Naomi Jagoda

Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

It's been 38 years since two young Montgomery County sisters disappeared. On the morning of March 25, 1975, 12-year-old Sheila Lyon and 10-year-old Katherine Lyon walked from their Kensington home to the Wheaton Plaza shopping center in order to have lunch at the Orange Bowl restaurant....

Scott McCabe

Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

The University of Maryland student who was found dead inside her on-campus dormitory has been identified as 20-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Hancock. Hancock was found unresponsive inside her room in Kent Hall about 1:15 p.m. Monday. She was pronounced dead. Police said there is no indication of...

Scott McCabe

Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013

Montgomery County police are looking for thieves who tried to remove an ATM machine with a backhoe. Around 2 a.m. Tuesday, police received a call from security officials saying that thieves in gloves and masks were trying to steal an ATM at the Bank of America at 10217 River Road in Potomac....

Matt Connolly

Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013

Penn National Gaming is looking for a rematch. The gambling giant couldn't beat MGM Resorts International in the $90 million Election Day fight to add a sixth casino in Prince George's county, so it intends to join them in bidding for the new license, according to federal filings. Bids are due...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

The Montgomery County Council on Monday approved a proposal that some lawmakers say would speed up construction of a Walmart in Aspen Hill. Council members voted 5-4 to start the process of a "minor master plan" including zoning changes to properties on Connecticut Avenue, which would allow...

Scott McCabe

Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

Montgomery County Police are investigating a pedestrian collision death at the Lakeforest bus stop in Gaithersburg. On April 26, about 8:30 p.m., Silvano Celedonio Alvarado, 60, of Germantown, was crossing Lost Knife Road near Odendhal Avenue when he was struck by a black 2005 Lexus 300 that...

Andy Brownfield

Updated: Sun, May 5, 2013

State employees whose domestic partners and children receive health insurance coverage are going to have to get married if they want to keep those benefits after January 2014. The administration of Gov. Martin O'Malley made the decision after same-sex marriage became legal in Maryland in...

Eric P. Newcomer

Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

Would-be-robber killed with his own gun, Prince George's police say Prince George's County police believe that a would-be robber, who had his own gun used against him, was killed in a justifiable homicide. On Sunday at about 12:35 a.m., officers arrived at the scene of a shooting on the 4400...

Eric P. Newcomer

Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

Prince George's County police believe that a would-be robber, who had his own gun used against him, was killed in a justifiable homicide. On Sunday at about 12:35 a.m., officers arrived at the scene of a shooting on the 4400 block of 23rd Parkway in Prince George's County, where they found a...

Kate Jacobson

Published: Sat, May 4, 2013

Two people are dead and one is in the hospital after four motorcycles crashed into one another on I-70 near Hagerstown, shutting down the road for four-and-a-half hours on Saturday afternoon. Police said a group of motorcycles were traveling eastbound near Indian Springs when one driver slowed...