Montgomery County News

The Montgomery County Council gave final approval Tuesday to an ambitious land-use plan designed to spur creation of a new science-focused town center in the county's long-neglected eastern sector.

Montgomery County's school board members unanimously voted to give up their district-paid credit cards Monday night, adopting a sweeping set of new spending rules after public disclosure of improper charges , unclear guidelines and poor oversight.

A new vision for Sandy Spring Village is one step closer to reality, after the Montgomery County Planning Board on July 17 approved its staff's draft of the Rural Village Plan.

Montgomery County officials are avoiding a fight between the school system and the county's major recreational youth soccer group.

SILVER SPRING, Md. A Takoma Park man wanted by the FBI has been arrested and charged in a string of Silver Spring bank robberies, during which he claimed to have a bomb.

Anyone with a social conscience or who has just followed the news since 2010 knows that the struggle for decent health care is not an issue that can stand isolated from other intimately intertwined factors, although our medical and political system tries to keep it that way.

For Katie Hamelburg, volunteering is a way of life - and she's doing what she can to inspire other teens to offer their time and talent to help others, too.

Red light cameras are pulling in big dollars for local governments in the Washington, D.C., area, according to new data from AAA Mid-Atlantic.

Four people have been charged in connection with an armed robbery and kidnapping in June in which armed intruders held a man in a Silver Spring hotel room and forced his friend to withdraw money from a bank.

Frederick County Work Force Service's Latrice Lewis said her agency is committed to assisting job seekers find employment and there are several Hot Jobs that are available right now.

Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Attorney General Eric Holder plan to visit a suburban Washington jail to highlight a program that's intended to keep inmates from committing crimes after their release.

In the first incident, a couple were stabbed around 10:28 p.m. in the 1100 block of K Street SE, said Officer Paul Metcalf, a police spokesman.

Montgomery County Police Department said Sunday a 47-year-old woman was found dead inside of a home in Gaithersburg.

Passengers get their first chance to ride on the rail line, which includes one new station in Reston and four new stops in Tysons Corner.

Rockville and Montgomery County police arrested 21 people during a protest at the outdoor recreation store REI on Saturday afternoon, police said.

The combined Boards of Olney Theatre Center for the Arts and Olney Theatre Corporation, led by President Jennifer Kneeland, are pleased to announce the appointment of Deborah Ellinghaus as Managing Director, beginning August 26, 2014.

A Montgomery County judge Thursday granted an extension of a temporary restraining order first issued July 16, when former MSYSA President Raymond I. Greenberg and Secretary Claire Filemyr submitted their letters of resignation.

Abbi Wicklein-Bayne, National Park Service director of interpretation, discusses the new sign for the Brookeville site of the Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail with Rep. John Sarbanes at Brookeville Academy on Tuesday.

Montgomery County's Board of Education has given the go-ahead for the purchase of 40,000 laptops and tablets for students in Maryland's largest school system as part of a major technology initiative.

Four suspects in a June 26 armed robbery and kidnapping in Silver Spring have been apprehended, according to Montgomery County Police.