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FREDERICK, Md. – Frederick County’s growing senior population soon will have more services available to help them remain in their homes as they age. The County-owned Montevue Assisted Living facility will shift from an institutional model to a service coordination model, providing services to more seniors. “Frederick County...

A Loudoun County teacher who was arrested Wednesday is accused of being drunk in school. Police said it happened at Tuscarora High School a little after one this afternoon. FOX 5’s Josh Rosenthal reports from Leesburg with what we know so far.

Two men with MS-13 gang connections are among five people charged in connection with the death of a 15-year-old Frederick boy, police said. Four men have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with Limber Lopez Funez’s death, according to Frederick police. Another man was charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder.

All outdoor burning is prohibited until late August. Frederick, Md (KM) Today begins the annual burn ban in Frederick County and the rest of the Metropolitan Washington Area. The Health Department says that means all forms of outdoor burning are prohibited through August 31st. The ban is required by the...

PURCELLVILLE, Va., May 31, 2023 — The Purcellville Town Council has scheduled three special meetings as follows:. Friday, June 2, 2023, 6:00 PM at Town Hall Heritage Room, 221 S. Nursery Avenue. The purpose for the meeting is to discuss the resignation of the Interim Town Manager and to...

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said it is investigating a death after someone found human remains in Sugarland Run Stream in the Sterling area.  Deputies went to the location behind Brookfield Circle and Meadowland Lane (Sugarland Run) around 7:35 p.m. Tuesday, after the person found the remains. The […]

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — The Jefferson County Board of Education held a special meeting Tuesday, with only one item on its agenda, a vote that named William “Chuck” Bishop, Ed.D., the new superintendent of schools. In pre-recorded remarks to the board Tuesday evening, Bishop thanked them for...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Public Service Commission of West Virginia has approved a plan to allow West Virginia American Water Company to acquire five smaller water and sewer utilities in Jefferson County for $27 million. The five are Jefferson Utilities, Inc., Cave Road Utilities, Valley Water & Sewer Services, Inc., East Jefferson Sewer Services, L.L.C., and Shenandoah Junction Public Sewer Services, Inc. Combined, they serve 3,885 water and sewer customers in Jefferson and Morgan counties.

Right on schedule, the first Hangry Joe’s Hot Chicken in Loudoun County opened its doors today. The new restaurant is located in the Leesburg Plaza just off Market Street in Leesburg. A steady stream of customers was coming through the doors at the dinner hour Monday, and the staff...

Two people died in a three-vehicle crash involving a horse trailer Memorial Day Weekend in Loudoun County.The crash happened on James Monroe Highway at Tail Race Road in Aldie Saturday, May 28 around 3 p.m., the sheriff's office said.Thomas A. Miller, 61, of West Virginia, crossed into oncoming tra…

It looks like a new gourmet market called Purcé is in the works for Purcellville. That’s according to the store’s nascent website. The address is listed as 500 East Main Street. That’s the old house known as the Edmundson Building at the corner of East Main and South 12th Street.

CAMDEN – A former corrections officer at a South Jersey prison has received a prison term in connection with physical assaults on inmates. John Makos, who worked at Bayside State Prison in Leesburg, was given a 30-month prison term and a $10,000 fine during a hearing in Camden federal court, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey.

Navy veteran Jeff Boogaard added a small plot of cannabis plants to his Asian water buffalo farm in Lovettsville, Virginia, in 2019, as an experiment — and the following year, he pivoted his farm entirely to the crop. What is now the Cannabreeze Farm is planting its fifth season...

The Sheriff’ Office is investigating. Frederick, Md (KM) The investigation continues into a fiery crash last Saturday evening in Frederick County. The Sheriff’s Office says at around 7:40 PM, deputies responded to the 3300 block of Basford Road, and found a vehicle along the side of the road engulfed in flames. Fire and rescue crews responded and put out the fire . The driver inside of the vehicle was found deceased.

LANDOVER — At the end of one the greatest, albeit brief, careers in the history of Frederick County track and field, Catoctin's Brody Buffington was asked how he would like to be remembered. In his own simple and straightforward way, he answered, "Just as the guy that can run...

(Photos courtesy of Frederick County Fire and Rescue Facebook Page) Frederick County, Md. (BW)- One person was injured in a single vehicle accident Monday, May 29 around 8:30 p.m. Frederick County Fire and Rescue responded to the 10300 block of Woodsboro Road, where they found a rolled over vehicle and...

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - Nine people were killed in seven crashes on Virginia highways over the 2023 Memorial Day weekend, according to Virginia State Police. Over the 2022 Memorial Day weekend, 16 people lost their lives in traffic crashes on Virginia roads. The seven fatal crashes occurred in the city...

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a double fatal vehicle crash that occurred on James Monroe Highway at Tail Race Road in Aldie Sunday afternoon. At approximately 3 p.m., deputies responded to a crash involving a motorcycle, a pick-up truck hauling a horse trailer, and an SUV. The preliminary investigation revealed that the motorcycle crossed into oncoming traffic and struck the truck, causing the truck to lose control and strike the SUV.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (DC News Now) — A relaxing weekend turned into a tragic loss for three families who no longer have a home after a tragic fire broke out. “I had never seen a fire like that before in my life,” said Tiffany Burke. More than 25 fire personnel responded to a fire off of […]

BRUNSWICK, Md. (DC News Now)–A man was critically hurt outside after a crash landing at Brunswick High School early morning on Saturday. “When we first arrived on the scene, we were able to decipher it was a paramotor that had crash landed. Someone that was with the person that had crash landed had witnessed that,” […]