Category Archives: Local News

https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2016/08/Maria-Leaf-for-web-fire-.mp3John MatthewsWMAL.comSILVER SPRING, MD — (WMAL) Search crews will return to the Flower Branch apartments Fri...

7 p.m. UPDATE (Heather Curtis): Police have removed the bodies of two victims from the apartment complex and continue searching for the missing.Battalion Chief Steve Mann with Montgomery County Fire s...

RIO DE JANEIRO — (CNN) When Katie Ledecky dove into the water Wednesday night, the United States was behind Australia again.But unlike the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, Ledecky quickly caugh...

Steve Burns WMAL.com PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – (WMAL) Prince William County Police Chief Barry Barnard is just five weeks into his new job, but is already pushing to add some diversity to his...

 Steve BurnsWMAL.comhttps://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2016/08/tue-pm-stv-pg-hosp-2.wav WASHINGTON — (WMAL) Three patients in the NICU at Prince George’s County Ho...

Bridget Reed Morawski WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) Red line trains traveling between the Shady Grove and Twinbrook stations will face continuous single tracking beginning today. The seventh inst...

Steve Burns WMAL.com ARLINGTON – (WMAL) Few issues can get the attention of the D.C.-area electorate like Metro, and Democratic Virginia Congressman Don Beyer is hoping a promise to fix the syst...

John Matthews WMAL.com FAIRFAX — (WMAL) In what amounts to a pretty rare sighting these days, Virginia Department of Transportation crews can be seen out and about on the region’s highway ...

Alicia Abelson WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) 11 DC Public Schools have extended their school year by 20 days, marking August 8th as the first day of school. The new program tacks two weeks on to ...

John Matthews WMAL.com ELLICOTT CITY, MD — (WMAL) Repairs and cleanup from last week’s devastating flood in Ellicott City are well underway, but it will be weeks or months before some of t...