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Montgomery County Transportation officials taking action on Silver Spring parking issues 09/20/2024 12:50pm • People who live on Quebec Terrace in Silver Spring, Maryland, are frustrated about the lack of parking and are taking matters into their own hands. On Wednesday, the Montgomery County Police and the Department of Transportation filled three dump trucks with a variety of objects and cones people u Used EV prices in the DC market are down 27%, bargains, but beware 09/20/2024 10:13am • Used vehicle prices in the D.C. market have fallen dramatically over the past year. Vehicle search site iSeeCars.com says the average price of a used 1- to 5-year-old EV has dropped 27.4% over the past 12 months, or the average equivalent of $9,728. That compares to a drop of just 5.3% for simila A year later, Hyattsville and CSX closer to deal on reimbursement following big train derailment 09/19/2024 03:37pm • It was about a year ago that a train derailed as it crossed over Baltimore Avenue in Hyattsville, Maryland, shutting down the road for weeks and scattering cargo. The mess itself is long gone, but a road adjacent to the tracks remains torn up and the cost of fixing it has been one of the sticking po Most DC air travelers drive themselves to the airport, and business travel is still down 09/19/2024 02:00pm • The Metropolitan Washington Council of Government’s National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board has released findings from a survey of  D.C.-area air travelers. For the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, COG's National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board surveyed How DC is helping drivers to keep child passengers safe 09/19/2024 09:45am • D.C. is making extra efforts to get properly-installed child seats into the cars of its drivers during National Child Passenger Safety Seat week from Sept. 15 through 21. "On Saturday, we're going to be at the Bald Eagle Recreation Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. … Any D.C. resident can show up w Montgomery Co. police search for would-be thieves who rammed car into Giant grocery store ATM 09/19/2024 07:27am • Montgomery County, Maryland, police have released surveillance footage to the public as they continue their search for three suspects who drove a car into a Giant grocery store on Monday and attempted to steal money from an ATM inside. Police received reports of a commercial burglary around 4:30 Family of DC man killed by police outside a McDonald's in Southeast calls for federal probe 09/17/2024 09:17pm • The family of a man who was shot and killed by police outside a McDonald's in Southeast D.C. earliest this month is calling for the U.S. Justice Department to launch a civil rights investigation into his killing. The relatives of Justin Robinson believe police didn’t do enough to de-escalate the s Acquitted of perjury, longtime Loudoun Co. schools spokesman has new book on school 'culture war' 09/17/2024 05:21pm • He spent 20 years as the spokesman for Loudoun County Public Schools and then found himself at the center of a national controversy — and a felony perjury trial — over the school system's handling of two sexual assaults by the same student. Now, Wayde Byard, who was acquitted last year in hi Trial for missing Manassas Park mother's husband to begin in December 09/16/2024 01:50pm • After disagreements between prosecutors and the defense, a trial date was set for a Manassas Park, Virginia, husband who is accused of concealing the body of his wife, who has not been seen since July. Naresh Bhatt’s trial is scheduled for Dec. 9.  Prosecutors and Bhatt’s attorney, Shale Car Review: Nissan turns up the sports car to 11 with the Z NISMO 09/16/2024 07:20am • The Nissan Z NISMO is hardcore track ready sports car with more power and improved handling to make a better driving experience. (WTOP/Mike Parris) With the return of the Nissan Z a few years ago, the company gave buyers a sporty alternative to muscle cars and higher dollar coupes from Germany. For Man fatally shot following fight at Woodbridge car wash 09/15/2024 04:04pm • A man is dead after being shot at a car wash in Woodbridge, Virginia, on Saturday afternoon, police say. Prince William County police said Earl Duwan Miller, 54, was involved in a "verbal altercation" outside of the Sonic Soft Car Wash on Richmond Highway shortly before 4 p.m. when it turned "ph College Football Corner: Terps and Cavaliers clash while the Wildcats miss a chance at history 09/15/2024 01:47pm • This year's college football calendar delivers fourteen weeks between Labor Day and Thanksgiving weekend, meaning schools will get two byes (Navy and Army each have three because their showdown is outside the main calendar while the same is the case for schools who play on "Week Zero"). Seven Top Judge orders prosecutor to turn over video of Mamta Kafle Bhatt leaving work; defense claims missing Va. mom is still alive 09/13/2024 12:27pm • A judge ordered prosecutors in Prince William County, Virginia, to turn over to the defense a video showing Mamta Kafle Bhatt leaving work at UVA Health Prince William Medical Center several days before her husband reported last seeing her. Naresh Bhatt is charged with concealing her body, althou Driver who led police on 30-mile high-speed chase in stolen Md. highway truck pleads guilty 09/12/2024 07:42pm • A man, who police said stole a Maryland state highway truck, rammed several vehicles and led authorities on a nearly 30-mile chase in February, pleaded guilty Thursday to assault and other charges. Flavio Lanuza, 27, of Laurel, could face up to 14 years and 10 months in prison when he is sentence Prison time for 2 DC officers convicted in fatal chase of scooter driver 09/12/2024 06:55pm • A D.C. police officer was sentenced Thursday to 5 and 1/2 years in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder in the death of a man who was struck and killed during a police chase in October 2020. At a trial in late 2022, Officer Terence Sutton, 40, was found guilty of second-degree mur