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2 ex-Maryland players reach settlement to football lawsuit 12/17/2021 05:48pm • COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Two former Maryland football players have each reached $200,000 settlements in lawsuits accusing former coach DJ Durkin of running a program that subjected athletes to an abusive environment. The Maryland Attorney General’s Office reached the agreement with former pla DC teachers, lawmakers apprehensive in days before holiday break 12/17/2021 05:17pm • Michael Iacovone, a teacher at McKinley Technology High School, in Northeast D.C., has started rethinking his holiday plans with family amid a surge of coronavirus cases across the region. With an uptick in cases among D.C. teachers and students ahead of next week's winter break, Iacovone is one Prince George's County Public Schools shifts to virtual learning due to uptick in COVID cases 12/17/2021 04:27pm • All Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland will move to virtual learning for the final stretch of the school year and into the first month of 2022 due to an uptick in cases found within the school system, the school system's CEO announced Friday. Monica Goldson said all regularly sched TikTok threats heighten school security across DC, Md., Va. 12/17/2021 09:25am • You may see more police cars in front of your child’s school. It is because of an alleged national trend on the video social media platform TikTok. Posts warn of shooting and bomb threats at schools across the country Friday. Most parents in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area have received a le Prince William Co. Public Schools proposal: Minor crimes to be handled by principals, not police 12/17/2021 08:07am • School principals, rather than school resource officers, would handle minor crimes in middle and high schools, under a revised student resource officer agreement between Virginia's Prince William County Public Schools and the county police department. The school system is soliciting public commen 20 last-minute Christmas gifts under $50 12/17/2021 05:57am • Despite all the warnings to do your holiday shopping early this year due to supply chain issues, plenty of us are still procrastinating. But whether you're strapped for cash, you've neglected to make a shopping budget or you've simply put off getting presents this year, there's still time to secure After children struck by cars, new safety improvements come to Southeast DC neighborhood 12/16/2021 10:08pm • In an area where three young people have been hit by cars since October, the D.C. Department of Transportation (DDOT) on Thursday announced what it has done and what it plans to do to make the area safer. Everett Lott, the interim director of DDOT, said two speed cameras were installed on Wheeler How each Northern Va. jurisdiction fares in vaccinating kids 5 to 11 12/16/2021 04:35pm • The percentage of the youngest children eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19 who have received at least one shot varies widely by jurisdiction in Northern Virginia, according to Virginia Department of Health numbers compiled by WTOP. Six weeks after children between the ages of 5 to 11 were Drawn out of Maryland's 1st district, Harden mulling a move to Eastern Shore 12/16/2021 12:02pm • Maryland’s 1st Congressional District underwent a vast transformation in the most recent round of redistricting: It once extended through northern Harford County into parts of Carroll and Baltimore counties, it now includes a southern section of Harford as its northern terminus and extends across Maryland pediatrician has advice on the safest activities for vaccinated kids 12/16/2021 03:00am • This holiday season, a local pediatrician is being peppered with questions from parents on protecting their vaccinated children from COVID: Is it safe to get together with loved ones? How can we reduce our risk? "Every decision you make as a parent is really weighing those risks and benefits. So, Loudoun Co. School Board appoints former board member to vacant seat 12/15/2021 09:10am • The Loudoun County School Board Tuesday appointed a familiar face to fill a vacant board seat. Tom Marshall will represent the Leesburg District through the end of next year. The school board voted 7-1 for Marshall, with board member John Beatty casting the dissenting vote. Loudoun County Circ Truancy prevention program to hold first in-person Montgomery Co. graduation 12/15/2021 05:57am • A program created to support kids at risk of dropping out in Maryland's Montgomery County will hold its first in-person graduation since the pandemic began. The Truancy Prevention Program launched in 2010. Teachers and parents on Wednesday will gather at the circuit court to celebrate 42 middle s Howard Co. teen charged with bringing handgun to school 12/15/2021 12:36am • A 15-year-old student at Reservoir High School in Fulton, Maryland, has been charged with bringing a loaded handgun to school Tuesday. The boy, according to a Howard County police statement, had left the school without permission around lunchtime and, when he returned around 12:30 p.m., had been Superintendent departures in Frederick, Spotsylvania counties tell of modern education challenges 12/14/2021 01:22am • Public school districts in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and Frederick County, Maryland, both saw the departure of their longtime superintendents on Monday. While facing separate types of controversy in recent weeks, both departures tell of current challenges facing school districts nationwide. Washington Capitals making way for women, girls in hockey 12/13/2021 12:04pm • The Washington Capitals are trying to improve women's and girls' access to hockey in the D.C. area. The ALL CAPS ALL HER initiative, launched Monday, creates programming to help pique women's and girls' interest in hockey including networking events and content that highlights leaders in female h