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'It's nice to be back': Crowds welcome back Montgomery County Agricultural Fair 08/15/2021 08:10am • The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair was canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but on Saturday crowds were happy to be back to the Gaithersburg fairgrounds. "Basically after a year in the pandemic I thought that we should get out a little bit," said Claudia Barrera, who was enjoy Maryland woman dies in car wreck that leads to house damage 08/14/2021 05:16pm • HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Maryland State Police say a young woman died after the car she was riding in struck another vehicle on a Maryland road as her driver attempted to pass the other car. Police said 19-year-old Melaine Melendez, 19, of Smithsburg, died from injuries she received in Friday nig Poll: Rollercoaster is America's favorite amusement park ride 08/14/2021 05:04pm • When it comes to amusement park attractions, the rollercoaster takes first place as America's favorite ride. Thirty five percent pick it as their favorite. Bumper cars are distant second at 13%, and tied for third place are the ferris wheel and the log ride. Many Americans are concerned about Thieves in Montgomery Co. targeting high-cost car parts 08/13/2021 05:17pm • Having a car stolen is a massive blow, but what about when thieves target specific parts? Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, are telling residents that there are steps they can take to protect themselves. Sgt. Michael Sugrue, with the Montgomery County police, has spent 18 years of his career Suspect detained, lockdown lifted at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling 08/13/2021 04:50pm • The lockdown at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, in D.C., was lifted Friday afternoon, about two and a half hours after a “potential armed individual” was reported. The man authorities were looking for has been detained, the base said, and will be transferred to the custody of the D.C. police. 2 dead in Anne Arundel Co. shooting 08/13/2021 02:27pm • Two people who the police said "were involved in a domestic relationship which recently ended" died Thursday night in a shooting in Harwood, Maryland, that the police are calling a murder-suicide. The Anne Arundel County police said in a statement Friday that they got a 911 call reporting the sou A brief history of bumper stickers, decade by decade 08/13/2021 09:29am • This content is sponsored by Jiffy Lube. The history of bumper stickers actually starts before cars. Horse-drawn carriages had painted fly nets. Early cars had paper window decals. But everything changed in 1946 when Forest P. Gill invented bumper stickers after finding a surplus of self-adhesive Montgomery Co. housing agency sued over imminent sale of cemetery 08/13/2021 09:20am • A coalition representing descendants of freed enslaved people buried in a sacred African cemetery in Bethesda has sued the Montgomery County Housing Opportunity Commission, claiming the agency’s imminent sale of the land to a developer violates the law. Judicial input must first be considered b 2-year-old child dies weeks after Springfield crash 08/13/2021 06:49am • A crash that happened last month in Springfield, Virginia, turned fatal this week the victim — a two-year-old child who battled injuries for 13 days before dying Wednesday night. The crash happened around 10:40 a.m. on July 29 at the intersection of Backlick and Barta roads. Police said a 2007 Water main repairs on Osborne Road completed, road repaving to start Friday 08/12/2021 09:02pm • After more than 36 hours, repairs to a 30-inch water main break at Osborne Road near Upper Marlboro, Maryland, that created a sinkhole Wednesday has been completed, with crews hoping to start repaving the street on Friday. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission said on Twitter that crews are fil Delivery driver shot, killed in Prince George's Co. 08/12/2021 04:30pm • A man died in Prince George's County, Maryland, on Thursday after he was found shot in his car, and detectives are working to determine whether he was targeted. Officers found Noel Njoku, 48, of Springdale, suffering from a gunshot wound in his car in a residential neighborhood off Lottsford Vist Swelter continues with chance of pop-up storm Thursday 08/12/2021 03:50pm • Dangerously hot and humid temperatures have made an encore appearance Thursday, bringing the chance for a pop-up thunderstorm or two. However, in contrast to Wednesday's wild weather, storms are not expected to be numerous Thursday. A Heat Advisory continues for the WTOP listening area through 4 years after the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. officials and Biden reflect 08/12/2021 02:30pm • It has been four years since the Unite the Right rally brought violence to the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, and elected officials are reflecting on the somber anniversary. "Four years ago, white nationalist violence erupted in Charlottesville and resulted in the deaths of Heather Heyer, Lt. What happens to debt when you die? 08/12/2021 07:40am • As the old saying goes, you can't take it with you. That's not necessarily a bad thing. If there is a good place somewhere up there, who would want to take credit card debt and medical bills with them? Still, the question of what happens to debt when you die begs other questions: Who gets stuck w Today in History 08/12/2021 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, Aug. 12, the 224th day of 2021. There are 141 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 12, 1985, the world’s worst single-aircraft disaster occurred as a crippled Japan Airlines Boeing 747 on a domestic flight crashed into a moun