Alexandria VA

Sora Ethiopian Market & Cafe on Duke Street has permanently closed after 12 years in business, with an online auction of its equipment confirming the shutdown of a business that served as both a market and community gathering place. The restaurant, which opened in 2013, closed over the weekend of...

Now, a Maryland inmate will spend nearly three more decades in prison. Nasir Wilkinson, 23, of District Heights, was sentenced Tuesday, Sept. 16, to 35 years in prison after Judge Marybeth Ayres in Montgomery County Circuit Court stacked new time on top of his attempted murder conviction, prosecutors announced....

WASHINGTON — A DC Police officer is on administrative leave after he was accused of several charges, including assault on law enforcement officers, driving while intoxicated and sexual battery. The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed Monday night that Officer Trevon King is on administrative leave. A source...

On the morning of September 11, deputies were called to assist the U.S. Marshals in finding a man wanted from Washington, D.C.

The hunt is ongoing for a suspect tied to a deadly shooting in Northeast Washington, D.C., an incident that claimed the life of 41-year-old Allen Shropshire; the Metropolitan Police Department has extended a call for community assistance to find the individual responsible. A plea underscored by the gravity of a life...

James McAlee, the man authorities said drove from Virginia to confront Jared Musgrove about a relationship with his daughter, has been found guilty and sentenced for Musgrove's death. ADA Christopher Dunnagan provided the following information: The jury went out at 11 am and returned as its verdict: Voluntary...

A new traveling exhibit chronicling 400 years of struggle for Black equality in the U.S. will open in Alexandria on Wednesday, Sept. 24. The Kate Waller Branch Library (717 Queen Street) will host Determined: The 400-Year Struggle for Black Equity​ Exhibit from Sept. 24 until Oct. 25 (Saturday). The traveling exhibit...

WASHINGTON, DC.- Last Friday, a 27-year-old Washington, D.C., man, currently detained in the D.C. Central Detention Facility, was sentenced to two decades in prison for the 2021 brutal and unprovoked beating death of a 38-year-old man that occurred outside the Ogden Market in Northwest, D.C. According to U.S....

WASHINGTON (7News) — A man was robbed at gunpoint near a popular marketplace in D.C., where his green card and other items were taken, police said. Two men threatened the robbery victim with a black handgun at the 1200 block of 5th Street Northeast around 7:09 a.m. They stole a brown wallet, four banking cards, two...

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the expansion and job opportunities at Systems Planning and Analysis. The company will invest over $46 million between their City of Alexandria headquarters and Fairfax County facilities. The expansion will create over 1200 jobs in Northern Virginia. Systems Planning and Analysis...