Category Archives: Local News

Mark Keam, Longtime Democratic Virginia Delegate, Resigns
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Mark Keam, a long-serving Democratic member of the House of Delegates from northern Virginia, has resigned his seat, a move that will set up a special election to fill the vacancy...
Syndicated Author Sep 07, 2022

E. Coli Bacteria Found in Baltimore Drinking Water Samples
BALTIMORE (AP) - Baltimore officials are encouraging residents to boil water used for drinking or cooking after E. coli bacteria was detected in some samples of the water supply in parts of West Balti...
Syndicated Author Sep 06, 2022

Youth Curfew to be Enforced by Maryland County Amid Violence
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) - Officials in a Maryland county near the nation's capital that has had its deadliest month in decades say they will strictly enforce a curfew aimed at keeping teens off the s...
Syndicated Author Sep 06, 2022

Man Pleads Not Criminally Responsible in Maryland Shooting
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - The West Virginia man charged with killing three coworkers at a western Maryland machine shop and then wounding a responding state trooper has pleaded not criminally responsible...
Syndicated Author Sep 06, 2022

Last Group of Beagles Taken From Troubled Breeding Facility
CUMBERLAND, Va. (AP) - The Humane Society of the United States says it has removed the last group of beagles from a troubled breeding facility in Virginia that had planned to sell the dogs to animal t...
Syndicated Author Sep 06, 2022

Moore Leads Cox in Fundraising in Maryland Governor’s Race
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Democrat Wes Moore holds a big fundraising edge over Republican Dan Cox so far in Maryland's governor's race - with more than 10 times the cash on hand when money raised by their...
Syndicated Author Sep 01, 2022

New Online Dashboard Helps Flyers with Delays, Cancellations
WASHINGTON (AP) - Amid months of mass flight cancellations and delays, the Department of Transportation has launched a customer service dashboard to help vacationers ahead of the travel...
Syndicated Author Sep 01, 2022

Fairfax County Police are Searching for a Possible Suspect in a String of Assaults on Popular Trail
By: Barbara BrittFairfax County Police have released a description of a man who may be involved in a series of assaults and indecent exposures on the popular W and O-D Trail (Washington and Old Domini...
Syndicated Author Aug 31, 2022

Maryland Court Rules DC-Area Sniper to be Resentenced
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland's highest court has ruled that Washington, D.C.-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo must be resentenced, because of U.S. Supreme Court decisions relating to constitutional protec...
Syndicated Author Aug 30, 2022

Hazing Charges Against 5 Dropped in Pledge’s Death
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Hazing charges against five former members of a now-expelled Virginia Commonwealth University fraternity in connection with a freshman's death from alcohol poisoning after a party...
Syndicated Author Aug 30, 2022
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