesda, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Potomac, Rockville and Silver Spring, according to the weather service. The alert...

MARYLAND — More than 10,000 homes and businesses across Maryland are without electricity Wednesday evening, according to the latest outage data. PowerOutage.us reported that 10,011 customers are without power statewide out of approximately 2.6 million tracked customers. The outages represent about 0.38% of...

Dor-Ne Corset Shoppe, the longtime specialty lingerie retailer in downtown Silver Spring, has announced that a buyer has been found for the business, potentially preserving the nearly century-old shop. In a brief update shared on social media, the store wrote, “We’re excited to announce that we have found a buyer...

Federal Realty Investment Trust has announced the sale of Courthouse Center, a 33,000SF shopping center in Rockville, for $10 million. The property, located at 12 N. Washington Street in Rockville, includes several restaurant tenants such as Pelicana Chicken, Subway, Eerkin’s, and East Dumpling House. The transaction...

EASTON, Md. - A Washington, D.C. man is facing numerous charges including kidnapping, carjacking, and assault after police say he unlawfully drove off in a woman’s car while she clung to the vehicle’s hood in Talbot County. According to court documents obtained by WBOC, Easton Police were dispatched...

A D.C. man is facing federal charges after investigators say he set off an explosive device inside a Northeast D.C. apartment. A woman who was injured in the blast was taken to a nearby hospital, where investigators say they found shrapnel in her arm. In addition to the 12 adults and 3 children who escaped the blaze...

Five Guys is re-doing its offer for buy-one-get-one-free burgers. The “do-over” promotion will run through Thursday, March 12. The Arlington-born, Alexandria-based burger chain launched its first BOGO burger deal on February 17 in honor of its 40th anniversary. But Five Guys wasn’t prepared for customer demand, which...