Category Archives: Local News

WASHINGTON (AP) - Amtrak announced all Northeast Regional trains south of Washington D.C, which includes all stations in Virginia, will be canceled Tuesday and Wednesday amid heightened security conce...

BALTIMORE (AP) - A former Baltimore mayor serving a three-year prison sentence stemming from a public corruption scandal is among the people hoping for clemency from President Donald Trump before he l...

WMAL NEWSWASHINGTON – Senate President Emeritus Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., who passed away last week, will lie in state in the rotunda of the Maryland State House on Thursday and Friday.Accordin...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia state lawmakers will be meeting under heightened security Monday amid concerns about possible civil unrest in state capitals in the days leading up to President elect-Joe...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency on Friday related to next week's presidential inauguration, and he is asking for a presidential disaster declaration to re...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Virginia man has been arrested for having a "KILL BIDEN" sign. WWBT in Richmond reported Thursday that Kenneth Kraig Thomas of Goochland County was arrested and is facing a char...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The Maryland Senate voted Friday to override Gov. Larry Hogan's veto of a measure to fund a first-in-the-nation state board that focuses on making high-cost prescription drugs mo...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - A man who stabbed a Black college student to death at a bus stop on the University of Maryland's flagship College Park campus was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for what...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland is expanding eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday.Maryland will enter Phase 1B on Monday. That includes residents who are 75 and old...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam outlined his plans to legalize marijuana and announced his intention to give teachers a raise Wednesday during an annual address to state la...