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  • Ike Leggett's bid for county executive sets up Democratic showdown

    By Kate Jacobson | 06/12/13 08:30 PM

    Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett's announcement Wednesday that he is seeking re-election for the county's top spot sets up a Democratic showdown with his predecessor and a county lawmaker who has been critical of his spending. Leggett is one of three candidates who have publicly and...

  • Montgomery County teacher charged with sex abuse of students

    By Scott McCabe | 06/12/13 06:25 PM

    A Silver Spring middle school teacher has been accused of sexually abusing three students on campus. Montgomery County police began the investigation last month after administrators at the A. Mario Loiederman Middle School reported that two 11-year-old girls said they were inappropriately...

  • Most Wanted: University Park burglary suspect identified

    By Scott McCabe | 06/12/13 06:25 PM

    U.S. Marshals deputies are looking for a burglary suspect who was chased away by an unsuspecting University Park homeowner. According to police, on the afternoon of May 14, the homeowner arrived at the residence on the 6500 block of 43rd Avenue and found the basement window broken, and a...

  • Montgomery schools consider tightening out-of-district transfers

    By Rachel Baye | 06/12/13 06:15 PM

    Attending high school outside of a student's neighborhood would become more difficult under a new policy being considered by the Montgomery County school board. The change would, for the first time, require students who attend middle schools outside their neighborhoods to apply to attend high...

  • Audit: Maryland military agency claimed $700k in unauthorized grant

    By Andy Brownfield | 06/12/13 06:15 PM

    A state audit of Maryland's Military Department found that the agency claimed it had $700,000 from a federal grant that was never authorized. That money will have to come out of taxpayers' pockets if the department can't convince the federal government to reverse its denial of the grant. The...

  • Ike Leggett to run for Montgomery County executive in 2014

    By Kate Jacobson | 06/12/13 01:00 PM

    Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett is officially running for re-election next year. Leggett wrote in a letter addressed to residents that he will seek a third term as county executive. The letter outlines his platform for the 2014 election. Leggett said he intends to focus on schools,...

  • Prince George's County police officer in crash that kills other driver

    By Naomi Jagoda | 06/12/13 12:50 PM

    One person is dead after his car was struck by a Prince George's County police car being driven by an on-duty officer, police said. At 3:05 a.m. Wednesday, the officer was responding to an unrelated collision and was driving on Route 197 when his cruiser collided with a civilian car at the...

  • Boy, 4, dies after Maryland crash

    By Naomi Jagoda | 06/12/13 11:40 AM

    A 4-year-old boy died early Wednesday morning from injuries he sustained in a Charles County crash that also caused injuries to two siblings and the children's mother, officials said. Darius Harsha, his 2-month-old sister and his 6-year-old brother were being driven by their mother on Monday...

  • Montgomery County Council moves forward with $63.1 million police training center

    By Kate Jacobson | 06/11/13 06:50 PM

    The Montgomery County Council is moving forward with a new $63.1 million training facility for police and firefighters. The proposed Public Safety Training Academy would be in Montgomery Village off Snouffer School Road and is part of a three-part plan the county has already started to move...

  • Gov. Martin O'Malley rings up $9.5 billion in new taxes

    By Andy Brownfield | 06/11/13 06:40 PM

    Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has approved 40 new and increased taxes and fees since he took office in 2007 that are projected to cost Marylanders $9.5 billion through fiscal 2014. "Nobody expected the total impact to be this staggering, not even me," said Larry Hogan, founder of conservative...


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