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Orioles Acquire Chesapeake Native Colin Selby
NORFOLK, VA. (Release via Tides)- The Baltimore Orioles announced on July 11 that they acquired Chesapeake, Va., native Colin Selby from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for cash considerations. The Orioles optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk today. Selby had been designated for assignment by the Royals on June 6. Selby graduated from Western Branch High School […]
HCPD Daily Crime Bulletin, July 18, 2024
Public Storage, 9000 block of Red Branch Road, July 16-17 overnight. Unknown suspect(s) entered multiple storage units and stole various items. 8000 block of Aladdin Drive, July 16-17 overnight, nothing reported stolen. Columbia, 21046: 9400 block of Indigo Court, July 17-18 overnight, tires. Vehicle theft. Laurel, 20723:. 9200 block of...
Motorized Hospital Bed To Blame For Fatal Montgomery County House Fire, Investigators Say
A person who had to be rescued from a burning home on Friday morning in Montgomery County died after a fire broke out inside a bedroom, officials say. First responders were called at around 10:15 a.m. on July 19 to the 11400 block of Neelsville Church Road near Shakespeare Boulevard in Germantown, where there was a reported house fire with a person trapped inside.
Police Respond to Barricade Situation Friday Evening
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) responded to a situation involving a barricaded person on the 11200 block of Oak Leaf Dr. in the White Oak area on Friday evening. According to police, an adult male is now in custody and no officers or residents were injured during the incident....
Bethesda man charged in Jan. 6 insurrection sentenced to 28 months in prison
A 25-year-old Bethesda man was sentenced to 28 months in prison Friday after he pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Columbia. Steven Patrick Cook was charged with “two...
Person seriously hurt after colliding into tree in Bethesda
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) crews were at the scene of a collision in Bethesda on Friday afternoon. A car had collided into a tree in front of a house in the 5300 block of Wilson Lane, near Fairfax Road. Pete Piringer, a spokesman for MCFRS, […]
Water main break causes sinkhole in Montgomery County neighborhood
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) – A large sinkhole developed in an Olney neighborhood after an early morning water main break on Willow Grove road. Brett Thomas says he woke up to the sound of WSSC water crews working outside his home. “I went and checked and there was actually no water coming out […]
We won 14 national awards!
We broke our records for community journalism awards in the 2024 National Newspaper Association (NNA) Better Newspaper Contest, where Streetcar Suburbs Publishing won 14 awards. First and second place awards. Our columnist Rick Borchelt won first place for Best Environmental Story (daily and nondaily, circ. 6,000 and more) with “The...
WATCH: DC police looking for suspects involved in Chinatown shooting
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C. police are looking for two people they believe were involved in a shooting in Chinatown. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said the shooting happened on Wednesday around 8 p.m. at an ally near the 600 block of H Street in Northwest. There, officers found a man who had been […]
Tishman Speyer Sells Downtown D.C. Office Building for $140M
New York-based real estate giant Tishman Speyer has sold 2000 K Street NW, a downtown D.C. office property, to Spear Street Capital for $140.2 million. Tishman Speyer sold the building located two blocks east of Washington Circle that it spent millions renovating just before the pandemic, according to the Washington Business Journal. Spear Street secured a $103 million acquisition loan from Germany-based DekaBank for the deal.
The Good News - New Solar Jobs
As the American economy improves steadily, new jobs are emerging in every state. The GOOD News is, due to the advances in technology, there are new kinds of high-paying jobs that are available, particularly in the solar energy industry. Dr. Chavis is African American civil rights leader and icon, United...
Graduate School to be renamed following $20 million endowment
The Board of Trustees approved the renaming of Penn State’s Graduate School in a unanimous vote during their meeting on Friday. The school will now be named the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School after the philanthropists committed $20 million to the university and its future. The...
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