Mega Millions Jackpot Soars - Long Lines Form at Retailers

Baltimore, MD (Capital Region Pulse) -

The lottery machine at Dominic's Pizza stands at the ready
on the eve of a $355 million jackpot. (Photo by Kenny Lorber)

The Mega Millions drawing on New Year's Eve failed to produce a winner. The jackpot for tonight was originally announced to be around $290 million, but with robust ticket sales climbed to $330 million. Further, this afternoon, Mega Millions announced that ticket sales had kept up their pace. The current estimated jackpot for the drawing tonight is $355 million!

Washington area residents flocked to the nearest lottery ticket seller for their chance to win big. All of the locations The Capital Region Pulse checked today were bustling with customers. Colesville Beer and Wine in Silver Spring, MD had quite the line during the afternoon hours on Tuesday.

Dominic's Pizza, also in Silver Spring hosted the normal Tuesday crowd with the addition of hopeful lottery players. It seems as though everyone is leaping at the chance to win this near-record jackpot.

So what would you do with the money? Discuss it in the comment section below or on our Facebook Page. For those of you trying your luck tonight, good luck!

Gunfire Leads to Three Arrests

Burtonsville, MD (Capital Region Pulse) -

The first day of the new year featured more than just celebration for residents near Fairland Recreational Park in Burtonsville. Maryland-National Capital Park Police officers responded to a call of gunshots around 3:15pm on January 1. The officers were able to locate three adults firing weapons at makeshift targets.

The Maryland-National Capital Park Police are responsible for law enforcement within area parkland. They also regularly work alongside other local police agencies.

Park Police officers are tasked with patrolling the areas parkland, like this park in Montgomery County, MD.

As always, our readers are given a look at the raw information we receive. The unabridged press release is featured below with a map of the locations involved.

Suburban Hospital Employee Killed

*This is an UPDATE to a story posted earlier*

Bethesda, MD (Capital Region Pulse) -

Police received a call at approximately 10:29am this morning regarding an incident at Suburban Hospital in Maryland. Upon further investigation it was learned that a 40-year old male employee of the hospital had been assaulted and sustained "upper body trauma." Due to the nature of the incident, police and hospital officials locked down Suburban Hospital until around 2:30pm this afternoon.

At this time, police are not releasing the name of the victim. Officials insisted that all patients and staff were safe during the lockdown. The Capital Region Pulse will have more on this story as it continues to develop.