Xi'an Famous Foods, which specializes in Northwestern Chinese cuisine, will open a location in Rockville. The fast-casual chain started as a basement food stall in New York and was co-signed by Anthony Bourdain.

A teenage girl was killed in a Silver Spring vehicle collision Wednesday morning, Montgomery County Police said.

A driver died after colliding with a tree overnight Wednesday near the intersection of Bethesda Church Road and Johnson Drive in Damascus, Montgomery County police said.

Montgomery County pPolice Tuesday afternoon identified the pedestrian struck and killed on a Fairland roadway Monday evening as Florence L. Chumbow, 73, of Silver Spring.

Wisdom Da-Silva Baptista, 16, of Gaithersburg, and Kevin Jesus Perez Fierro, 20, of Montgomery Village, have been charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery in the death of Taeyon Malachi Prather, 18, according to Montgomery County police.

Sari Kurland, a former Rockville bankruptcy lawyer, pleaded guilty Friday to orchestrating three schemes that victimized 21 people between May 2022 and September 2024, and totaled more than $4.2 million, authorities said.

Homicides in Montgomery County rose 20% in 2025, but were down from a 10-year high in 2021.

Brody Richardson, 19, had consumed alcohol and used marijuana before a July 21 crash that killed Germantown resident Mary Elizabeth Moody, 71, authorities said.

The rectangular-shaped-and-cut pizza, known as Maryland-style pizza, originated at Ledo Pizza in 1955 and has continued to evolve at these Montgomery County eateries.

Taeyon Malachi Prather suffered a gunshot wound on Jan. 2 in a residential block of Gaithersburg. Authorities are investigating the case as a homicide.

The accused kidnapper of a 13-year-old Kentucky girl met her online, drove her from her home state to Florida and then to his Silver Spring home, according to news reports. He is now in a Kentucky jail.

This week brings a new exhibit of fiber art from an acclaimed Maryland artist, a New Year’s Day 5K and more things to do around Montgomery County.

Rei Ami, who was raised in Germantown and soared to popularity this year in “KPop Demon Hunters,” and Baltimore’s Timothy Fletcher appeared on “Snoop’s Holiday Halftime Party” on Netflix.

This week in Montgomery County brings 70mm film screenings of “Marty Supreme,” a feast of the seven fishes and more things to do with your family over the holidays.

Seven staff members of The Banner Montgomery participated in a blind taste test of bagels to crown the best in MoCo. The competition included Call Your Mother, Bethesda Bagels and the newest entrant, Andy’s Pizza.

Chipotle launched its “first-ever high protein” menu Tuesday, which features snack cups of meat and a creation by Silver Spring native and New York Knicks guard Josh Hart that will be available Jan. 5.

The pedestrian’s death marks the third traffic fatality in Montgomery County in the past week.

If Thursday’s opening of Dave’s Hot Chicken in Rockville is any indicator, another hot chicken place doing it well doesn’t hurt.

Flying V Theatre, which will put on “Fighter Fantasy” at Silver Spring Black Box Theatre on Dec. 20, blends the sport and theatricality of adults in spandex.

Char’d, which has two food trucks that roam Maryland and Virginia, will open in North Bethesda, according to its Instagram account. The burger shop serves smashburgers as well as fries cooked in duck fat.