Silver Spring MD

It’s been four months since Wanda Gore has been able to use her elevator. The one closest to her second-floor apartment in The Gale Eckington, a hulking housing complex on Q Street in Northeast D.C., has been shuttered since early February. To get outside, the 55-year-old Gore, who is blind and uses a wheelchair, has t

MCPD Update: The driver of the striking vehicle returned to the scene. The victim has been identified as an adult male. Montgomery County Police are investigating a hit-and-run collision involving a vehicle and a bicyclist Tuesday night in the White Oak area. According to police, 3rd District officers were dispatched..

A long-standing pizza landmark in Montgomery County is closing. Armand's Pizzeria & Grille in Rockville,...

If you're thinking of making a trip to Maryland, you might be interested in big cities and attractions like Baltimore, Washington, D.C., or even Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay. However, at the center of it all is the small suburb of Greenbelt. Situated about 30 minutes northeast of DC and 40 minutes from Baltimore (t

WASHINGTON - D.C. Public Schools will have a new leader starting next week, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Tuesday. Dr. Kim Jackson will serve as interim chancellor of DCPS, after current Chancellor Dr. Lewis D. Ferebee steps down later this week. According to Bowser, Jackson has worked for DCPS since 2012,...

SEAT PLEASANT, Md - A man was hospitalized after an early morning robbery and shooting at a gas station in Prince George’s County. The shooting was reported at the Exxon station around 4:45 a.m. Wednesday in the 5600 block of MLK Jr. Highway in Seat Pleasant. Police said the...

America's cities are seeing a socialism surge, but it's not the post-Cold War boogeyman that schoolchildren were warned about. The big picture: It's called sewer socialism, and is the cornerstone for policies from New York's Zohran Mamdami, Seattle's Katie Wilson and Washington D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis Geor

Montgomery County Police 3rd District officers responded around 11:42 a.m. Tuesday to the 10140 block of New Hampshire Avenue, near Hillandale, for a reported theft. When officers arrived, three suspects fled on foot, prompting a pursuit. During the chase, an officer sustained a non-life-threatening laceration to the a

Court documents said that the man approached the victim on a bicycle before pulling out a gun and demanding the victim hand over his possessions.

The headstones lean at odd angles, swallowed by vines and moss. The paths have disappeared, reclaimed by the forest. These forgotten historic graveyards of Virginia have been completely reclaimed by time and nature, places where the dead rest in silence, unvisited and unremembered. I have walked through several of them