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Ferris wheels, funnel cakes and farm animals at the Montgomery County Fair 08/09/2025 12:11pm • The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair was created in a meeting during the winter of 1945 as a place for kids in 4-H Club and the FFA to show their animals and compete, and that lives on today at the 76th annual event in Gaithersburg, Maryland. When you add Ferris wheels and funnel cake alon Nagasaki marks 80th A-bomb anniversary as survivors put hopes of nuclear ban in the hands of youth 08/09/2025 06:44am • NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) ��� The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic attack that killed tens of thousands and left survivors who hope their harrowing memories can help make their hometown the last place on Earth to be hit by a nuclear bomb. The United Back-to-school giveaways, freebies in the DC area for students, teachers and families 08/08/2025 06:02am • Ease the bittersweet end to summer and beginning of a brand-new school year with free stuff for D.C.-area teachers, students and families. School supplies, clothing The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department will host its annual backpack and school supply distribution Aug. 14 from 10:30 a.m. to These DC students thought they were interviewing for scholarships. Then, they all walked out with money 08/07/2025 07:12pm • Wearing dresses and suits, over 30 students raised in D.C. gathered in a large room at the Department of Parks and Recreation���s headquarters on Thursday afternoon. The students submitted a video and recommendation letters with the hope of earning a college scholarship from the city agency. Thur Back-to-school reminders for parents: No boarding your child's school bus 08/07/2025 04:21pm • From saving on school supplies to the impact of federal cuts, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series, "WTOP Goes Back to School" this August and September. The weeks before schools open are packed with back-to- 'I always knew': DC police officer's friends waited decades for break in her 1995 killing 08/07/2025 04:25am • For nearly three decades, Montgomery County police have worked to solve the murder of D.C. police officer Denna Campbell. This week, Campbell���s friends and family moved one step closer to seeing justice. Police on Tuesday in Laurel, Maryland, arrested 62-year-old Amir Jalil Ali, Campbell's boyf Not a luxury: Chevy Chase nonprofit helps low-income students afford college living essentials 08/06/2025 06:14pm • Growing up, Wheaton High School graduate Chanelle Boadu took pride in her academic ambition and attentiveness. The drive to pursue college, she says, was instilled in her and her three older siblings from a young age by their Ghanaian immigrant parents���neither of whom had the opportunity to pursue Confident readers, happy campers ��� a day at Alexandria's Spitfire Summer Camp 08/06/2025 04:15pm • Girls from first through fifth grade sat at picnic benches, sprawled in the grass or sat side by side working on their nature journals at the Spitfire Summer Camp in Alexandria, Virginia. The Spitfire Club is a year-round, extracurricular activity that is designed to help girls become strong read What kids say it would take to get them off their phones 08/06/2025 09:49am • Most children spend a lot of time on their phones, while their parents struggle to figure out ways to get them off their screens. A recent Harris Poll asked some children what it would take to get them off their phones. The Harris Poll asked approximately 500 children between the ages of 8 and 12 Who kept School Resource Officers and who didn���t? Who regrets it and who doesn���t? 08/06/2025 05:08am • The fiery debate over policing during the pandemic led many communities to reevaluate how their departments did the job ��� and led school systems around the country to think twice about and even reconsider the positioning of police officers inside of schools. School resource officers, or SROs, w More Virginia school districts are offering family leave, but others lag behind 08/05/2025 11:52pm • More Virginia school districts are starting to offer paid family leave, but over half of the large school divisions across the country don���t offer the benefit, according to an analysis from the National Council on Teacher Quality. Fifty-seven percent of large school districts across the country Some Va. families worry about impact of possible changes to bathroom policies 08/04/2025 05:21pm • As some community members worry about the impacts of possible changes to school bathroom policies, the Department of Education is giving five Northern Virginia school districts more time to make those changes. While some were hoping for a 90-day extension, the federal education agency told the d Catherine Hoggle reindicted in Montgomery Co. in murders of children who disappeared in 2014 08/03/2025 05:50pm • Catherine Hoggle has been reindicted for two counts of first-degree murder in the disappearances of her children, 2-year-old Jacob and 3-year-old Sarah, who were last seen with their mother on Sept. 7, 2014, Hoggle's defense attorney tells WTOP. "She's been reindicted on two counts of murder, I c Hundreds of lead inspection certificates revoked in Maryland 08/03/2025 03:45pm • More than 1,400 certificates approving lead inspections have been revoked in Maryland after three children tested positive for elevated lead levels. The action calls for the reinspection of tenant-occupied rental properties as a result of an "inspector���s failure to comply with work practice sta Emphasizing pool safety, DC hosts ���World���s Largest Swim Lesson��� 08/02/2025 07:19am • Over 200 kids registered to participate in what D.C. called ���The World���s Largest Swim Lesson��� on Friday, part of a global movement that aims to help prevent childhood drowning. The event, which took place at 30 pools across the District, included basic swimming lessons and conversations abo