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Want a Wrangler? Here's how much above sticker price a DC dealership might charge you 03/20/2023 11:26am • An estimated 31% of new vehicles were sold above sticker price in February, according to J.D. Power. How much more? An average 8.8%, amid strong demand for new vehicles despite inflation, and significant improvements in supply chain issues that propped up new vehicle prices last year. Dealerships 17-year-old shot and killed by US Park Police after fleeing traffic stop identified 03/20/2023 09:30am • A 17-year-old driver was fatally shot by a U.S. Park Police officer in Northeast D.C. Saturday, after he dragged another officer with a stolen car while fleeing the scene, authorities said. A spokesperson with D.C. police identified the driver as Dalaneo Martin, 17, of Northwest D.C. on Sunday mo With ridership up, Metro adds more rail service at busy stations 03/20/2023 09:26am • The word of the day on Metro is more — with more people riding on Metro, the D.C. transit agency is adding more service to some of the busier stations on Monday. These days there are more riders than the transit system has seen since the pandemic started in 2020. In fact, last week saw the two Car Review: Hyundai Tucson gets new looks and plug-in hybrid version 03/20/2023 06:11am • Finding the correct crossover can be tough work, especially when there are so many options. Hyundai has retooled the compact Tucson crossover to give buyers gas, hybrid and PHEV versions. I drove the gas N-Line AWD and the plug-in hybrid versions, and I can help you sort it all out. More Consumer Traffic safety top of mind at Prince George's Co. high school after student killed in crash 03/18/2023 11:07am • Henry Wise High School’s gymnasium was full of neighbors from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, frustrated about the number of traffic incidents nearby. Just last week, one of the school’s own died in a car crash. The emergency meeting was held by Prince George's Council Vice Chair Wala Blegay after Montgomery Co. wants to hear from residents about long-term pedestrian plan 03/17/2023 07:03pm • According to results from a survey by the Montgomery County Planning Board, just over half of residents surveyed said they are satisfied with conditions as they walk around the county — be it taking their dog for a walk, running errands or waiting for a bus. However, there are proposals to impr 2 drivers killed in fiery Frederick Co. crash 03/17/2023 02:04pm • A fiery two-vehicle crash in Frederick County, Maryland, Thursday left two people dead, authorities said. State troopers responded to an area west of Easterday Road on U.S. Route 40 in Myersville shortly before 3 p.m. for the report of a crash and fire, according to Maryland State Police. Student robbed at gunpoint outside DC high school 03/17/2023 05:30am • A Northwest D.C. high school student was robbed at gunpoint on his way into school Thursday morning, triggering a lockdown at the school and two others nearby. The District's public schools chancellor was visiting the school when the lockdown occurred. At a news conference, the Metropolitan Polic 3 people killed in Rock Creek Parkway crash identified 03/16/2023 05:10pm • Police have identified three people killed in a crash along D.C.'s Rock Creek Parkway on Wednesday morning. Mohamed Kamara, 42, of Burtonsville, Maryland; and Arlington, Virginia, residents Jonathan Cabrera Mendez, 23, and Olvin Torres Velasquez, 22, were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash Residents say safety ‘lacking’ on Frederick Co. highway after deadly tanker explosion 03/16/2023 06:25am • Just a little over a week after a deadly tanker truck explosion on U.S. Route 15 in Frederick County, Maryland, sparked a fire that spread to nearby homes, members of the community came together Wednesday evening to share their concerns with state and local officials about the highway and the respon 2 Capitol Heights men arrested in connection to Silver Spring shooting 03/16/2023 03:54am • Two Capitol Heights, Maryland, men have been arrested in connection to the shooting death of a man in Silver Spring earlier this month. On Wednesday, Montgomery County police reported that Kajohn and Ahmahd McCombs, both 22-years-old, are in custody following the death of Deandre Keith Ellis, 23. 3 dead, 2 injured after two-vehicle crash on Rock Creek Parkway 03/15/2023 10:30pm • Three people are dead and two others were hurt after a driver fled a traffic stop and crashed into another vehicle on Rock Creek Parkway in Northwest D.C. It happened around 1:45 a.m. in the area of P Street Northwest, according to U.S. Park Police, and traffic is being diverted off the parkw Traffic stop in Montgomery County turns up fentanyl, crystal meth 03/14/2023 05:23pm • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, arrested a man last week after a traffic stop turned up suspected fentanyl pills, crystal meth and crack cocaine. Harry Perkins, 38, was charged with possession and the intent to distribute the drugs he was found with when he was arrested in Germantown on Ma Gov. Moore recommits Maryland to California's vehicle emissions reduction goals 03/13/2023 10:52pm • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is working on accelerating the state's commitment to improving air quality and combating the effects of climate change by returning the state's timeline to its initial, "more aggressive," clean energy plan, which is in line with California's. Moore's support for the progre DC woman describes 'nightmare' of having wedding dress stolen 03/13/2023 07:49pm • Claudia Arango's wedding was less than two months away when someone broke into her SUV on Friday in the area of Randolph and 14th streets in Northwest D.C., and stole the expensive dress she planned to wear as a bride. She told WTOP that it was a devastating feeling to open up the back of her veh