Category Archives: Local News

RICHMOND, Va. – Microsoft plans to expand its data center operation in Southside Virginia. Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday that the tech giant was going to make a “significant”...

WASHINGTON – A Washington, D.C., food bank says it is seeing an influx of furloughed and unpaid government workers as the government shutdown continues. The chief executive of the Capital Area F...

WASHINGTON – The Washington, D.C., City Council has unanimously passed emergency legislation allowing Mayor Muriel Bowser to issue marriage licenses during the partial government shutdown. News ...

Juan Herrera WMAL.com WASHINGTON - (WMAL) Corey Stewart, the current Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Prince William County, Virginia, said he will be taking a step back from politics for the t...

RICHMOND, Va.- Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is promoting a series of gun-control measures he says promote public safety while still respecting individual gun rights. The Democratic governor announced s...

FAIRFAX, Va. – Police believe more than 60 women and girls were secretly recorded undressing in changing rooms at northern Virginia shopping malls in the weeks before Christmas. Fairfax County P...

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. – Police in Maryland say a 14-year-old girl threatened mass violence against three area schools.Prince George’s County police say the girl was arrested Wednesday on cha...

 CAMBRIDGE, Md. – Leading local officials in Maryland’s largest counties are expected to support a proposal to create a state board to review the affordability of prescription drugs.S...

WASHINGTON - Alex Ovechkin will skip the All-Star Weekend in San Jose to get some extra rest and serve an automatic one-game suspension.The Washington Capitals announced Ovechkin's decision Wednesday....

WASHINGTON (WMAL/AP) - A U.S. Marine who was shot and killed inside of the Marine Barracks in Southeast Washington in the early morning of New Year’s Day was apparently struck by an accidental d...