Montgomery County

Wednesday marked one year since the launch of the Montgomery County’s drone as first responder program, and officials say it’s the future of public safety. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

Montgomery County lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would remove barriers for immigrants who have been victims of crimes to apply for a special kind of visa. News4’s Mauricio Casillas explains who could be impacted by the bill.

A former teacher in Montgomery County, Maryland, was charged with sexually abusing a boy who was a student at the middle school where she taught in 2015, police say.

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.

“I know I have to do what I have to do to survive,” said Markus Forrester, a patient at the National Institutes of Health. Forrester was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder in 2013, but did not believe his complications would continue for more than a decade. His lungs collapsed seven times, and he’s still recovering from a double lung…

The Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health will renovate their existing building and create a new one with more patients beds in a new project. News4’s Aimee Cho reports. 

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 family is displaced after a fire engulfed their home in Barnesville, Maryland, early Monday, officials say. Firefighters responded to the 21700 block of Peach Tree Road when they received a call at about 2:30 a.m., according to officials. When firefighters arrived on the scene, the fire was spreading to vehicles in the driveway and to surrounding trees. The home…

A family is now displaced after a fire broke out in their two-story home in Dickerson, Maryland at about 2:30 a.m. Monday morning. No one was injured. News4’s Derrick Ward reports. 

The second annual Speak Up and Save a Life contest is a new public awareness campaign where teens reach out to other teens through gut-wrenchingly realistic videos about the deadly dangers of fentanyl. News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke to the mother of a fatal overdose victim.

A fire station in Montgomery County was temporarily closed after mold was detected in the building, authorities say.

Someone smashed the windows of several cars parked inside a public garage on King Street in Silver Spring, Maryland. News4’s Joseph Olmo spoke with a car owner who says it’s the second time this year her car was broken into.

A woman from Germantown, Maryland, and a woman from Philadelphia were charged for an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting the Maryland woman’s ex-boyfriend, according to police. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A 53-year-old woman from Germantown, Maryland, and a 40-year-old woman from Philadelphia were charged for an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting the 53-year-old’s ex-boyfriend, according to police.

It’s the final push before Election Day. About 30 poll workers spent Monday night transforming the cafeteria at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School into a polling place. This is Jim Pierce’s first time volunteering. “There’s so much that goes into an election, planning for it, to make sure it goes smoothly,” he said. It takes about two hours for...