Category Archives: Local News

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland courts are strengthening health measures regarding mask-wearing in judicial facilities in response to modified COVID-19 protocols from the Centers for Disease Control an...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has asked state lawmakers to leave intact a spending plan for $4.3 billion in federal coronavirus relief money that his administration helped craft and...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com New rules for Loudoun County School Board meetings that include banning audiences aren't sitting well with some parents. "I think that we were all expecting that the school boa...

Heather CurtisWMALRoughly two weeks before the first day of classes in Frederick County Public Schools, residents urged the board of education to reconsider the school system's new mask mandate first ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia House gave initial approval Wednesday to a spending plan for billions of dollars in federal coronavirus relief money, a day after the Democratic majority flatly rejec...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The party for the nation's 44th president will go on, but only for family and close friends.Former President Barack Obama has scaled back his 60th birthday bash set for this weekend ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Pentagon police officer died after being stabbed Tuesday during a burst of violence at a transit center outside the building, and a suspect was shot by law enforcement and died at ...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com MONTGOMERY COUNTY (WMAL) – You may soon have to mask up indoors in Montgomery County again, but some local theaters are hoping for an exception for performers while they'...

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - Star defensive tackle Jonathan Allen was held out of Washington's practice Monday because of a tight hamstring.Allen worked on a side field with trainers while the rest of the team...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The entire General Assembly returned to the state Capitol for the first time in over a year Monday, kicking off a short special session to elect judges and adjust the state budget...