Category Archives: Local News

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A city engineer who fatally shot 12 people in a Virginia Beach municipal building in 2019 "was motivated by perceived workplace grievances" that "he fixated on for years," accordin...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - The Virginia mansion where Robert E. Lee once lived that now overlooks Arlington National Cemetery is open to the public again, after a $12 million rehabilitation and reinterp...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Voters on Tuesday were deciding the Democratic nominee in this year's closely watched race for Virginia governor, whittling down a five-person field in which former Gov. Terry McA...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Author Wes Moore announced Monday he is running for governor of Maryland.Moore, a Democrat, focused his campaign announcement on addressing inequities in the state."Here in Maryl...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland casinos have set a new monthly revenue record for the second time in three months.The Maryland Lottery announced Monday that the six casinos generated $172.4 million in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The first topic raised with Washington Wizards general manager Tommy Sheppard the day after the team's season ended was the topic that will hang over the offseason until a decision i...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Terry McAuliffe held on to his commanding fundraising lead in the Democratic nomination contest for Virginia governor, and incumbent Attorney General Mark Herring maintained a fin...

The Virginia Military Institute has tolerated and failed to address institutional racism and sexism and must be held accountable for making changes, according to a state-sanctioned report released Tue...

BALTIMORE (AP) - The Maryland State Board of Education appointed a new state superintendent of schools on Thursday. The board voted unanimously to appoint Mohammed Choudhury after a national search. C...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - If he's not airborne, there's a good chance you will find 97-year-old John Billings at his home airport in Luray, Virginia.A recent heart attack prevents him, for now, from pi...