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A sheriff in Maryland is warning lawmakers in Annapolis that proposed legislation cutting off local partnerships with federal immigration officials could put criminals ahead of victims and would make Maryland less safe. Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey R. Gahler and members of the Maryland Sheriffs' Association met...

In a brief but intense period of worry that gripped the Montgomery County community, relief has come as Abigail Sosa, the 16-year-old from Silver Spring reported missing, has been found safe. The Montgomery County Department of Police had issued a plea for public assistance when the teenager vanished, leaving family...

Confidence continues to build around the potential for a significant winter storm across the DC region later this week into the weekend, according to updates from two of the area’s most-followed meteorologists. NBC4 Chief Meteorologist Doug Kammerer shared the latest run of the European weather model, showing a...

WAHINGTON (7News) — Police in Washington, D.C., are searching for a psychiatric patient who escaped from a treatment facility Monday evening. According to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), the Psychiatric Institute of Washington (PIW) told officers around 6:38 p.m. that 25-year-old Kevin Gudiel had escaped...

In the Adams Morgan neighborhood, as crowds poured out of restaurants and into nearby bars, something else was stirring in the shadows.

Officers from the Gaithersburg Police Department are investigating a shooting that occurred Monday evening at the McDonald’s in the 400 block of North Frederick Avenue. At approximately 7:08pm on January 19, 2026, Gaithersburg Police and Montgomery County Police 6th District officers responded to the location for a...

Maryland drivers who thought their early 2000s sedans and sports cars had safely aged into low-cost “historic” status are discovering that the rules have shifted under their wheels. A quiet change to the state’s registration law is stripping that label from many vehicles built after 1999, forcing owners back into...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — A historic wave of federal retirements is straining the system meant to support longtime public servants — leaving thousands of retirees without income for months after their final day on the job. Howard County, Maryland resident Felicia Jones is among them. “Scary, nerve-wracking —...

2026 is shaping up to be the year of the "Chicken Wars," the escalation of the convenience store battle, and the arrival of "eatertainment." From viral sensations to highly anticipated regional favorites, here are the 5 major chains expanding aggressively in Maryland this year. 1. Raising Cane’s (The I-95 Blitz)...

If you live in Harford, Baltimore, or Montgomery County, you might have seen the frantic posts on your neighborhood group chat this week. It usually starts with a grainy video from a backyard in Bel Air or Burtonsville. Then comes the caption: “Did anyone else hear a woman screaming in the woods last night?”