Category Archives: Local News

INTIPUCA, El Salvador (AP) - In a quiet, cobblestoned town near the Pacific coast of El Salvador, residents are unfazed by the Trump administration seeking to lock up families indefinitely and ending ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Members of the Maryland football team will wear a helmet sticker with No. 79 to honor former teammate Jordan McNair, who collapsed during a practice session in May and subsequently...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The man charged with killing five people at the Capital Gazette will get more time for his lawyer to consider filing a plea of not criminally responsible by reason of insanity.A...

PASADENA, Md. – A Maryland teen has been charged in connection with a string of burglaries and thefts at marinas and private piers. News outlets cite a Maryland Department of Natural Resources r...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Washington Post is reporting a private school in Maryland has launched an investigation into allegations that a culture of sexual abuse existed in the 1970s with administrat...

LANDOVER, Md. - Limited playing experience in high school and college makes Sam Darnold appreciate every game, even if it's just the preseason. The third overall pick made his first exhibition start f...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comhttps://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/238/2018/08/16153434/THU-PM-Aretha-Portrait-3.wavWASHINGTON (WMAL) – People will be able to pay their respects to the late Aretha Franklin ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Even John Gant cracked a smile. Gant homered for his first major league hit and pitched one-run ball into the sixth inning, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationa...

John Matthews WMAL.com CLARKSBURG, MD — (WMAL) A burning recycling facility off Rt. 355 in Clarksburg produced a column of smoke that could be seen for miles, slowing traffic Wednesday morning i...

  CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) - A former Virginia Tech student pleaded guilty Tuesday to concealing the body of a slain 13-year-old girl, but still faces trial on a more serious charge of being an a...