$1M Blaze Rips Through Montgomery County Home, Displacing Family (Watch)
Dozens of firefighters had their hands full on Friday afternoon when a $1 million house fire broke out and displaced a family in Maryland, officials say. What started as a garage fire led to the Red Cross assisting at least nine people including several children — over the holiday weekend in Montgomery County.
His D.C. church was robbed, but this pastor says the National Guard isn’t needed
In D.C.'s Ward 7, which has one of the highest crime rates in the city, the East Washington Heights Baptist Church has occasionally shown up in the robbery statistics. There was an incident in March this year, when thieves took laptops. A few years earlier, someone broke in and stole communion wafers and vandalized...
Gun and cannabis found in student’s backpack at Ballou High School in DC: MPD...
WASHINGTON (7News) — A student's backpack carrying drugs, a pistol and unregistered ammo was confiscated at Ballou High School in Washington, D.C. Friday morning, according to a police report from the Metropolitan Police Department. An officer on patrol in Southeast, D.C., was flagged down when a gun was found...
AI-driven private school opening in Northern Virginia
(The Center Square) – As artificial intelligence spreads across Virginia’s economy, from data centers to workforce training, Northern Virginia is about to see AI move into the classroom. This fall, Alpha School will open a new campus in Chantilly. The private school, enrolling students in kindergarten through fifth...
Motorcyclist Killed In Mount Airy Crash After Colliding With Car, Sheriff Says
On Thursday, Aug. 28, at around 6:15 p.m., deputies from the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office responded to the intersection of West Ridgeville Boulevard and the Mount Airy Village Shopping Center for a reported fatal crash, officials said. According to investigators, a Honda motorcycle traveling westbound struck a...
Arlington police arrest 15 in Pentagon City retail theft crackdown
Arlington police announced that 15 people were arrested and are facing multiple charges following a retail theft enforcement in the Pentagon City area.
A new DC hospital grapples with too many patients and too few nurses
As soon as D.C.’s newest hospital opened its doors in April, the emergency room was overwhelmed with too many patients and not enough staff. Nurses were pulled from other departments. The top nursing administrator clacked downstairs in heels to treat patients herself. The chief operating officer cleaned beds....
13-year-old among three teens accused of shooting man during attempted robbery in Northwest DC
WASHINGTON — Police say three teens are facing charges after a man was shot during an attempted robbery in Northeast D.C. According to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), officers were called to the 3700 block of Hayes Street, NE for reports of a shooting just before 8:30 p.m. on July 29.
Local man accused of bringing drugs back from Maryland every 2 weeks sentenced
A judge handed down the sentence to an Indiana man who pleaded guilty to drug trafficking.
Woman charged with hate-bias assault in DC street fight
Suspect arrested after hate-related assault on 8th Street in Northwest DC WASHINGTON, DC — A verbal dispute in Northwest escalated into a hate-related assault this week, resulting in the arrest of a Southeast DC woman who allegedly attacked another individual while using homophobic slurs, according to the...
