Category Archives: Local News

LAUREL, Md. - The NASA spacecraft that yielded the first close-up views of Pluto opened the new year at an even more distant world, a billion miles beyond.Flight controllers said everything looked goo...

John Matthews WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) Several Metro stations along the Orange and Blue lines were closed Monday morning after a man sprinkled white powder in several places at the Eastern M...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) – Authorities say three children have died and two adults have been injured in a multi-car crash in the Maryland suburbs of Washington. Prince George’s County Fire Depa...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL) – A woman found murdered outside a Rockville Church was killed by her own son according to Montgomery County Police. They’ve arrested 21-year-old Ke...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) – A funeral director in Dumfries ignored warnings to stop doing business he wasn’t licensed to do, and now his license has been revoked. Shaun Rei...

RICHMOND, Va. – A new state report says Virginia’s economy continued to grow at a slower rate than the rest of the country in fiscal year 2018.Virginia’s latest Comprehensive Annual ...

ANNAPOLIS – A Maryland county is ending its contract with federal officials to screen detainees in county jails for immigration status. Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman made the ann...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) A teenager’s disturbing discovery at a Fairfax County Mall landed an Alexandria man in jail. While she was trying on clothes at a forever 21 in Fair Oak...

Setota Hailemariam WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) - The National Christmas Tree site in Washington reopened at noon Monday following a donation from the National Park Foundation, according to a release fr...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL) – Prince George’s County Police are getting some help solving a cold case from an unlikely source: a convicted serial killer suspected of murdering ...