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Presto’s College Football Picks: Maryland meets Michigan, plus an unlikely battle of unbeatens 09/21/2022 11:29pm • Raise your hand if your school is still unbeaten! As we kick off Week Four, there are 33 unbeaten teams in Division I FBS (Maryland and James Madison representing the area) and on Saturday, there are four matchups involving 3-0 teams. The fun begins with the Terrapins at the Big House in Michigan Pentagon Metro station to temporarily close Saturday for security drill 09/21/2022 09:46pm • The Pentagon Metro station will be closed for part of Saturday due to an emergency response drill. Bus and rail service will be unavailable at Pentagon Metro from opening until around 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24 due to a security exercise at the request of the Pentagon. The Pentagon Force Pro Montgomery Co. developing community guide to prevent and address flooding 09/21/2022 09:18pm • You don't have to live along a river, coastline or in a place prone to severe weather to be impacted by flooding — and Montgomery County, Maryland, is developing a flood management plan it wants residents to help inform. Residents are being asked to share their experiences with flood situat Md. officials: SNAP helped thousands during pandemic, but challenges navigating system remain 09/21/2022 11:22am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Mark Griffin had a good-paying job as an ophthalmological assistant for two decades, earning enough to purchase a $150,000 home in Baltimore DC Council approves creation of Office of Migrant Services 09/21/2022 01:38am • Days after D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared the arrival of migrants being bused to the District from Texas and Arizona a public emergency, the city's council has backed her up by approving the emergency legislation. The council’s approval means the mayor’s administration will be able to spen Metro trains to start test runs on new phase of Silver Line 09/20/2022 08:32pm • Drivers along the Dulles Toll Road past Reston may soon see a Metro train or two. While the trains will be stopping at six brand new Silver Line stations, riders won’t be able to hop on the cars — these are only test runs. Inside a document posted ahead of WMATA’s board meeting this Thursda Montgomery judge weighing Board of Elections request to speed up mail-in ballot processing in November 09/20/2022 06:32pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A lawyer for the Maryland State Board of Elections urged a judge on Tuesday to temporarily suspend a state law requiring mail-in ballots be NIH and GW University recruiting volunteers for monkeypox vaccine trials 09/20/2022 02:50pm • Two D.C.-area facilities are recruiting volunteers to test the efficacy of different doses of a monkeypox vaccine with the hope that they can stretch available supplies. The National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Maryland, and George Washington University, in D.C., are among eight locations Commanders sign backup center Nick Martin in wake of Chase Roullier’s injury 09/20/2022 01:10pm • Commanders sign C Nick Martin in wake of Roullier’s injury originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Washington Commanders have signed veteran center Nick Martin, the team announced Tuesday.Martin will step in and provide depth at the center position in place of Chase Roullier, who suffe Safety official: A person or vehicle is hit by a train every 3 hours, half by drivers dodging gates 09/20/2022 11:22am • The number is staggering; the result, often deadly. "Every three hours in the United States, a person or vehicle is hit by a train," said Jennifer DeAngelis, communications director with Operation Lifesaver, Inc., a nonprofit rail safety organization. More Local News More National N Community impact: Adventist's growth is making a difference in Prince George’s Co. 09/20/2022 10:58am • This content is sponsored by Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center. Tracy Matthews-Kelton with Trakina Franklin, ICU Manager. Mary Cobbs couldn't breathe when she was admitted to Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center in 2017. She was in distress and experiencing Victims' families press Congress for truck safety requirements 09/19/2022 02:53pm • “Look my sons in the eye and tell them why you can’t implement these changes,” said Dan Langenkamp, seen with his 10-year-old son, Oliver, at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol. (WTOP/Mitchell Miller) Less than a month after his wife, Sarah, was struck and killed on her bike in Bet The different ways checking and savings accounts can help you meet your financial goals 09/19/2022 02:48pm • This content is sponsored by PenFed Credit Union, federally insured by NCUA. No matter how you choose to spend your money, it’s good to make sure that you’re enjoying some of the big-picture benefits that come with checking and savings accounts with your financial goals in mind. Overall, t What the Commanders plan on doing at center without Chase Roullier 09/19/2022 02:30pm • What the Commanders plan on doing at center without Roullier originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Washington Commanders will likely be without starting center Chase Roullier for the foreseeable future."From preliminary conversations, Chase will probably have to go on short-term IR, minimu Maryland Task Force 1 rescue team heads out as Hurricane Fiona hits Puerto Rico 09/19/2022 12:29pm • The Maryland Task Force 1 urban search-and-rescue team, based in Montgomery County, left for Puerto Rico Monday to help as Hurricane Fiona hits the island. The group of 35, one of 28 teams across the nation under the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is made up of highly trained profession