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Prince George's Co. Toys For Tots promises every kid a big bag of toys 12/21/2019 11:35am • Thousands of people waited in line starting as early as 3 a.m. as Prince George’s County Police held its annual Toys For Tots distribution Saturday. Of course, the event included a visit from Santa, who pulled up in a squad car with knickknacks to give to kids who were waiting in line outside. VRE backs Virginia's major rail service expansion goals 12/20/2019 09:10pm • The Virginia Railway Express Operations Board is endorsing sweeping changes that would add many more commuter trains, allow the first VRE weekend service and significantly expand Amtrak service south of D.C. to Richmond. As part of budget approvals Friday, the board supported plans to designate a NASCAR legend Junior Johnson, "The Last American Hero," dies at 88 12/20/2019 07:26pm • Robert Glenn “Junior” Johnson, the moonshine runner turned NASCAR driver described as “The Last American Hero” by author Tom Wolfe in a 1965 article for Esquire, died Friday. He was 88. NASCAR announced the death of Johnson, the winner of 50 races as a driver and 132 as an owner. He was a Record number of holiday travelers set to brave the roads and skies 12/20/2019 04:04pm • A record number of Americans are set to travel this holiday season. AAA estimates that 115.6 million people — over a third of the U.S. — will brave the roads and skies. It's the largest number of travelers that AAA has ever recorded since it started keeping the statistic in 2000. The bulk Neighbors fight to block development of former sand filtration site 12/20/2019 01:54pm • After years of court battles, activists are still fighting to preserve historic McMillan Park and block redevelopment as demolition looms. The 25-acre site along North Capitol Street Northwest in D.C. houses a sand-filtration water purification plant, and was used to store water underground for t Metro, largest union approve 4-year contract 12/20/2019 12:09pm • Metro and its largest union have formally approved a four-year contract that limits some privatization efforts and includes changes to worker benefits plans. The agreement allows some train workers to be hired directly for the first time, rather than only selected from existing bus workers. The a Girl, 4, found in Alexandria Taco Bell parking lot in freezing cold 12/20/2019 07:40am • A 4-year-old girl is safe after she was found wandering around an Alexandria, Virginia, shopping center parking lot in below freezing temperatures early Friday. Alexandria police told WTOP two people passing by the Taco Bell in the Van Dorn Plaza around 4 a.m. saw the girl, who was wearing a swea Maryland sheds light on decision to cut protected bike lane from Nice Bridge 12/19/2019 06:33pm • This May 2014 photo shows the Harry Nice Bridge, which carries U.S. 301 over the Potomac River between Virginia and Maryland. (Courtesy Maryland Transportation Authority) Maryland transportation officials are providing more insight into the decision not to include a barrier-protected pedestrian Money from DC-area park fee increase will go toward local improvement projects 12/18/2019 06:21pm • When entrance fees go up on Jan. 1 at national parks, money collected locally will go toward all sorts of D.C.-area projects — even improving pavement on the George Washington Parkway. "Part of milling and paving on part of George Washington Memorial Parkway was paid for through entrance fees," New developments on the Silver Line timeline: What to know 12/18/2019 05:20pm • It's a few steps forward — and maybe a step or two back — toward opening the Silver Line extension to Dulles International Airport and Loudoun County, Virginia. The stations and most of the rail yard appear to be ready to go and only await some finishing touches. New train testing started Wed Bye-bye, Car2Go: Car-sharing service leaving D.C., Arlington — and all of North America 12/18/2019 03:10pm • Share Now, the car-sharing service formerly known as Car2Go, said Wednesday it will exit the North American market early next year. Starting Feb. 29, Share Now and shareholders Daimler AG and The BMW Group will no longer offer service in North America, as well as London, Brussels and Florence in On-duty US Navy Police officer killed in fiery Charles County crash 12/18/2019 12:15pm • A U.S. Navy Police sergeant who was on duty and in a marked patrol car was killed in a fiery car crash in Charles County, Maryland, early Wednesday morning, authorities said. The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. at the intersection of Maryland Route 224/Chicamuxen Road and Sweden Point Road near I Police ID woman killed in Northwest DC crash 12/18/2019 10:50am • A woman was killed in a three-car crash in Northwest D.C. on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. (Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS) Police have identified a Northeast D.C. woman killed in a three-vehicle crash in Northwest Tuesday afternoon. Teresa Larnell Channelder, 35, of Northeast died, D.C. police said We Girl, 4, struck by car outside DC school 12/18/2019 10:24am • A 4-year-old girl is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after she was struck by a car outside a D.C. school Tuesday night. It happened about 9:17 p.m. outside the Rocketship Legacy Prep School on Massachusetts Avenue near Southern Avenue. The driver of the striking vehicle stayed a Baltimore-Washington Parkway reopens after serious crash 12/18/2019 06:17am • Northbound Baltimore-Washington Parkway north of Md. 193/Greenbelt Road reopened around 5:30 a.m. after a serious crash. The northbound lanes of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway north of Md. 193/Greenbelt Road were closed for about 3 1/2 hours after a single car crashed into the Jersey wall befor