Category Archives: Local News

BALTIMORE - A record number of Maryland residents are applying for food stamps, and state lawmakers want to know if enough is being done to meet the demand. In April alone, nearly 70,000 Maryland resi...

RICHMOND, VA. - Virginia's capital city and a rural county on the Eastern Shore are opting out of beginning to reopen Friday, saying it is still too soon to ease restrictions amid the coronavirus pand...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ryan Zimmerman is a two-time All-Star infielder who has played 15 years in the majors, all with the Washington Nationals. He holds most of the team's career hitting records, and his two...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP/WMAL) – Gov. Larry Hogan says Maryland residents will no longer be required to stay at home under a statewide order late this week, but they will be strongly advised to contin...

Juan HerreraWMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL) - Prince William County Police Chief Barry Barnard has announced that he plans on retiring from the department on July 1.@PWCPolice Chief Barry Barnard announced ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is scheduled to make an announcement about the first stage of the state's recovery efforts in response to the coronavirus. Hogan has scheduled a news confere...

RICHMOND, Va. - Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam rejected a call Tuesday from several top GOP lawmakers to institute a moratorium on the release of certain inmates by the Virginia Parole Board, which has...

RICHMOND, Va. - The expected release Monday of a man convicted in the 1979 killing of a Richmond police officer was put on hold amid an investigation by Virginia's government watchdog agency into the ...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comMARYLAND (WMAL) – The leaders of Northern Virginia say they are not ready to start reopening Friday if the rest of the state does as planned, and Gov. Ralph Northam said Mo...

RICHMOND, Va. - A group of Republican Virginia lawmakers called on Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, at the last minute, to prevent the release of a man convicted in the killing of a police officer in 19...