Alexandria VA

The Alexandria Health Department is raising concerns about the rise of tickborne illnesses as spring progresses. The health department and Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities are partnering for a tick bite prevention campaign this spring, when tick activity increases as temperatures warm. The city is placing 30 educational signs across parks and trails encouraging residents to do tick checks. There will also be...

WASHINGTON — Newly released body camera footage shows the moment Homeland Security agents shot into a car during a traffic stop in Northeast D.C. last year. The shooting happened along Benning Road NE on Oct. 17, 2025, around 8:45 p.m. On Monday, the Metropolitan Police Department released three videos on YouTube regarding the shooting, which they call a "Serious Use of Force."

New surveillance footage shows the moments leading up to a Metrobus crashing into a popular Shaw restaurant over the Easter holiday weekend.

Prince George's County police have identified the man who died after he was struck by two vehicles in Oxon Hill last week.

Prosecutors in Fairfax County, Virginia, offered an “insane” plea deal to two illegal aliens charged in a vicious mob-style murder, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials say. Last week, the Fairfax County District Attorney’s Office offered a 5-year plea deal to illegal aliens Maldin Anibal Guzman-Videz and Luis...

Convicted murderer Erika Sifrit has been refused parole in connection with the killing of a Fairfax, Virginia, couple in Ocean City, Maryland, in 2002, WTOP has learned. After a two-hour hearing in a conference room at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup, a two-member panel of the Maryland Parole Commission ordered Sifrit to have a rehearing in April 2033.

Alexandria, VA – After more than 90 years of service, The Twig has made one of its largest contributions yet. The Junior Auxiliary of Inova Alexandria Hospital—known as The Twig—has donated $2 million to support the new hospital under construction at the former Landmark Mall site. In recognition, the facility’s conference center will bear The Twig’s name.

A woman was found guilty Monday for the crash along Rock Creek Parkway that claimed the lives of three men in 2023.

For those lamenting the loss of Unwined at Bradlee Shopping Center, get ready to welcome a new wine and sandwich shop at the same location. Chord Bread & Bottle is expected to open this spring at 3690-J King St., offering up wine, a salad and sandwich menu (a variety of 12 cold sandwiches and six hot sandwiches are on the menu), and will also offer catering...

Sails on the Potomac brings four historic vessels to Old Town June 12–14 as part of America 250 celebration