Darcy Spencer is a general assignment reporter for News4.
A Maryland native, Spencer’s journalism career started with community newspapers. She reported for Maryland’s Dundalk Eagle, the Martinsburg Journal in Martinsburg, WV, and The Northern Virginia Daily in Winchester, VA. Her commitment to telling the stories of people and events in the community crossed into television when she began working for Montgomery County Cable.
Spencer’s first on-air job was for NBC25 in Hagerstown, MD. While there, she reported on the Middle East Peace Talks in Shepherdstown, WV as well as issues relating to Y2K. Spencer also filed reports from Bosnia, Honduras, the Azore Islands, and Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Her traveling continued in Germany and Brussels when she was awarded a fellowship from the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation.
In 2000, Spencer joined C-TV, the Prince George’s County news station, as an anchor/reporter. She anchored the evening news and reported on stories from all over the County. On September 11th, Spencer was sent to Ground Zero in New York to report on the attack on the World Trade Center.
Spencer joined News4 in 2001 as the station’s first Chopper 4 reporter, filing stories from high above the Washington area. Since then, she has reported on major stories including the DC area sniper spree, the anthrax investigation, and Hurricane Isabel.
Spencer is a past board member for the American News Women’s Club and Community Crisis Services. She and her two children live in Maryland.
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Eric's ID Law creates hidden disability designation for Maryland IDs, licenses
People with disabilities that may not be apparent, such as autism, will soon be able to get a special designation on their Maryland driver’s licenses or state IDs to make it safer for them to interact with police and emergency workers. The Maryland General Assembly passed Eric’s ID Law, championed by a Silver Spring man, Eric Carpenter-Grantham, who has...
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Driver who struck and killed 2 kids near school pleads guilty to lesser charges
A woman who struck and killed two children with a van outside an elementary school in Prince George’s County agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors and faces much less jail time than under the original charges. Sky Sosa, 5, and Shalom Mbah, 10, were walking to school in a crosswalk outside Riverdale Elementary School when they were struck and…
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The last Radio Shack in Maryland closes this week
In its heyday, Radio Shack was the place for electronics, but over the past couple of decades, the brand suffered and thousands of stores closed. Now, the last Radio Shack in Maryland is closing its doors in Calvert County for good Saturday. The store in Prince Frederick is being liquidated – everything’s half off. The discount will increase as the…
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‘Terrified': Father of 8 detained by ICE in Frederick County
Alexi Canas came to the United States from El Salvador 30 years ago. He has eight children aged from 8 to 22 years old and has a home improvement business. He was living the American dream until about a month ago, when he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “I’m having faith that it will be okay, but at…
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Advocates rally against MD law allowing some inmates to seek resentencing
Crime victims and victim advocates want Maryland’s governor to veto the Second Look Act, which would allow some convicted offenders to get out of prison if they can prove they’ve been rehabilitated. Maryland lawmakers passed the legislation last session, but opponents say it will make Maryland less safe. Demonstrators stood outside the statehouse in Annapolis Tuesday holding photos of...
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MD leaders break ground on Largo Civic Plaza, part of $400M Blue Line project
After years of talks and plans, the Blue Line Corridor project in Prince George’s County officially started construction on Wednesday. Elected county and state leaders broke ground on the developing Largo Civic Plaza, which is part of the first phase of the $400 million Blue Line Corridor project. The Civic Plaza in Largo is set to open in December. The…
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Maryland lawmakers end session with difficult budget
Maryland lawmakers ended the legislative session Monday night, approving a $67 billion budget that includes $1.6 billion in tax and fee increases, as well as cuts to erase a structural deficit. State legislators faced a $3.3 billion deficit and hundreds of millions in cuts from the Trump administration. The approved budget includes a 3% IT services tax and increases in…
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‘Bittersweet': United Medical Center in SE DC shutting down after 6 decades
A hospital that has served D.C. residents for six decades will shut done soon as a new hospital opens about a mile away. United Medical Center in Southeast D.C. will close its doors for good April 15, the same day Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center GW Health opens. “It is bittersweet, because UMC has been such an important part...
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Prince George's County opens new human services building in Capitol Heights
Prince George’s County leaders celebrated the opening of a new human services building Tuesday as part of a wider redevelopment project in Capitol Heights. The building, located in Hampton Park, consolidates health and wellness services that were previously spread throughout the county, putting agencies like social services, family services and senior activities under one roof. “So many of our...
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Man gets 85 years in fatal shooting of woman visiting MD for grandson's funeral
A Baltimore man will spend decades in prison for the fatal shooting of a woman who was visiting Prince George’s County from El Salvador to attend her grandson’s funeral. Lidia de Carrillo had no connection with the man who shot her, police said, and two years later, they are still trying to figure out why Troy Medley pulled the...
