Category Archives: Local News
LOCKED AND LOADED: Inauguration Security By The Numbers
WASHINGTON — (CNN) The full force of the US domestic security apparatus will be deployed to stand guard as President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office Friday, with an estimated 900,000...
Jan 18, 2017
LISTEN: Slur Or Name Of Pride? ‘The Slants’ Take Their Case To The Supreme Court
John Matthews WMAL.com https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2017/01/Caroline-Tucker-for-web-slants.mp3 WASHINGTON — (WMAL) The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a ...
Jan 18, 2017
Montgomery County Votes to Raise the Minimum Wage
Joelle FredmanWMAL.comMARYLAND — (WMAL) In its first meeting of the new year, the Montgomery County Council voted to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020.After four amendments and...
Jan 17, 2017
LISTEN: Three Officers Struck While Assisting a Disabled Vehicle
Joelle Fredman WMAL.com https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2017/01/TUE-P-MOCO-Officer-Crash-CT-1.wav ROCKVILLE — (WMAL) A Montgomery County police officer and two st...
Jan 17, 2017
LISTEN: Activist Group Says Stink Bomb Plans at “Deploraball” Were “False Plot”
Caroline Tucker WMAL.com https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2017/01/Veritas-Video-CT-2.wav WASHINGTON — (WMAL) Conservative political activist James O’Keefe te...
Jan 17, 2017
Metro Sells Inaugural SmarTrip Cards at Local CVS Pharmacy Stores
Joelle Fredman WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) Metro announced today that they will be selling their 2017 Inaugural SmarTrip cards at 50 CVS Pharmacy stores in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. T...
Jan 17, 2017
LISTEN: Bowser Says She’s More Concerned About Dealing With Congress Than Trump
https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2017/01/TUE-PM-BILL-BOWSER-.wav John Matthews WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) 93 percent of her city’s residents voted for Hill...
Jan 17, 2017
WATCH: Obama’s Visit Shelter On MLK Day
WASHINGTON — (CNN) The first family spent some of Martin Luther King Jr. Day visiting a former fixture of the White House — and saw it getting some good use.President Barack Obama and firs...
Jan 17, 2017
UPDATE: Petition Launched To Support School Employee Fired Over Spelling Correction
John MatthewsWMAL.comFREDERICK, MD — (WMAL) A petition drive has been launched, calling on Frederick County Schools to rehire Katie Nash, the district’s former web experience coordinator, ...
Jan 17, 2017
New Report Grades Maryland School Lunches
Alicia AbelsonWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) Howard County came out on top in a first year report called the School Food Environment Grades project conducted by a Healthy School Food Maryland.Healt...
Jan 16, 2017
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