Category Archives: Local News

Maryland to provide 4-week vaccine projections to locals
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland will provide four-week projections about vaccine allocations to local leaders to help them better organize appointments, Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday in an update to t...
Syndicated Author Feb 11, 2021

Biden says US is securing 600 million vaccine doses by July
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Joe Biden visited some of the nation's leading scientists on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19 on Thursday, as he announced the U.S. will have enough supply o...
Syndicated Author Feb 11, 2021

Chase sues Virginia GOP over gubernatorial convention plans
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - GOP gubernatorial candidate Amanda Chase on Tuesday sued the Republican Party of Virginia over its plans for a nominating convention to choose candidates in this year's electi...
Syndicated Author Feb 10, 2021

More than 20% of VMI cadets are in isolation or quarantine
LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Military Institute has experienced a spike in coronavirus cases that has led more than 20% of its cadets to be in isolation or quarantine.The Roanoke Times reports t...
Syndicated Author Feb 10, 2021

Virginia House joins Senate in voting to end death penalty
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia moved another step closer to ending capital punishment on Friday when the state House joined the Senate in voting to abolish the death penalty.Democratic Gov. Ralph North...
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2021

Bill would require minimum wage pay for Maryland inmates
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Maryland inmates make as little as $0.17 per hour for voluntary prison employment and training, a stipend that one lawmaker compared to "slave labor" in support of legislation...
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2021

Former VP Pence opens transition office in northern Virginia
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Vice President Mike Pence has opened a transition office in northern Virginia.Pence announced Wednesday that the Office of the Former Vice President will handle correspondence...
Syndicated Author Feb 03, 2021

Capitol Building fence is blocking DC laws from approval
WASHINGTON (AP) - That foreboding black fence erected around the U.S. Capitol building has had an unintentional side effect: walling off the local government's ability to enact new laws.Washington D.C...
Syndicated Author Feb 01, 2021

Light snow expected tonight and Tuesday across the DC Metro Area
WMAL NewsWASHINGTON – Expect to see periods of light snowfall tonight and tomorrow across the Washington D.C. Metro area.According to Michael Souza, a meteorologist with the National Weather Ser...
Syndicated Author Feb 01, 2021

Howard County Police Increase Reward In Death Of Mother And Baby In Columbia
WMAL NewsWASHINGTON – Howard County police have increased the reward to up to $30,000 in the shooting of a pregnant woman in Columbia.The shooting on July 31, 2020, resulted in her death and the...
Syndicated Author Jan 29, 2021
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