Alexandria VA

Four people were displaced due to a house fire in Fort Washington.

After human remains were originally discovered at a Volta Park construction site in August, residents have raised questions about how the remains have been handled, as further bone fragments continue to be discovered. An anonymous letter published Jan. 2 in the popular Washington, D.C. blog, Prince of Petworth...

A Maryland man is being held without bond after allegedly making violent threats against two Alexandria judges, the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office announced yesterday (Thursday). The suspect, 53-year-old Lindolfo Pedraza, of Cumberland, was arrested by Cumberland police at his home on Wednesday afternoon, after the...

Winston Nathaniel Lark IV, 20, was convicted by a jury of first-degree felony murder for killing Nelson Alexander, 73, during an ATM robbery, Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano announced Jan. 22. Lark was also convicted of using a firearm in committing a murder. In the early morning of Oct. 20,...

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning from 11pm Saturday through 4am Monday. Forecasters say a combination of heavy snow, sleet, freezing rain, and bitter cold will create dangerous conditions that could linger well into next week. The latest official snowfall forecast from the NWS shows a...

Two people were hospitalized after a crash on the Anacostia Freeway early Friday morning.

Seven Montgomery County police officers and a man who died after being released from their custody have been identified by the Independent Investigations Division in the state Office of the Attorney General more than a month after the incident occurred. In a Friday press release, the investigations division...

BETHESDA, Md. — A Maryland County’s decision to make its buses free is already showing positive results with little of the downsides that critics cite as Mayor Mamdani seeks a similar plan for New York. Montgomery County — a suburb of Washington, D.C. with more than one million...

Governor Jim Pillen announced Thursday morning that 200 Nebraska National Guard soldiers will be deployed to Washington D.C. at the end of February. “Making sure our Nation’s Capital is free of violence, free of crime, free of drugs and free of predatory behavior,” Pillen says. “I think it’s really awesome that we...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The Archbishop of Washington on Friday issued a rare decree, offering thousands of Catholics in D.C. and much of it's Maryland suburbs an optional exemption from Saturday and Sunday Mass due to expected winter weather. Leaders from the Diocese of Arlington, which oversees Catholic churches in...