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Crash shuts down Baltimore-Washington Parkway SB
RIVERDALE, Md. — Drivers are being warned of delays after a crash shut down a portion of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway on Friday afternoon. Transportation officials say the roadway is closed southbound before MD-410, Riverdale Road, for a crash with serious injuries in Prince George's County. All southbound lanes remain...
Highway marker a milepost in telling story of Nause-Waiwash people
A historical marker unveiled by transportation officials and members of the Nause-Waiwash Band of Indians Inc. is the next step in telling the story of a people that predate the first Europeans in what is now Dorchester County.
Illegal Immigrant Hiding Out In Maryland Apprehended By Federal Authorities: ICE
Deportation officers from Enforcement and Removal Operations Baltimore apprehended a 35-year-old fugitive last month in Lanham who was in the country illegally and was wanted back home, according to officials from ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) team. The Colombian was arrested in September 2011 and charged with attempted aggravated...
Prince George’s board seeks probe of member who also held a job in Missouri
By Thomas Robertson The Prince George’s County Board of Education has asked for an investigation into former member David Murray, who resigned earlier this month, several months after he’d taken a job with a school system in Missouri and started working in that state. The board said in a letter dated Wednesday that it has […]
Police in Fairfax County consider nixing crossing guard program
Police manning crosswalks could become a thing of the past thanks to a police shortage among the rank and file in Fairfax Couty. County leaders are considering privatizing crosswalk staff. FOX 5’s Tisha Lewis joins us from Lorton with more.
‘For military business’: Man breaks into home, demands victim’s car after showing military ID, Arlington police say
ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Arlington police arrested a man from Woodbridge who broke into someone’s home and demanded their car because he needed it “for military business.” The Arlington County Police Department (ACPD) said officers responded to a breaking and entering report around 9:53 a.m. Wednesday in the 2900 block of S. […]
Fairfax County refused multiple ICE detainers linked to man who is now a murder suspect
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — ICE confirms to 7News that one of the men that the Fairfax County Police Department arrested in connection to a murder in Oakton, Virginia last weekend is a Honduran in the U.S. illegally. This isn’t the first time he was arrested in Fairfax County....
Longtime Mount Vernon area jeweler goes mobile
Mount Vernon Jewelers, a fixture around the Richmond Highway Corridor for over four decades, is vacating its storefront location Aug. 1 to engage in mobile jewelry sales and service. Store owner KJ Park, who has operated the jewelry business at its current location near Woodlawn for a dozen years, said...
Theatre News: Best Medicine Rep Announces Its 8th Season
Yes, we’re still looking for a home, but we have big plans for the coming year, with two new comedies on the calendar!. Did someone leave you off their holiday card list? What is the proper etiquette for that cousin you had the fight with? Never fear! Jennifer Faletto’s hilarious, adult sketch show, Rules for Writing Christmas Cards, will take you through every step and misstep this holiday season. Directed by John Morogiello.
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