Category Archives: Local News

PULASKI, Va. – The Virginia woman whose felony child abuse conviction in her 5-year-old son’s septic tank drowning death was reversed has had five years of probation trimmed from her sente...

BALTIMORE – A Baltimore man who was previously shot by police has been arrested in connection with a shooting at a warehouse where he used to work.Citing a Baltimore police release, news outlets...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL) – Prosecutors in Prince George’s County didn’t get the verdict they hoped for Thursday in the case of a man charged with setting his pregnant ...

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. – A man has been sentenced to three life terms in prison for killing his friend during what prosecutors have said was a scheme to become a vigilante.The Roanoke Times reports 21...

NORFOLK, Va. – The death penalty is not off the table for a Navy veteran charged with killing a Virginia woman whose kidnapping inspired the creation of an Amber Alert-like system for missing ad...

BALTIMORE – The city of Baltimore has recorded 300 homicides for the fourth straight year, as its troubled police department awaits a permanent commissioner.News outlets report the city’s ...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/238/2018/12/19145800/WED-PM-Dumb-Crook-Wrap-1.mp3 WASHINGTON (WMAL) – A Gainesville man who was looking to steal stuff from cars wound up...

WASHINGTON - The attorney general in the nation's capital has filed a lawsuit against Facebook for allowing data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica to improperly access data from as many as 87 million us...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – A planned museum in Virginia dedicated to the exploits of a World War II-era spy and special-operations outfit and similar organizations has received a $10 million donation.T...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A man convicted of assaulting his ex-wife and sexually abusing a mentally disabled man has been sentenced to 36 years in prison.The Virginian-Pilot reports 59-year-old Robert L...