Category Archives: Local News

Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL) – There was an unusual murder in Prince George’s County Sunday. A 73-year-old Bladensburg woman is charged with killing her 82-year-old neighbor wit...

RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia governor embroiled in a blackface scandal earlier this year is appointing a new top aide whose job will be to make government more inclusive. Gov. Ralph Northam anno...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) – After months of closures, six Blue and Yellow line Metro stations south of Reagan National reopen Monday. The stations have been closed all summer for...

Photo Credit – AP Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) – Months after two women accused Virginia’s Lt. Governor of sexual assault, a conservative, non-partisan educational found...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comWASHINGTON (WMAL) – As Dorian moves up the east coast, Maryland is expected to feel its wrath Friday. Thursday The National Weather Service issued a Tropical Storm Warning ...

Much of southeastern Virginia is shutting down as Hurricane Dorian churns up the Atlantic Coast. Virginia Beach officials announced mandatory evacuations Thursday for the community of Sandbridge. The ...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) – The problem plagued Purple Line took a major step forward Thursday as the first section of track was installed. “This long-term investment will ...

Juan Herrera WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) - As Hurricane Dorian continues to hit the east coast, local areas near the southern Chesapeake Bay and southeast Virginia are soon expected to see strong storm...

ARLINGTON, Va. – A northern Virginia county is taking down highway signs honoring the president of the Confederacy. In May, a state panel approved Arlington County’s request to change the ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Nearly 50 Maryland lawmakers are calling on a state board to compensate five men who were wrongly convicted of crimes and spent 120 years in prison.The letter, which was made pu...