The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Warning for Rockville, Montgomery Village, Potomac, and Southern-most area of Germantown until 3:15 pm TAKE COVER NOW At 239 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Great Falls, or over Lowes Island, moving northeast at 40 mph. Radar indicated rotation. Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or

Another Friday, another Tornado Watch. The National Weather Service has declared a Tornado Watch for Germantown and all of Montgomery County as well as all surrounding counties and the District of Columbia until 9:00, tonight, Friday, April 26. The Tornado Watch includes 13 counties in Maryland, including, Frederick, Washington, Carroll, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Howard and Prince Georges counties, and many counties in northern Virginia. Be alert for rapidly changing weather c

With the warm weather making a comeback and beautiful flowers in bloom, BlackRock Center for the Arts invites Germantown residents and the UpCounty community to start a new tradition on Sunday, May 5, and welcome Spring at BlackRock SpringFest. This free celebration from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm on BlackRock’s front lawn and Outdoor Stage is planned to be an annual event, and will be filled with traditional music, dance and more featuring local musicians and entertainers, craft ven

Nathaniel Tinbite, a junior at John F. Kennedy High School, has been elected the Student Member of the Board of Education for the 2019-2020 school year. Tinbite’s term begins on July 1. All secondary students were eligible to vote in the SMOB election and 85.19 percent cast ballots. Mr. Tinbite received 74 percent of the vote, while his opponent, Zoe Tishaev, a junior at Clarksburg High School, received 26 percent. Tinbite currently serves as president of the Montgomery Count

A local shopper won $10,000 in the Safeway 2019 Monopoly Collect & Win Sweepstakes. On Saturday, Safeway Stores District Manager Ed Tippett, and Steve Gold, the Store Director of the Germantown Safeway store awarded Melanie Jackson with a check for $10,000 at the Safeway Store in Germantown Town Center. Jackson is an elementary school music teacher who has shopped at the Germantown Safeway for the last seven years. The Detroit native and her husband have two young children. T

Montgomery County Public Libraries now offers full-length concerts and music documentaries through Stingray Qello from RB Digital, a division of Recorded Books. Stingray Qello, the world’s largest collection of concert films and music documentaries. This service allows MCPL cardholders to watch over 1,500 amazing live moments in music streamed on-demand to most digital devices. “MCPL is excited to make this unique resource available to our customers,” said Anita Vassallo, act

Earlier this month a Clarksburg resident won $27,815.50 with Superfecta Wheel wager The man who was identified by Maryland Lotter as “Mohamed Hussein” is an avid Maryland Lottery Racetrax player and keeps seeing his horses cross the finish line as big winners. The lucky Clarksburg man just added a $27,815.50 score to his prize total after placing a Superfecta Wheel wager. With this type of bet, players select at least five horses to finish in first, second, third and fourth p

Montgomery County Police Department reported a number of criminal incidents in Germantown from March 24 through April 13. Police reported two incidents where victims were attempting to sell items on social media apps were robbed of those items in the 13500 block of Duhart Road in Germantown. The incidents were a little more than one week apart. Police crime analysts said the incidents may be related. The first incident occurred on Wednesday, March 27, when an adult male was a

Hallie Wells Middle School teacher Madeline Hanington was named the 2019–2020 MCPS Teacher of the Year during the 17th annual Champions for Children awards celebration, an event honoring excellence in education. Hanington is an English content specialist and teacher at Hallie Wells. She has been at the school since 2016. “I am so proud to have Madeline Hanington as our MCPS Teacher of the Year,” said Board of Education President Shebra Evans. “Her innovative instructional pra

Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are asking the public for help in locating a missing Damascus teenager. Kayla Morgan Metz, age 15, of Shelldrake Court, has been reported as missing by her family. Metz is described as a white female who is 5-feet, 7-inches tall and weighs 110 pounds. She has brown eyes and long black hair. Metz recently moved from Germantown to the Damascus area, and detectives believe that s

UPDATE: On Monday morning, April 29, Montgomery County Police reported that Kayla Morgan Metz has been located safe and unharmed. Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are asking the public for help in locating a missing Damascus teenager. Kayla Morgan Metz, age 15, of Shelldrake Court, has been reported as missing by her family. Metz is described as a white female who is 5-feet, 7-inches tall and weighs 110 poun

The Washington Spirit fell 1-0 to Utah Royals FC after a nail-biting 90 minutes in Sandy, Utah Saturday night. The Spirit moved to 1-0-1 through two games of the 2019 NWSL season. Utah nearly jumped ahead in the 3rd minute after a curler from Royals FC forward Christen Press cleared the crossbar. Utah’s aggressive start paid off soon after as the Royals found themselves up 1-0 in the 10th minute following a diagonal run from Press, who found Lo’eau Labonta on the side of the