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The latest from Antonio Planas
A county executive candidate is suing because he wasn’t invited to a debate
Mithun Banerjee of Silver Spring filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Montgomery County Circuit Court alleging that 15 defendants, including the Montgomery County Renters Alliance Inc. and Montgomery Community Media, broke the law when they excluded him from a candidates forum.
Police detail significant staffing shortfalls in anti-gang units
A staffing shortfall is making it harder for Montgomery County Police’s gang units to do their jobs, police said.
5 years before her son died there, a mother tried to make an intersection safer
In September 2020, Caty Anderson typed out a short email to her state representative, lamenting that a woman was hit by a car near her family’s Kensington home.
Montgomery County Police are easing cadet requirements as they face officer shortfall
Montgomery County Police are revising their initial college-credit requirements to expand their applicant pool as the department faces a shortage of patrol officers.
Shutdown sympathy: A laid-off federal worker has some advice for those who could be next
Jaime Zimmerman, 48, of Bethesda, has been navigating unemployment for months. She shares coping strategies with federal workers who fear losing their jobs during the shutdown.
‘I’m praying they don’t come back’: ICE sighting panics Silver Spring elementary school community
ICE officers drove into the parking lot at New Hampshire Estates Elementary School in Silver Spring Monday, causing panic among Hispanic parents who worried that the undocumented among them might be detained.
Police seek two Silver Spring men in North Bethesda homicide investigation
Two Silver Spring men are wanted for first-degree murder linked to the Sept. 21 slaying of Akwalabeng Fontava, who was found dead in a North Bethesda apartment, police said.
81-year-old Silver Spring man with dementia found dead in woods, police say
The body of George Frederick Corum Jr., 81, who has dementia and disappeared from his Silver Spring home on Tuesday, was found in a wooded area Sunday night. Police said no foul play is suspected in his death.
Montgomery County’s top doctor counters feds on vaccines, Tylenol
Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Kisha Davis is strongly rebuffing federal officials’ claims that autism is linked to vaccines and Tylenol. She’s also warning of the promotion of an experimental drug, leucovorin, to treat autism.
Suspect in fatal Wheaton hit-and-run tracked down by police
An unidentified driver who police say left the scene of a hit-and-run last week in Wheaton has been located. Charges are pending against him, according to Montgomery County Police.
Suit alleges state illegally removes Medicaid benefits from those with intellectual and developmental disabilities
About 18,000 Marylanders who have intellectual and developmental disabilities and participate in the waiver programs are at risk of being removed, say the lawyers filing suit.
Wheaton hit-and-run victim identified by police
The 52-year-old woman was from New Carrollton, police said. Authorities continue to search for the driver who drove away.
Suspect in killing of American University professor is headed to trial after 15 years
It’s been nearly 15 years since Montgomery County Police found the 52-year-old accounting professor beaten and asphyxiated in her Bethesda home.
‘He crossed that street 1,000 times’: Kensington father recalls his son’s last moments
An investigation determined the teen was crossing the westbound lanes of University Boulevard West when he was struck.
Kensington teen killed while crossing street identified by police
An investigation determined the teen was crossing the westbound lanes of University Boulevard West when he was struck.
Police investigating man’s slaying in North Bethesda
First responders were called to an apartment in the 5900 block of Montrose Road, where they found the man’s body.
16-year-old pedestrian killed in Kensington crash
The collision occurred about 9:15 p.m. in the 3500 block of University Boulevard West.
Mother’s loss fuels life-saving contest in Montgomery County
A video competition on the dangers of fentanyl includes $15,000 in prize money for middle and high school students.
Millions in county grant dollars in peril as feds cool on climate science
The money at risk — federal grants for climate change initiatives awarded to Montgomery County under the Biden administration — is potentially on the chopping block.
Union representing deputies declares ‘no confidence’ in Montgomery County sheriff
The union representing deputies announced a "no confidence" vote in Montgomery County Sheriff Maxwell Uy.
