Category Archives: Local News

Gaithersburg, MD - Officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police - 2nd District Patrol Services are investigating a theft of a gorilla statue that occurred on Wednesday, Janu...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Democrat-led Virginia Senate panel voted Monday to advance a range of gun control bills, including legislation meant to address recent campus shootings at the University of...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - When a 6-year-old shot and wounded his first-grade teacher in this shipbuilding city near Virginia's coast, the community reacted with collective shock.But the senti...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland's Gov.-elect Wes Moore announced additional Cabinet appointments on Tuesday, a day before he's scheduled to be sworn in as governor.Salisbury Mayor Jake Day will be the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Democrat-led Virginia Senate committee has voted down a bill that would have allowed prosecutors to charge drug dealers with second-degree murder if a user dies of an overdose.R...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gun-control and gun-rights proponents rallied Monday at the Virginia Capitol during an annual day of advocacy, as lawmakers from both parties offered a tempered assessment about w...

OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) - The Coast Guard says seven people were rescued offshore in Ocean City, Maryland, over the weekend.WTOP-FM reports that at 3:30 a.m. Saturday, a crew member on the tug ...

PENHOOK, Va. (AP) - Two people have been reported missing after a boat capsized on Smith Mountain Lake, officials said.Chief Todd Ohlerich with Smith Mountain Lake Marine Volunteer Fire and Rescue sai...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin said Wednesday that he has a type of lymphoma that's a "serious but curable form of cancer" and he is beginning several months of treatment.Raskin, who wil...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The former Confederate capital has secured an $11 million grant to build an interpretive center that city officials hope will someday be part of an ambitious, long-envisioned...