Category Archives: Local News

MIDLOTHIAN, VA — (CNN) It was an unusual scene for a church. The Clover Hill Assembly of God was the venue for a town hall here Tuesday night for Rep. Dave Brat, a gathering that erupted into th...

WASHINGTON — (AP) A delegate to Congress says a group of 6- and 7-year-olds was mistreated by staff at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington during a field trip.Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, a...

Joelle FredmanWMAL.comROCKVILLE — (WMAL) The safety audit of Montgomery County’s 204 schools will be completed this month, Superintendent of Schools Jack Smith told the Board of Education ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Andre Burakovsky scored twice, Nicklas Backstrom got his sixth of the playoffs and the Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Monday night to force a Game 7 in...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Members of Congress from Maryland and other local leaders are calling for a study of noise levels from planes flying to and leaving Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. T...

https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2017/05/Larry-Hogan-0301-1.mp3 LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md. (AP) – A regional summit of local governments to address opioid abuse is taking place in M...

ANNAPOLIS — (AP) Gov. Larry Hogan has vetoed a congressional redistricting reform bill he says is “phony.” The Republican governor said Monday the bill passed by the Democrat-control...

Joelle Fredman WMAL.com ARLINGTON — (WMAL) The Arlington County Police Department's Special Victim's Unit is searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman Sunday while posing as a maintenan...

https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2017/05/web-mon-pm-stv-chandra-levy.mp3   WASHINGTON — (AP) A Salvadoran national whose conviction in the slaying of missing intern Chandra...

Joelle Fredman WMAL.com VIRGINIA — (WMAL) Fairfax County’s Major Crimes Division arrested eight men during a three-day operation to find online sexual predators. Detectives posed as juveni...