Montgomery County

An assistant principal who was involved in an encounter with Montgomery County Police that ended with a 5-year-old in handcuffs has been placed on leave, Montgomery County Councilmember Will Jawando told WAMU’s Politics Hour on Friday

Montgomery County Public Schools confirmed that the assistant principal was on leave but declined to share more information. As seen on NBC Washington on April 11, 2021.

Local leaders say vaccine supply is going up but so are new infections. News 4’s Cory Smith reports.

As students head back to the classrooms, Maryland public schools are seeing vaccine disparities among their teachers.

As students across the area begin heading back for in-person learning, we’re getting a clearer picture of how many school staff members have been vaccinated in Maryland. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins breaks down the numbers.

Maryland’s coronavirus positivity rate has more than doubled, growing fears of a fourth wave even as more residents get vaccinated.

Maryland is seeing an uptick in cases, worrying some officials. News4’s Cory Smith reports.

News4’s Shomari Stone spoke to a local leader about Covid complacency.

After weeks of waiting and several walkthroughs with the National Guard and Maryland health officials, Montgomery College is ready to open the doors to its Bioscience Education Center on the Germantown campus as a vaccination site. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service crews spent Tuesday converting the center’s main foyer, meeting space and classrooms into a vaccination clinic prepared...

Montgomery County’s long-awaited mass vaccination site is one step closer to opening. News4’s Cory Smith has what you need to know about getting an appointment.

Montgomery County detectives are investigating the fatal shootings of two men in White Oak Wednesday night.

Montgomery County detectives are investigating the killings of two men in White Oak. Police identified the victims, but they aren’t sure how they might be connected. News4’s Cory Smith reports.

Montgomery County’s announcement that a mass vaccination site will be located at Montgomery College’s Germantown campus was premature.

This week, local leaders thought they had a deal with the state of Maryland for a mass vaccination site. But as News4’s Chris Gordon reports, apparently signals got crossed.

The Montgomery County Council announced Tuesday morning it secured a mass vaccination site, but Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan called the announcement premature. If the deal goes through, the site would be at the Montgomery College Germantown campus. “Our goal, and this was our goal that we agreed to with the state, was to build out the full logistics capability of…

Mixed messages are coming from the county and state regarding a new mass vaccination site in Germantown. News4’s Cory Smith reports.

Some of Montgomery County’s youngest students are back in the classroom for the first time since the pandemic began. News4’s Aimee Cho has reaction from some very excited families.

Nearly 20,000 students in Montgomery County will return to class Monday. Several groups in Alexandria and Arlington will also return to class.

Around 100 people, crosstown rivals, players from different sports deemed high-risk and their parents, gathered in Rockville Sunday to protest COVID-19 restrictions placed on some high school sports.

Loudoun County firefighters have been called to numerous outside fires Sunday amid a red flag fire weather warning, according to a spokesperson, while Montgomery County firefighters battled an at least 5 acre blaze.