Category Archives: Local News

Steve Burns WMAL.com DULLES, Va – (WMAL) Katie Ledecky was immediately mobbed by her friends and classmates from Stone Ridge High School in Bethesda upon entering baggage claim at Dulles Airport...

BALTIMORE — (CNN) Toya Graham first made headlines after a televised smackdown of her teenage son during the Baltimore riots last year.More than a year later, she’s in the spotlight again ...

  Maria Leaf WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) When Cathy Lanier started with the DC Police department 26 years ago, she was a high school dropout with a GED. Now, after roughly 10 years of lead...

RIO DE JANEIRO — (WMAL) This issue may be one to keep from the recycle bin. The latest issue of Sports Illustrated will feature the biggest stars of Week One of the Rio Olympic Games. Bethesda&#...

ASHEVILLE, NC — (CNN) Sen. Tim Kaine headed down south to the land of the pines and pulled out his harmonica to play some “Wagon Wheel” during a stop in North Carolina Monday evening...

https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2016/08/mon-pm-stv-thmopson-2.mp3Steve BurnsWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) The man that prosecutors say contributed to quite a bit of D.C.’s ...

https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2016/08/mon-pm-stv-ss-explosion-.mp3 Steve Burns WMAL.com SILVER SPRING, Md. – (WMAL) Montgomery County Police Monday afternoon said search team...

Alicia Abelson WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) Temperatures on Sunday reached 100 degrees, marking it the third consecutive day that the existing record was matched. The early morning hours dipped ...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com Silver Spring, MD — (WMAL) An unknown number of people remain missing following Wednesday’s explosion and fire at the Flower Branch Apartments. “Our investiga...

Steve Burns WMAL.com FAIRFAX, Va. – (WMAL) They know this will not be an easy process. People in Fairfax County aren’t exactly jumping at the idea of putting a new sewage dumping facility ...