Maryland

The Prince George’s County Council passed a bill to give seniors a break on their property taxes, but some are raising questions about the cost and confusion over how it would work. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Online job listings for Montgomery County Public Schools show Ashburton Elementary is one of eight schools looking for an SLP who can start immediately.

A mom says her son hasn’t had his required speech therapy for weeks because his school doesn’t currently have a speech-language pathologist on staff. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

Police say as far back as December of last year, Portillo began sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl and at one point, according to a charging document, “claimed” her as his “girlfriend.”

Police say as far back as December of last year, Irvin Portillo, 28, of Damascus, Maryland, began sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl and at one point, according to a charging document, “claimed” her as his “girlfriend.” News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

One person was shot after a fight on a Metrobus Wednesday night spilled into a bus bay near the Addison Road-Seat Pleasant Metro station in Maryland, police said. Five or six people were involved in a fight before boarding a bus at about 9 p.m., Metro Transit Police said. The fight escalated on the bus, and the group left about…

Two people are injured after a fight on a bus escalated into a shooting at the Addison Road bus bay in Walker Mill, Maryland, police said.

Federal charges against the sheriff of Frederick County, Maryland, were dropped Tuesday after he was accused in an alleged scheme to obtain machine guns.

Prosecutors requested and a judge granted a motion to dismiss charges against Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

A dozen students at Salisbury University on Maryland’s Eastern Shore have been charged with hate crimes after police say they assaulted a gay man. Charging documents say one of the defendants made a fake account on a dating app and lured the man to an apartment by promising him sex with a 16-year-old. A defense attorney vehemently denied the alleged...

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Strathmore in Montgomery County is celebrating its 20th anniversary of its flagship program called Artist in Residence (AIR) where they help artists transition into a professional career. News4’s Melissa Mollet talks to President and CEO Monica Jeffries Hazangeles, and musician and mentor Josanne Francis about the program. 

An overnight fire in the Barnesville area of Montgomery County destroyed a large family home, despite tanker trucks full of water brought in to fight the blaze. The occupants, three adults and three children, made it to safety from the fast moving fire. Images and radio transmissions from the Montgomery County Fire Department show the large house on Peachtree Road,…

A Maryland family is safe but in need of a place to stay after a fire ripped through their home. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A domestic assault report led the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office to discover a cache of weapons last week, and authorities continue searching for the suspect. Officers responded to the domestic assault report at 9:23 p.m. Thursday in the 2000 block of Goddard Road in Lexington Park. The suspect, 39-year-old Jerod Adam Taylor, left the scene before law enforcement...

There’s good news and bad news for snow fans in our Storm Team4 winter outlook.

There’s good news and bad news for snow fans in our Storm Team4 winter outlook. Here’s what Doug Kammerer predicts and how he got there.

April McClain Delaney is projected to win the closely contested race for Maryland’s 6th Congressional District, keeping that House seat with the Democrats. She spoke with News4’s Darcy Spencer.

Mondays on NBC you can watch homegrown talent on the show Brilliant Minds. News4’s Tommy McFly spoke with actor Teddy Sears about the show and his D.C. roots.

Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman has been posthumously awarded the rank of general.