Category Archives: Local News

Heather Curtis WMAL.com https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/238/2017/12/20145306/WED-PM-Bowie-Recall-2.wav WASHINGTON (WMAL) – A member of the Bowie City Council was ousted in the city’s firs...

 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Republican control of Virginia’s House of Delegates may be in peril now that a Democratic challenger seems to have won a recount.Election officials in Newpor...

Steve BurnsWMAL.comWASHINGTON – (WMAL) A major legal hurdle is now in the rear-view for advocates of Maryland’s Purple Line. A federal appeals court in Washington released its ruling Tuesd...

 https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/238/2017/12/19153635/TUE-PM-FFX-Theft-CT1.wavCaroline TuckerWMAL.comFAIRFAX COUNTY (WMAL) – Elderly patients have become a target in Fairfax County.Police ...

Monique Robinson wmal.com Hillcrest Heights, Md. — Early Tuesday morning, Prince George’s County Fire Department responded to a fire report at a two-story apartment building in the 3300 bl...

Amanda Engel wmal.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) — The DC area is looking at a warm week through Christmas day. Mark Thibodeau, senior radio broadcast meteorologist at the Weather Channel, told WMAL that...

  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) – A jury in suburban Washington has convicted the first police officer charged in the United States with attempting to support the Islamic State. The U.S. Attorney...

  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – The Charlottesville police chief who was criticized over the department’s response to a violent white nationalist rally this summer is stepping down. Pol...

  Amanda Engel WMAL.COM WASHINGTON (WMAL) — Police are looking for the owner of this dog in an animal cruelty case. The dog was found last week in Reston, in the area of Chatham Colony Cour...

Steve Burns WMAL.com RICHMOND – (WMAL) After previously telling reporters he’s “not a fan of tax increases,” Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe is calling for just that in his b...