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Delivery rooms in Montgomery Co. announce first births in 2022 01/02/2022 08:13am • Adventist HealthCare's locations in Silver Spring and Rockville, Maryland, announced the first two New Year's babies born in 2022. The two children were a baby boy and a girl. A spokesperson said that the baby boy was born 12 minutes after the ball dropped in Times Square to ring in the new year. Pediatricians: Amid covid surge, parents can send kids back to school 01/01/2022 10:38am • Despite rising COVID-19 cases, pediatricians argue "parents should send their children back to school." With winter break just about wrapped up, parents are rushing out to get kids tested for COVID-19 and some school systems around the region are delaying their return back to the classroom to eit Betty White, TV���s Golden Girl, dies at 99 12/31/2021 03:12pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, whether as a man-crazy TV hostess on ���The Mary Tyler Moore Show��� or the loopy housemate on ���The Golden Girls,��� has died. She was 99. White's death was confirmed by Loudoun Co. sees increased demand for COVID testing, encourages parents to get kids vaccinated 12/31/2021 11:22am • Demand for more availability of COVID-19 testing is being felt all across the D.C. region and as kids prepare to head back to school on Monday. In Loudoun County, Virginia, health officials are encouraging parents to be proactive. "We're definitely seeing a surge in COVID cases," said David Go Montgomery Co. schools scheduled to reopen in person Monday 12/30/2021 09:23pm • There's no change to the start of the spring semester in Montgomery County, Maryland, schools. The school system said all in-person learning would go as scheduled on Monday. And before school starts, parents need to do their part, a news release said. After winter break, some DC-area sch Prince William Co. traffic deaths highest in a decade 12/30/2021 08:20am • Prince William County, Virginia, saw its highest number of traffic deaths in at least a decade in 2021. Car crashes killed 32 people this year, including seven pedestrians that were struck and killed. Two of those pedestrians were 13-year-old boys that were killed at the same intersection 9 months After winter break, some DC-area school systems go virtual, while others don't 12/30/2021 06:52am • Students across the D.C. region will soon return to classes after a winter break. While some are headed back into physical classrooms, others will learn virtually for the start of January. Here's a roundup on the school systems and their plans: DC D.C. Public Schools All students and staff at Anne Arundel County Public Schools to change coronavirus quarantine protocol 12/30/2021 05:32am • After the winter break, Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland said that students will return to in-person learning with some changes in coronavirus quarantine and isolation protocol. Superintendent of Schools George Arlotto said in a letter to parents that the school system will adopt th Charles Co. schools to go remote 1st week after winter break due to COVID-19 12/29/2021 06:48pm • Students in Charles County, Maryland, will attend school virtually the first week after winter break due to COVID-19 concerns, school officials said Wednesday. Charles County Public Schools students will receive virtual instruction from Jan. 3 through Jan. 7 rather than attending class in-person All DCPS students, staff need to show proof of negative COVID test before return to school 12/29/2021 12:51pm • All students and staff at D.C. Public Schools will have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before they head back to classrooms Jan. 5, city officials said Wednesday. Chancellor Lewis Ferebee said during a news briefing that rapid antigen tests will be available to pick up at any DCPS schoo Latest COVID-19 surge is impacting pediatricians in the DC area 12/29/2021 11:34am • It can be pretty hard to get an appointment at your kids' doctor's office right now. With COVID-19 cases surging in the D.C. region and nationwide, positive cases in children are starting to spike, too. But parents are also scheduling doctor's appointments out of fear that their child's head c Montgomery Co. schools ask parents to report kids' COVID-19 cases over winter break 12/28/2021 06:39am • Public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, are asking parents to report COVID-19 cases if their kids test positive for the virus over winter break. The public school system said the request will help them to reopen schools on Jan. 3. Maintaining a safe environment when we return to school Loudoun school board chair on NBC: Critical race theory 'not being taught' 12/26/2021 03:54pm • Loudoun County, Virginia, schools were in the national spotlight Sunday morning, and it all concerned critical race theory. On NBC's "Meet the Press," Loudoun County Public Schools board chair Brenda Sheridan said that they are not teaching it in schools. "It's not in our curriculum, because i As coronavirus cases surge, Christmas in the DC region looks different for many 12/25/2021 05:54pm • The coronavirus remains a major concern in the D.C. area this Christmas for both first responders and those who had plans to visit their families. In the midst of a surge in coronavirus cases that has made D.C. one of the biggest hot spots in the country, some are rethinking holiday plans. Chr Prince George's Co. executive Angela Alsobrooks tests positive for coronavirus 12/24/2021 04:08pm • Prince George's County, Maryland, executive Angela Alsobrooks has tested positive for the coronavirus, she said in a statement. As a precaution before the holiday weekend, Alsobrooks said she took an at-home test and then a rapid test Friday morning. Both came back positive, she said. Alsobroo