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A person in a sedan shot at several cars on the Beltway in Fairfax County Sunday, authorities say. Troopers responded to reports of the shooting at about 5 p.m. The Sedan was driving on Interstate 495 near Exit 52 towards the Little River Turnpike, according to the Virginia State Police.

WASHINGTON — Virginia State Police officers are investigating a shooting they say happened Sunday evening on a beltway in Fairfax County, Virginia. Police received a call around 5:10 p.m. about a person shooting at multiple cars while traveling north on Interstate 495 near Exit 52 (Little River Turnpike) and continuing to travel north on I-495.

The 2023 high school rowing season kicked off with the March 18 Polar Bear Regatta on the Occoquan River course at Sandy Run Regional Park in Fairfax Station. 23 schools participated in breezy race conditions. - Sculling boats have rowers using two oars each. - The high school race distance...

WASHINGTON — A FOIA request to D.C.'s Department of Public Works (DPW) reveals millions of dollars in unpaid tickets in 2022. In some cases, single drivers owe thousands on their own. Last week, a Lyft driver and his two passengers were killed after a driver and their passenger slammed...

Police are looking for a man who tried to record a woman using the bathroom last week at the Walmart on Liberia Avenue in Manassas. The incident happened March 15 at 6:40 p.m. when the 56-year-old victim saw a phone being held above the bathroom stall, Prince William County Police Master Officer Renee Carr said.

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Fairfax County Public Schools is hiring an expensive K Street law firm as the school district is being investigated by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares. According to the contract, which was first obtained by the Fairfax County Times, the K Steet law firm’s senior...

The proposed bill by Del. Crutchfield would exempt individuals under 25 years old from first-degree murder charges. They have stirred controversy around the potential loopholes and disastrous outcomes. Some fear it could lead to.

SILVER SPRING, MD – Police are searching for a girl who has gone missing in Silver Spring. Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Kimora Neal, a missing 11-year-old child from the Briggs Chaney area of Silver Spring.   Neal was last seen on Friday, March 17, 2023, at approximately 7 p.m., in the 3300 block of Gateshead Manor Way.    Neal is approximately 5-feet, 6-inches tall and weighs 140 pounds. She has brown eyes and long brown hair with a blond streak that she is The post 11-year-old girl reported missing in Silver Spring appeared first on Shore News Network.

The March NAACP Arlington Branch General Membership Meeting. The March NAACP Arlington Branch General Membership Meeting is focused on Public Safety & Justice. We will hear from Commonwealth’s Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, Chief Public Defender Brad Haywood, Chief of Police Andy Penn, and Deputy Chief Wayne Vincent. We encourage you to come to this community conversation prepared with questions for our speakers. Registration Required www.arlingtonnaacp.com.

After roughly four years of development, City Ridge on Wisconsin Avenue near Tenleytown is beginning to bustle.Why it matters: Formerly the Fannie Mae campus, the $715-million, 10-acre development is transforming an area of upper Northwest that hadn't seen much revitalization as developers looked south and east over the last decade.What’s happening: On the retail side, here's what's open:🥕 Wegmans☕ Tatte🌮 Taco BambaOn the living side:🛏️ Four apartment buildings with 690 units. Richard Lake, principal of Roadside Development, tells Axios that 40% are already leased.Apartments at The Branches, The Coterie, Crescendo, and Botanica — where units range from $2,556 for a...

A man in in the hospital with serious injuries after police say he was shot near the border between Alexandria and Fairfax County.

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Antonio Gibbs said he feels lucky to be alive. He had just left a storage unit attached to his 36th Street NE home Saturday morning when a car slammed into it. “It didn’t even hit me I could have died not until my sons were able to get through the […]

This week, the transition from diesel to all-electric school buses progressed another step in the northern Virginia. The City of Falls Church showed off its first "two" electric bus acquisitions. FOX 5's Bob Barnard was there to check it out.

A new bill in Maryland would make it possible for people convicted of specific nonviolent crimes to get jobs at local casinos. “These are opportunities that help create a change within our community,” Maryland State Del. Nick Charles from Prince George’s County told WTOP. Charles sponsored the bill,...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been living in the US since 2019 but they have not had an occasion to travel to the Commonwealth. Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton came stateside in December but they did not come this far East. Queen Elizabeth made 4 tracks to the US with the last one being to Blacksburg in 2007 after the shooting at Virginia Tech. King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla have not visited this area but In 1985, then Prince Charles and then wife Princess Diana did grace the State of Virginia with their presence at a JC Penny store.

As the icy winds howled and the snow began to fall in earnest, Maryland residents braced themselves. Not knowing it would soon become the biggest snowstorm ever to hit their state from March 29 to 30th of, 1942. With a staggering accumulation of snowfall, transportation came to a standstill, schools, and businesses shut their doors, and even the hardiest of locals found themselves forced to stay indoors.

According to police, on March 15, 2009, the body of 31-year-old Pablo Cruz Gamez was found in a wooded area near 13976 Jefferson Davis Highway in the Woodbridge area. It was revealed after an autopsy that his cause of death was blunt force trauma.

Sunday, March 19, 2023 — At about 4:15 p.m. today, City of Falls Church Police responded to the 1200 block of W. Broad Street for report of a carjacking. Police arrested a suspect; name, age, and photo are not yet available. One victim has non-life threatening injuries. Police are...

Speedsters on Interstate 70 can expect to get citations through a state automated-speed enforcement system in the Crystal Falls Drive work-zone area starting with violations on April 9, according to the Maryland State Highway Administration. The state is replacing the I-70 bridges over Crystal Falls Drive, which is west of...

WASHINGTON - Plenty of sunshine with cool temperatures as spring begins across the D.C. region Monday. FOX 5's Gwen Tolbart says we can expect sunny and calm skies with light winds and temperatures in the mid-50s. Grab the jacket as you head out the door! Chilly temperatures will be in...