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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Sterling, VA – A routine traffic stop in the Sugarland Run area of Loudoun County led to a drug and ammunition arrest late last month, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. According to the...

Maryland might not be the first place you think of when someone says “pizza.” But locals know better. Between busy highways and quiet neighborhoods, you’ll find small spots that don’t look like much. From the outside, they seem simple. Then the pizza arrives, and everything makes...

An unusual bird is playing chicken with people parking outside a Loudoun County building. Meet Gravy, the turkey that has seemingly taken up permanent residence outside a building off Route 7. The parking lot that Gravy calls home is just outside the building for Shenandoah University's satellite campus. It's also...

DULLES, Va. (7News) — A United Express airplane preparing to fly to Richmond, Virginia, was struck by a food service vehicle at Dulles International Airport on Friday afternoon, a spokesperson for the airport said. Crews were called to the Concourse A regional gate at around 3:50 p.m. after a...

Montgomery County rang in 2026 with several joyful arrivals, as local hospitals celebrated the first babies born in the new year. The following births are listed in order based on the time the babies were born, and reflect the three New Year’s babies that hospitals shared publicly on social media, not necessarily the...

A Winter Weather Advisory is still in force for parts of western Maryland and western Virginia through Thursday morning, with increasing snow, strong winds, and hazardous travel conditions predicted into the early hours of New Year’s Day. The National Weather Service in Baltimore/Washington has issued an advisory...

After a lifetime in gymnastics that took her to Olympic podiums and national stages, Dominique Dawes is coming home. The Maryland native announced she will open a new Dominique Dawes Academy location in Silver Spring in 2026, adding another hometown chapter to her growing presence in Montgomery County. The new...

Several members of the West Virginia National Guard on patrol in Washington, D.C., helped suppress the spread of a fire that could have been a very dangerous situation, according to a report from the Joint Task Force-D.C. Three West Virginia National Guard members on a routine patrol along Massachusetts Avenue...

A Baltimore man has been has been sentenced for his role in a kidnapping-murder plot in Frederick County.

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Stargazers in Maryland are in for a busy start to the year as 2026 kicks off with a rare lunar schedule, a major meteor shower, and a bright planetary conjunction. According to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, 2026 will feature 13 full moons instead of the usual 12. This occurs roughly...