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The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures the attention of Americans starting from an early age. Beyond celebrities’ Instagram Stories and red carpet poses, there are actors out there paying their dues and honing their craft in pursuit of a sustainable career or a fulfilling sideline. Submitting to casting calls is a...

Good morning, Alexandria! 👋 Today is Friday, Aug. 8, the 220th day of 2025. There are 145 days left in the year. ☀️ Today’s weather: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83 degrees. East wind 6 to 10 mph. Partly cloudy tonight, with a low around 64 degrees. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

ALEXANDRIA, VA – Missed the Virginia sales tax holiday last weekend? You get a second chance, but you’ll have to cross the bridge. The annual Tax-Free Week on select items begins tomorrow, August 10 in our neighboring state to the north and runs through next Saturday August 16.

Kevin Freeman, a 20-year-old resident of Washington D.C., received a five-year prison sentence today following his guilty plea for an armed robbery on the Metro, as per a statement by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Freeman, who had previously pleaded guilty to one count of robbery while armed on May 5, 2025,...

Alexandria police are searching for a 76-year-old woman who went missing Saturday afternoon in the North Old Town area. Bernise Simpkin was last seen around 2:45 p.m., according to the Alexandria Police Department. She is described as 4 feet, 8 inches tall, weighing approximately 130 pounds, with a black hair cover.

A Maryland man who says an Alexandria K-9 officer injured him during his 2023 arrest has filed a civil lawsuit in federal court against that officer’s handler and former Alexandria Police Chief Don Hayes. William Kyle III claims to be the victim of excessive force by police after he...

Firefighters quickly extinguished the flames with no injuries reported.

The photo above shows the crash victims' car, police say. Two people were seriously hurt when a driver who sped at over 100 mph fled police on I-95 in Northern Virginia and then slammed into a car on I-395, authorities say. The driver also was hurt after Virginia State Police...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — The Montgomery County Police Department issued a Purple Alert for a man with autism who went missing on Saturday. Police said 27-year-old Brandon Lee Smith was last seen on McGrath Boulevard around 6:45 p.m. wearing a blue and white polo, black jeans and possibly high-top shoes with a...

A store employee is hurt and clean ups are underway after a group of teenagers allegedly trashed and stole from a store in the Hechinger Mall in Northeast D.C. Friday night. Police told WTOP before 11:45 p.m., a large group entered a store on Benning Road near Maryland Avenue and stole multiple items and also threw...