Darcy Spencer is a general assignment reporter for News4.
A Maryland native, Spencer’s journalism career started with community newspapers. She reported for Maryland’s Dundalk Eagle, the Martinsburg Journal in Martinsburg, WV, and The Northern Virginia Daily in Winchester, VA. Her commitment to telling the stories of people and events in the community crossed into television when she began working for Montgomery County Cable.
Spencer’s first on-air job was for NBC25 in Hagerstown, MD. While there, she reported on the Middle East Peace Talks in Shepherdstown, WV as well as issues relating to Y2K. Spencer also filed reports from Bosnia, Honduras, the Azore Islands, and Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Her traveling continued in Germany and Brussels when she was awarded a fellowship from the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation.
In 2000, Spencer joined C-TV, the Prince George’s County news station, as an anchor/reporter. She anchored the evening news and reported on stories from all over the County. On September 11th, Spencer was sent to Ground Zero in New York to report on the attack on the World Trade Center.
Spencer joined News4 in 2001 as the station’s first Chopper 4 reporter, filing stories from high above the Washington area. Since then, she has reported on major stories including the DC area sniper spree, the anthrax investigation, and Hurricane Isabel.
Spencer is a past board member for the American News Women’s Club and Community Crisis Services. She and her two children live in Maryland.
The Latest
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Only the Mother Knows: the Hoggle Kids Mystery
September 2024 marks ten heart-breaking years for the family of Sarah and Jacob Hoggle. The children were just 2 and 3 years old when they vanished in Montgomery County. What happened to them remains a mystery. In this NBC Washington Rewind, News4’s Darcy Spencer has been following this case since the beginning and explains the efforts to find them and...
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18-year-old shot and killed inside Maryland laundromat
A 20-year-old man and a 17-year-old are charged with first-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting Sunday at a laundromat in Edmonston, Maryland.
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Former Prince George's council member pleads guilty to campaign theft
Former Prince George’s County councilman Mel Franklin pleaded guilty Monday in a scheme that prosecutors said involved theft from his own campaign fund. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.
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Mel Franklin pleads guilty in Prince George's County campaign fund case
A former Prince George’s County councilman pleaded guilty Monday in an embezzlement scheme.
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Parents gear up for Prince George's County Public Schools bus route changes, start times
Parents and school leaders met at Oxon Hill High School on Thursday, Aug. 15 to learn how Prince George’s County Public Schools’ new bus routes will make transportation more reliable. The changes come as an effort to fix major problems with school bus transportation, which have existed in the county for years. In the past, students have reported long wait…
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Suspect arrested abroad in July 4 killing of 6-year-old boy in Temple Hills
Investigators say the young victim, Ahsan Payton, was caught in crossfire during a shootout at a neighborhood celebration in Temple Hills.
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Drowning is leading cause of death among people with autism who wander
This past Sunday, 6-year-old boy Fawzan Hassan was found dead in a pond at Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg, Maryland, near the playground where the boy went missing on Saturday, Montgomery County police said. Hassan was nonverbal and had autism and was last seen at Bohrer Park on Saturday at 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon, members of the community spotted his...
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Dozens of shots caught on video in Shaw shooting that left 1 dead, 2 hurt
A doorbell camera in D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood captured the sound of dozens of shots Wednesday night that left one man dead, two men hurt, cars riddled with bullets and the neighborhood shaken.
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‘Silver Sprung!': Fortune ranks Maryland city as best place in US for families to live
Fortune ranked Silver Spring, Maryland, the best place in the United States for families to live, but some pushed back on social media, citing concerns about violent crime. Resident Kenny Turner isn’t among the detractors. “This is Silver Sprung, baby!” he said “I’ve been living here since 1976,” Turner said. “I should be mayor, right? Or the grandfather of...
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Democrats warn former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will vote with GOP in US Senate
Maryland’s former Gov. Larry Hogan is the only major Republican U.S. Senate candidate to skip the Republican National Convention. News4’s Darcy Spencer has more on what this means for his supporters and opponents in the race for the seat.
