Category Archives: Local News
Drunk Driving Deaths In D.C. Metro Area Spike In 2017
Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) – There was a startling finding in an annual report on the impact of drunk driving on road safety in the D.C. Metro area – the number of deaths fr...
Feb 01, 2019
After Morning Delays In VA, Some MD Schools Closing Early Friday
Feb 01, 2019
Montgomery County’s Second-Longest Serving Police Chief Retires After 15 Years
Juan Herrera WMAL.com WASHINGTON - (WMAL) Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger announced today that he would be retiring in April after 15 years of service in the county. Manger was sworn i...
Jan 30, 2019
Investigation Underway For Two Men Who Died In White Oak
WASHINGTON (WMAL) - We are learning more about two men who were found dead last night in White Oak after an apparent car crash. According to Montgomery County Police, investigations reveled that the t...
Jan 29, 2019
Virginia Senate Approves Guns-in-Church Bill
RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia Senate has approved legislation that would make it easier to bring a gun to a place of worship.The GOP-controlled Senate narrowly voted to support the legislation Th...
Jan 24, 2019
DC Police Seeking Public Assistance in Returning Missing Pit Bull Puppy to Owner
WASHINGTON (WMAL)- A woman whose two pit bull puppies were stolen earlier this week has retrieved one of them, but D.C. police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating the second puppy...
Jan 24, 2019
Police Investigate Cold-Weather Deaths in Northern Virginia
FAIRFAX, Va.- Police in northern Virginia are asking residents to check on family and neighbors periodically after three separate cold-weather deaths this week. Fairfax County Police say two women liv...
Jan 24, 2019
LISTEN: D.C. Offers Zero-Interest Loans to Help Federal Workers Pay Mortgages During Shutdown
Wyn DelanoWMAL.comhttps://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/238/2019/01/23144321/WED-PM-DC-Housing-Loan-2.wav WASHINGTON — (WMAL) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is announcing a $9 million program that wil...
Jan 23, 2019
Panel Vote Dims Hopes for Equal Rights Amendment in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. – A proposal to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in Virginia has once again failed to make it out of a committee in the state’s House of Delegates. A subcommittee for the Re...
Jan 22, 2019
Single-Digit Temperatures Prompt Several Schools To Delay Tuesday
Jan 22, 2019
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