Silver Spring

Thea LaFond and Aaron Ghebre Owusu both call Maryland home, but each represented their respective home countries at the 2024 Paris Olympics. News4’s Molette Green reports.

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.

The Maryland National Capital Park Police have arrested 76-year old Steven Eisen of Silver Spring on multiple charges of indecent exposure and the possession of child pornography. The indecent exposure happened at Takoma-Piney Branch Park on Jan. 25. The park is a popular location, with families enjoying the playing fields and playgrounds. “I’ve come here for years with my kids…

A 76-year-old man has been charged with indecent exposure and possession of child pornography after allegedly exposing himself at Takoma-Piney Branch Park. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

For the first time, police and prosecutors in Montgomery County secured a conviction in a violent criminal case thanks to evidence from a drone camera.

For the first time, police and prosecutors in Montgomery County secured a conviction in a violent criminal case thanks to evidence from a drone camera. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

More than 30 Silver Spring, Maryland, residents were displaced when a fire broke out in their apartment building. News4’s Derrick Ward reports investigators believe an off-brand phone charger is to blame.

A suspect sexually assaulted a woman early Wednesday morning at a bus station in Silver Spring, Maryland, police say.

After several families spoke to News4 about their frustrations over delays building a new playground at a Silver Spring school, their celebrating the new equipment finally being installed. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

A man attacked a rabbi with a wooden stake in Montgomery County, Maryland, and police say they’re investigating the assault as a hate crime. The rabbi was walking down a sidewalk on Arcola Avenue in Silver Spring Monday morning, when police say he came across the suspect, 47-year-old Junior Michael Reece. Reece swung a wooden stake at the rabbi,...

People aren’t waiting for officials to fix the problem at the intersection of Veirs Mill Road and Pendleton Drive, where a pedestrian was seriously hurt by a driver last weekend. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.

A gathering at a home in Silver Spring on Sunday marked nearly one year since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, when Hamas militants killed 1,200 people in Israel and took another 250 hostage. In the year since nearly 42,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. The gathering was small, intimate and powerful. For those in…

Members of the Jewish community held an intimate gathering to remember victims of the Oct. 7 attack. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

On what would have been his 19th birthday, family and friends gathered to remember a man who died of a gunshot wound in Silver Spring, Maryland, Tuesday. Officers found Cristian Ortiz in the playground area of Seek Lane Park, Montgomery County police said. He died at the scene. Loved ones gathered at the playground Thursday evening. “I hope that the…

On what would have been his 19th birthday, family and friends gathered to remember a man shot and killed in Silver Spring Tuesday.

“The Napkin Network” is ran by Lindsay Gill, a local mom in Montgomery County, where she donates baby supplies to underserved neighborhoods. She is now asking for clothing and shoe donations for kids ages 5 to 7 years old after local schools said there’s a need for them. News4’s Molette Green reports.   

Several parents say Montgomery County Public Schools removed unsafe playground equipment from an elementary school but have been slow to replace it, leaving students with little to do during recess. Parents are often looking for ways to keep their kids active. One said that’s been a challenge for her third grader at East Silver Spring Elementary School this schoolyear....

Several parents say Montgomery County Public Schools removed unsafe playground equipment from an elementary school but have been slow to replace it, leaving students with little to do during recess.

An aggressive fire took over JoAnn Leleck Elementary School Tuesday night in Silver Spring, Maryland, lasting 14 hours. Montgomery County firefighters said that the closed school was in the process of being demolished before the fire broke out at 9 p.m. Tuesday. Since the building was closed, the sprinkler system was deactivated, making it harder to contain the fire. When…

A fire at JoAnn Leleck Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland raged on for 14 hours starting on Tuesday night. The school was not in use and was slated for demolition. Because of the large fire, the timeline for demolition has been sped up. News4’s Megan McGrath shares how residents felt about seeing the fire engulf a beloved neighborhood school.