Category Archives: Local News

Joelle FredmanWMAL.comANNANDALE — (WMAL) After extinguishing two fires caused by children in one week, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department is trying to make sure the pattern doesn̵...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Virginia lawmakers finished their work for the 2017 legislative session over the weekend, a six week sprint that saw bipartisan cooperation on some issues like treating opio...

BEDFORD, Va. (AP) – The trial of a man accused of killing Maryland sisters who disappeared more than 40 years ago has been moved from April to September. Lloyd Welch. Jr. was scheduled to go on ...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2017/02/heather-curtis-for-web-parking-.mp3 WASHINGTON – Finding street parking in the Penn Quarter-Chinatown area of th...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Gavin Grimm, a 17-year-old transgender student from Virginia, is set to take his case to the nation’s highest court. Speaking Friday with CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — (CNN) The crowd at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington erupted in applause Friday when Matt Schlapp, the organizer of the event, congratulated...

  Heather Curtis WMAL.com https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2017/02/Snow-Web.mp3 WASHINGTON – Winter seems to be hibernating this year, and people aren’t exactly compl...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) – Police are investigating the death of a popular Virginia gamer who died during the home stretch of a 24-hour marathon video game session he was streaming online to rai...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Two police officers were wounded and a suspect killed in a shooting in Washington, D.C.The incident occurred late Thursday night on the northeast side of Washington.Police Chie...

Heather CurtisWMAL.comhttps://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2017/02/Heather-Curtis-for-web-Metro-.mp3WASHINGTON — (WMAL) Metro’s running out of ways to cut costs and increase r...