Category Archives: Local News

RICHMOND, Va. - A federal appeals court has rejected a bid by former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to be released from jail for refusing to testify to a grand jury. The unanimous decision ...

Heather Curtis WASHINTON (WMAL) – Parking meter prices could be going up during peak times in downtown Bethesda. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich’s proposed budget includes demand p...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) – When Dean of the Washington National Cathedral Randy Hollerith saw that Notre Dame Cathedral was on fire, he said he immediately started praying. R...

RICHMOND, Va. – Gov. Ralph Northam is calling for the removal of an arch honoring the former president of the Confederacy at Fort Monroe, where the first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia 40...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Maryland will soon hold a special legislative session to elect the next House speaker. Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday signed an executive order calling for the General Assembly to...

 Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL) – Instead of taking buses, some people may one day be riding Uber of Lyft around Arlington. Arlington County’s been looking into the possibili...

RICHMOND, Va. - Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe won't run for president in 2020, meaning establishment, centrist Democrats will have one less option in a nominating free-for-all that so far has h...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) – He was supposed to be teaching kids music, but police say an Annandale man was sexually abusing his students. Jeffrey Cummins, 56, faces eight felony ...

RICHMOND, Va. - Tennis champion Arthur Ashe Jr. will be honored by the city of Richmond, state of Virginia and the Virginia Museum of History & Culture with an official dedication of Arthur Ashe B...

 EDITOR’S NOTE: The Frederick Police Department has issued a correction to say the suspect’s name is Rudolph Smith. The story below has been updated to reflect the change. Maria LeafW...