Category Archives: Local News

WASHINGTON (AP/WMAL) – Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has decided to skip the NHL’s All-Star Weekend for the second year in a row.He told reporters Friday night, “It’s ...

MANASSAS, Va. – The FBI says two suspects in a fatal shooting at a Denny’s in Virginia are also responsible for three other robberies in the Washington suburbs. The #FBI is offering a #rew...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. - One of the largest school districts in the United States has announced that it will allow students one excused absence per school year to participate civic activities such as prote...

MANASSAS, Va. – Police in Virginia say an armed robbery early Thursday has left one man dead and a second man wounded.Prince William County police say two armed men entered a Denny’s in Ma...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP/WMAL) – Gov. Ralph Northam’s office says he will push for legislation replacing Virginia’s statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee housed in the United States C...

STAFFORD, Va. – Three Virginia pastors have used more than $17,000 from their church’s budget to pay off meal debts in two local school systems.The Rev. Jerry Williams, the Rev. Brian Benn...

UNCASVILLE, Conn. - Organizers wanted to make it clear the 99th Miss America competition isn't your grandmother's beauty pageant, and their winner did just that on Thursday.Virginia biochemist Camille...

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam says the state is going replace nearly 10,000 highway lights with LED lights that use less energy and increase visibility. Northam on Wednesday announ...

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. - A white man was found guilty of a murder charge on Wednesday for stabbing a black college student to death at a bus stop on the University of Maryland's campus, a crime that pros...

John Matthews WMAL.com Montgomery County police are asking for the public’s help to identify three men who held up a Bethesda jewelry store on Friday evening. The three men entered the Jewelry E...