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Ward 8 Will Get New Playground From D.C.-Based Non-Profit
The D.C.-based non-profit KaBOOM! will build its 3,000th playground at the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus this week.

Former Patch Staff
The D.C.-based non-profit KaBOOM! will build its 3,000th playground at the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus this week.

Sean Urbanski has been indicted in a hate crime in connection with the slaying of 2nd Lt. Richard Collins III at the University of Maryland.
A police officer rescued a missing elderly woman with signs of dementia from a ravine near her home in Montgomery Village this weekend.
Prince George's County firefighters located the owner of a dog who wandered into a fire station in Fort Washington Tuesday.
A Washington, D.C. man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and will be deported back to Liberia for sex trafficking a minor.
A Washington, D.C. man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and will be deported back to Liberia for sex trafficking a minor.
Tatiana Perla, 17, was last seen in the 700 block of Hudson Ave., walking toward Flower Avenue on Sunday. Have you seen her?
Police responded to Howard University for the report of an active shooter on campus. The lockdown was lifted as of 2 p.m.
A man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside his Gaithersburg home during an hours-long barricade situation, police said.
The 24/7 Wall St. ranking described Arlington as "one of the wealthiest and best educated neighborhoods in the United States."
A man has been arrested in connection to a shooting and assault that injured two University of Maryland students Saturday.
A person is in custody after they jumped a concrete barrier along the White House fence Tuesday morning, authorities report.
David White, 45, was last seen Oct. 6 at about 7:20 a.m. in the 1200 block of Nalley Rd. in Landover, police said.
More than 4,000 participants—including current and past patients—will participate in the event to support Children's National Health System.
Find out if sexual offenders or predators live in your neighborhood before trick-or-treating with the kids.
A D.C. man has been sentenced to prison for grabbing a woman, dragging her across railroad tracks and sexually assaulting her in 2009.
Find out if sexual offenders or predators live in your neighborhood before trick-or-treating with the kids.
Wayne Tonio Davis, 63, from Suitland was fatally struck by a car as he tried to cross a street in Seat Pleasant Friday night, police said.
A University of Maryland student was shot and another was assaulted a block away from campus Friday night, police said.
The FBI and the Metropolitan Police Department are searching for Dajana Houston, an 11-year-old girl missing from Southeast D.C.