Category Archives: Local News

Kendra Yoshinaga WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL)– Montgomery County police have charged a Gaithersburg man with a sex offense. A local woman hired Jose Campos-Gonzalez, 44, as a temporary laborer las...

Kendra Yoshinaga WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL)– Police have arrested a Maryland man suspected of plotting to hire a hitman to kill his wife. After receiving a tip that Aafaq Manejwala of Laurel, Md...

Dave Sweet WMAL.com WASHINGTON — (WMAL) A roof collapse at Reinhart Food Service in Manassas has left one person dead and five others with injuries serious enough to be transported to a local ho...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Forty visitors and two park rangers were forced to take the stairs down the Washington Monument on Tuesday after an elevator got stuck at the 280-foot level. “All visito...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) The FBI is looking into what caused a computer outage at MedStar Health, a large Maryland chain with 10 hospitals and several dozen clinics.Details are slim.David Fitz, a spok...

U.S. Capitol Police shot a Tennessee man Monday afternoon after he pulled out a gun at the Capitol Visitor Center, law enforcement officials said. A female civilian bystander was injured by shrapnel, ...

Bridget Reed Morawski WASHINGTON (WMAL) — Two adults and five children were hospitalized in the early hours of Monday morning after overnight carbon monoxide exposure. Montgomery County Fire and...

Bridget Reed Morawski WASHINGTON (WMAL) — Just when you thought talk of the regions’ newest spring chickens was over – another eaglet has hatched in the Washington area over the week...

Dave SweetWMAL.comWASHINGTON — (WMAL) Acting Chief Safety Officer for WMATA Louis Brown resigned Friday according to Metro spokesman Dan Stessel.Stessel said Brown made the decision for “p...

 WASHINGTON — (WMAL) There are pink and white petals in the air in Washington.If you want to see them attached to trees in their full splendor, it’s time to head to the National Cherr...