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14+ min ago (520+ words) LOCAL ALERT: In a 7-3 vote, the Montgomery County Council OKs the University Boulevard Corridor Plan that looks to improve a 3.5-mile stretch from Four Corners to Wheaton in Maryland. December 9, 2025, 6:33 PM Two days of testimony to determine whether a Maryland mother is competent to stand trial for murder in the 2014 disappearance of her two young children are now over. Catherine Hoggle, 38, was the last person seen with her children, 3-year-old Sarah and 2-year-old Jacob, before they vanished Sept. 7, 2014. Hoggle has a long history of mental health issues, including paranoia and schizophrenia, and had been found incompetent to stand trial in 2017. After nearly five years of being found incompetent to stand trial, in November 2022, a judge questioned Hoggle'to determine whether she could help in her own defense. The questioning did not include specifics about what happened to her children. Nicole Johnson,…...

27+ min ago (31+ words) Maryland electricity customers are likely to face higher utility bills in the coming years as soaring data center demand strains the region's power grid, energy analysts and consumer advocates warn...

33+ min ago (156+ words) Ceoli Jacoby, Bethesda Today December 9, 2025, 6:14 PM Montgomery County Council voted 7-3 on Tuesday to pass the controversial University Boulevard Corridor Plan " paving the way for planners to begin work on a sectional map amendment they hope will increase the supply of housing and improve roadway safety along a 3.5-mile stretch of state road from the Four Corners area in Silver Spring to Wheaton. "Dealing with the housing crisis is not a talking point," council President Natali Fani-Gonz'lez said in her comments before the vote. "I think it's our duty as elected officials to look forward and [make] decisions not just for what's happening today, but for the future generation and giving opportunity to be able to live in this area." Bethesda Today, and its print publication Bethesda Magazine, is the primary source of local news in Montgomery County and was previously…...

41+ min ago (410+ words) WASHINGTON " After years of delays and a $200 million investment, the District is beginning the wind-down of the DC Streetcar. The service that runs along H Street NE and Benning Road NE from Union Station to Oklahoma Avenue NE will shut down on Mar. 31 due to budget constraints and low ridership that never recovered since the COVID-19 pandemic." However, D.C.'s Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced that starting on Jan. 4, riders will start seeing a reduction in service that includes: Currently, the streetcar runs every 12 minutes, according to DDOT." Denis Hill says the shutdown is a huge loss for seniors like her." "Look at the seniors, we need it because it is convenient because of the area that we are at," she told WUSA9 as she waited for the streetcar along H Street NE." Hill says that for the past two years she…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago (384+ words) ARLINGTON, Va. " In the front yard of an Arlington home, there is not just a mailbox. There is the mailbox"a portal that, for hundreds of neighborhood kids, is a direct line to Santa Claus. And for many, it feels nothing short of miraculous. The tradition began with Susan Thompson-Gaines and her husband, David, who run a nonprofit called Kindness Activist. Six years ago, they say Santa asked if he could place a mailbox on their property"because, he told them, they were the kind of people who made kindness happen. "And we take it very seriously," Susan said." So do the kids. Each year, they stop by by the hundreds, dropping in handwritten letters that reflect their lives, their hopes, and sometimes their heartache. They're encouraged to share how their year has gone, along with a few small gift…...

1+ hour, 41+ min ago (353+ words) BALTIMORE " Maryland wants more than a million electric vehicles on the road by 2030, but a new policy adding a $150 annual fee to EV charging ports has advocates worried about slowing progress toward that goal. Lanny Hartman, an EV driver and advocate, is concerned the fee will unfairly burden businesses installing Level 2 charging stations, which are typically found at grocery stores and apartment complexes rather than the superchargers seen at gas stations. Watch as advocates speak out against the charging port fees "The issue is with the weights and measures registration fee is that it unfairly penalizes people who are putting in level 2 charging stations. Those don't generally get a lot of use nor revenue," Hartman said. He argues these slower chargers often struggle to break even on their investment. "Often, they don't even break even, so the $150 per port yearly…...

2+ hour, 19+ min ago (381+ words) December 9, 2025, 4:28 PM The Montgomery County Council has tapped a former school board president to serve out the remainder of At-Large Council member Gabe Albornoz's term. Shebra Evans has been sworn in as the 11th council member after her appointment was approved unanimously during Tuesday's council session. Evans, who served on the Montgomery County Board of Education for eight years, is temporarily filling the seat vacated by Albornoz. "After a thorough interview process, the Council is confident that Shebra Evans will serve the people of Montgomery County with integrity, curiosity, and fairness in this caretaker role," Council President Natali Fani-Gonz'lez said in a news release. Albornoz announced in October he was stepping down and moving over to serve as the head of the county's Department of Recreation with about a year left in his second term. His last day on the council…...

2+ hour, 31+ min ago (36+ words) Volunteers, from left, Tyler Pelloni, Drew Beach and Darrell Novak hang decorations on the Kim Hovell Fine Art storefront on Main Street. The Annapolis Jaycees" "Hanging of the Greens" fundraiser has ... More in Things To Do...

2+ hour, 40+ min ago (222+ words) WASHINGTON " Three Montgomery County students have been selected as winners of Representative Jamie Raskin's 2025 Congressional App Challenge, the congressman announced on Tuesday. The winners included Kevin Xia and Ryan Chen, a junior and a senior from Walt Whitman High School, and Peter Xiao, a senior at Montgomery Blair High School. The trio won with their app SafeStride, which uses the phone's camera feed to identify safe ground, Raskin's office noted in a press release. The user is alerted through their earbuds to avoid obstacles as they move. The Congressional App Challenge is held in a number of districts across the country. The program was initiated in 2013 when congressional leaders and leaders from the Internet Education Foundation wanted to create a program that grew interest in computer science and STEM. The winning apps are displayed on the Congressional App Challenge website....

2+ hour, 48+ min ago (521+ words) SNOWZILLA GAUGE: WTOP Traffic reporter Dave Dildine unveils a snow stick that won't only measure D.C.-area winter storms, but will show you how they compare to past storms. December 9, 2025, 3:59 PM Prince George's County Public Schools plan to make a big investment in artificial intelligence programs in the coming years. One of the first programs it's turning to, Lumi Story, was demonstrated at Largo High School on Tuesday. Lumi Story, an AI-powered storytelling platform, is backed by former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, and the program aims to boost literacy and support other academic efforts. The program emphasizes character building to help flesh out the story the students want to tell. "I think it is a very creative program for someone who's like an out of the box thinker or doesn't like putting their ideas on paper," said Nina Anderson, a Largo…...