Alexandria VA

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect in connection with the armed robbery of a United States Postal Service letter carrier earlier this month here in Montgomery County. According to the Montgomery County...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (DC News Now) — Possible wreckage from January’s deadly midair collision washed up along the Potomac River in Alexandria on Sunday. It’s been more than 7 months since the Jan. 29 crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), which killed all 67 people on board an American Airlines jet...

Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins addressed community concerns about the city’s use of Flock Safety surveillance cameras during a live one-on-one discussion with ALXnow on Tuesday, providing clarification and further details on Wednesday that new Virginia laws prevent the technology from being misused by federal...

The islands of Puerto Rico have been a United States territory for over 125 years. Throughout this time, many discussions over their future have taken place. With Washington, District of Columbia (DC) under a federal takeover and massive changes being made directly to Puerto Rico, it is vital to step back and...

Armed carjacking in Northwest DC leaves two suspects on the run Washington, DC – A late-night carjacking in the 1300 block of Buchannan Street NW on Monday has sparked an active search for two suspects, one of whom was reportedly armed with a handgun, according to police. The incident occurred around 11 p.m. in DC’s

The Culpeper Police Department announced that Kenneth Robinson, 44, of District Heights, has been charged in connection with an attempted fraud scheme that played out across multiple jurisdictions last month. An investigation was launched on Monday, Aug. 18, when officers were called to a financial institution in the...

SEAT PLEASANT, Md. — Family and police are searching for a 32-year-old father who disappeared more than two weeks ago in Prince George’s County. Dakarai Djehuti was last seen Aug. 17, 2025, near the intersection of MLK Hwy and 69th Place, according to the Seat Pleasant Police Department. Relatives said he left...

Since 1982, residents of these Northern Virginia counties: Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park, have been subject to a mandatory vehicle emissions testing program, a policy enacted in 1982 under the 1970 Clean Air Act...

WASHINGTON (7News) — National Guard troops have been patrolling Metro stations for several weeks and 7News looked into what exactly troops are doing and whether it’s helping. The Army declined to say how many of the 2,200 National Guard troops working in DC were assigned to Metro stations...

WASHINGTON — Slow down. No, you're not reading this article too quickly ─ a Virginia-based highway safety nonprofit is calling for stricter speed limit laws in the commonwealth and around the country claiming lower speed limits equal fewer pedestrian deaths. Based in Arlington, the Insurance Institute for Highway...