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A Virginia man apparently dressed as if he were going to a wedding while breaking into closed medical offices and allegedly stealing equipment and cash. Fairfax County police said 67-year-old Carlos Anthony Mitchell of Woodbridge was arrested in connection with three commercial burglaries dating back to May. Surveillance footage released by police shows one of...

A Virginia police officer with more than two decades on the job is facing two misdemeanor shoplifting charges after police say he used a self-checkout trick to steal from two Target stores. The Fairfax County Police Department identified the master police officer as 44-year-old Scott Abram of Spotsylvania. He was charged on Oct. 8 after...

WSSC Water is urging residents to keep at least a three-day emergency supply of water at home following last month’s power outage at the Potomac Water Filtration Plant that led to an essential-water-use-only request for nearly 2 million customers. WSSC Water officials joined Maryland Secretary of the Environment Serena...

Seventy-seven people were arrested overnight into Thursday as Prince George's County deputies and a coalition of regional law enforcement agencies fanned out across the county to serve outstanding domestic violence warrants. The operation, which ran from Wednesday night into Thursday, closed 86 warrants. The sweep was carried out as part...

A trio of Harrison County veterans got to take a free flight to visit the national memorials recognizing their service in Washington, D.C. thanks to Honor Flight Kentucky. Bob Owen, Mike Wilson, Dan Haley and their three guardians arrived at Bluegrass Airport well before daybreak Oct. 3 to have breakfast and board the special American Airlines flight for a day in the nation's capital.

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Montgomery County native Lisa Loeb was a big winner on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune this past week, dominating the game and earning nearly $300,000 for charity. Loeb competed on Season 7, Episode 3 of the ABC game show alongside Kimberly Perry and Ally Brooke. Her winnings benefited SCOPE (Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education), an organization that provides funding to help children from under-resourced communities attend overnight summer camps.“Spoiler alert… I won big!” Loeb wrote followin

Freeze warnings and frost advisories are in effect across portions of the Mid-Atlantic as temperatures fall into the upper 20s and 30s early Sunday.

The first tenant has signed on and construction is underway at The Shops at Travilah, a new shopping center in North Potomac. Skyn Theory, a med spa, is coming soon to the development at 14119 Travilah Rd. Construction has begun on the business’s space, though additional details about the med spa and its anticipated opening have not yet been announced.

The closure, which begins Oct. 16, is part of Amtrak’s “Pause for Progress” project, aimed at improving rail operations and preventing larger service disruptions in the future.