Alexandria VA

ALEXANDRIA, VA – Alexandria celebrated the 238th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution on Wednesday, September 17, with a special ceremony at City Hall. City Clerk Gloria Sitton, on behalf of Mayor Alyia Gaskins, presented a proclamation officially recognizing Constitution Week, September 17–23, 2025. Members of the...

A Prince George’s County woman accused of stabbing her grandmother to death was in court Friday afternoon for her bond hearing after being on the run for days.

Mayor Muriel Bowser has introduced legislation aimed at giving medical cannabis businesses in Washington, D.C. more time to establish themselves. The Medical Cannabis Conditional Licensure Extension Amendment Acts of 2025—introduced in permanent, temporary and emergency forms—would extend the expiration date on...

Thank you for reading D.C. Witness. Consider making a donation to help us continue our mission. DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt heard testimony from eyewitnesses and police investigators in a homicide trial on Sept. 16. Reginald Steele, 26, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, conspiracy, 10 counts...

As of Saturday morning, no arrests have been made in either stabbing.

WALDORF, Md. — A domestic violence incident early Saturday morning in Waldorf left a woman hospitalized with facial injuries and a man with bleeding from his mouth and nose. Emergency responders were called to a Gallery Place residence around 2:58 a.m. for reports of an assault involving two adults and children...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Jeff Clabaugh, whose upbringing in the Midwest led him to provide business news reports for WTOP News for decades, died Thursday at 63 years old, the station announced on Friday. Clabaugh died at his home on Thursday following a yearlong cancer battle and just two days...

A second man was arrested Friday for his alleged involvement in the April 2025 deadly shooting in Petworth, the Metropolitan Police Department detailed.

A Frederick County teenager was killed in D.C. in 2019. D.C. police just announced a second arrest.

Growing up on a farm in rural North Dakota, Christine Gunderson was surrounded by never-ending blue skies. “Blue reminds me of that sky. It reminds me of home.”. That blue inspired Gunderson for decades. When she and her family began a custom build project with Robert Ransom, owner of The Ransom Co. in Alexandria,...