Category Archives: Local News

RICHMOND, Va. - The city of Richmond, Virginia, will be soliciting ideas for what to do with the Confederate monuments that have been taken down and placed in storage. The Richmond Times-Dispatch repo...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – The former GOP speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates is eyeing a run for governor next year. Del. Kirk Cox said in a statement Monday that he is “seriously lookin...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - A federal appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit challenging Maryland's rules for obtaining a handgun as unconstitutionally restrictive. The unanimous ruling from the 4th U...

WMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL) - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has issued an amended emergency order allowing private and parochial schools the flexibility to decide on when and how to reopen schools.In a pres...

RICHMOND, Va. - A judge on Monday dissolved one injunction preventing Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's administration from removing an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond but im...

SILVER SPRING, Md. - A former state lawmaker who helped create Maryland's medical marijuana industry was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison for taking bribes for legislative favors, includi...

SILVER SPRING, Md. - Rebecca Wilson has supervised the same polling location in Maryland's Prince George's County for every election since 2004, but her streak will end this fall. She has underlying h...

NORFOLK, Va. - As coronavirus cases continue to surge on Virginia's coast, the state will enact bans in the region on alcohol sales after 10 p.m. and gatherings of more than 50 people, Gov. Ralph Nort...

WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) - The Montgomery County Council passed a resolution Tuesday, urging Governor Hogan to prioritize mail-in voting for the upcoming general election. According to a press relea...

RICHMOND, Va. - Fires were set, windows were smashed and 16 people were arrested as demonstrations continued for a second night in Virginia's capital city, Richmond's police chief said at a news confe...