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Impacts to weekend plans as rain moves into Maryland
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The next weather-maker arrives this weekend, leading to rain and storms, impacting weekend plans. Thursday will be a great summer day to jump in the pool as highs rise to the low 90s under mostly sunny skies. Compared to average for the middle of the month,...
Haircuts for School in Alexandria
Hair stylist Iye Bayoh and owner of Iye Beauty Salon styles the young girl’s hair for school which begins next week. The girls smile as hair stylist Iye Bayoh finishes the new braids. Students show their new hair styles provided by the Iye Beauty Salon on Aug. 12. Councilwoman...
Bryant Paradine Charged With Attempted Murder In Maryland
Bryant Paradine, 37, of Littlestown, Pennsylvania is facing charges for an early morning bout of road rage where he pulled out a gun and began firing, leading to a short-lived search before he was apprehended. According to investigators, shortly after 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, troopers were called to the...
Countdown to Kickoff: Blake Bengals
SILVER SPRING, Md. (DC News Now) — In 2023, Blake high school football head coach Bryon Marshall led the Bengals to their first undefeated regular season in program history. The Bengals fell to North Point in the 4A/3A state semifinals last year, but hope to build on their 2023 success and take it another step […]
Maryland women’s soccer opens season with 2-0 win over Lehigh
Maryland women’s soccer started the 2024 campaign off strong Thursday, taking down Lehigh, 2-0, on the road. With the help of stellar goaltending by Liz Beardsley, who totaled seven saves, the Terps held on to a first-half lead and added an insurance goal to seal their first win of the season.
Top 5 Things To Do This Weekend August 16 – August 19
Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Here are our picks for the best events happening in the area!. Chillin’ on Church is the hottest block party around and fun for the whole town! Held every third Friday, June through September on historic Church Street, the event includes food, local beer and wine, music, and family-friendly activities.
Police ID Armed Man Shot, Killed In Officer-Involved Shooting At Maryland Apartment Complex
New details have been released by the Alexandria Police Department following an officer-involved shooting that left a possibly suicidal man dead earlier this week.Officers were called at around 10:45 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 12 to a home on Maris Avenue after a co-worker asked police to conduct a welfa…
Cutting Tool Orders Up 2.6% Through First Half of the Year
McLEAN, Va. — Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report compiled in a collaboration between AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute, were $208.1 million in June 2024. Orders decreased 2.9% from May 2024 and were down 4.2%...
From recycling to bicycling: Here are all the ways Arlington County fair is going green.
ARLINGTON, Va. — Arlington County Fair dreams of ridding fairgrounds of overflowing garbage cans. So now, the fair is going green. Arlington’s Fair has been going on since the summer of 1977, but this year, they’re aiming for zero waste. The fair is usually full of vendors selling food packed in plastic and Styrofoam, but that will no longer be allowed.
Scooter Braun to Be Honored at ADL’s 30th Annual Kennedy Center Concert for Nova Massacre Exhibit
The music mogul's Oct. 7 memorial exhibition, "06:29 am — The Moment Music Stood Still," opens Saturday in L.A. The post Scooter Braun to Be Honored at ADL’s 30th Annual Kennedy Center Concert for Nova Massacre Exhibit appeared first on TheWrap.
Virginia's Largest Orthopedic Provider Gets Patients On The Road To Recovery
WASHINGTON (7NEWS) — With over 150 orthopedic specialists and 35 convenient locations throughout Virginia, OrthoVirginia is Virginia’s largest provider of orthopedic medicine and one of the leading providers of physical, hand and occupational therapy. We are also the official orthopedic and sports medicine partner of the Washington Commanders!
DC Park Built On Two Cemeteries To Unveil Signs Honoring The Dead
(Washington, DC) — A northwest DC park that was built over two cemeteries will soon have signs honoring some of the people who were buried there. The city will hold a ceremony on September 7th to unveil the new signs at Walter Pierce Park. The two cemeteries closed in the 1890s and city officials once believed that all the graves had been moved decades ago. An effort by DC residents and Howard University anthropologists found the grave sites in 2005. The new signs will pay tribute to more than eight-thousand Quakers and African Americans who were buried in the cemeteries before they were closed.
Dream Job: DC 911 Callers Offered Monthly $800 Bonus For Showing Up To Scheduled Shift
The call center department hopes these bonuses will help with the center’s low staffing which is at a critical point this summer. The post Dream Job: DC 911 Callers Offered Monthly $800 Bonus For Showing Up To Scheduled Shift appeared first on WOL-AM 1450 AM & 95.9 FM.
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