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Effort to get healthy, locally grown food into our schools expanding 10/04/2024 02:00pm • October is National Farm to School Month, celebrating programs that connect farmers with students. This year's theme is "From Soil to Sea: Nourishing People and Planet." The goal is to get nutritious food from farmers in the region into local schools and educate children about where their food co Prince William County high school senior reflects on year spent in Thailand 09/29/2024 09:11pm • Since he was a child, Oral Clarke II has had his life mapped out up to the age of 99. Those plans were upended, however, when he applied for a yearlong study abroad program at the start of his sophomore year of high school. Clarke's French teacher at the time told him and his fellow classmates ab 'Prayers have been answered': Toys for Tots gifted with a warehouse in Montgomery County    09/28/2024 09:25am • On Monday, Elizabeth Scott, the Montgomery County coordinator for Toys for Toys said the organization was a month away from canceling this year’s toy drive. In what could be a plot of a Hallmark Christmas movie, Judy Shincarick was able to help save Christmas without having to be visited by Amber Alert canceled after 14-year-old DC girl found safe 09/27/2024 07:00pm • D.C. police have canceled an Amber Alert after a 14-year-old District was safely found Friday afternoon. According to authorities, the girl went missing from the 1300 block of Longfellow Street NW around 10:30 p.m. Thursday. In a release, D.C. police said when they arrived on the scene Thursda (Almost) everything you need to prepare for federal retirement 09/27/2024 02:28pm • This content is provided by WAEPA. WAEPA, a nonprofit, has been proudly serving the Federal workforce for more than 80 years, providing Group Term Life Insurance and other financial wellness tools. With eight decades of experience, WAEPA is uniquely equipped to provide peace of mind to Civilian F Looking for a laugh? SNL alum Leslie Jones headlines in downtown DC this weekend 09/26/2024 02:14pm • The "Because They're Funny" comedy festival is coming to The Wharf in D.C. this weekend — three days of mirth for people who love watching comedy performances, and those considering a career in trying to make others laugh. Promoter Jeff Friday said the festival is scheduled to run Friday throug Judge won’t vacate sniper Lee Malvo’s 6 Md. convictions, postpones resentencing indefinitely 09/25/2024 05:17pm • A Montgomery County judge denied a motion by convicted D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo to vacate his six murder convictions in Maryland for the 2002 rampage, and indefinitely postponed a resentencing hearing. Malvo, who was 17 years old at the time of the shootings, was convicted of multiple counts of Are the online goods you’re buying really all that good? Or are they phony? 09/25/2024 04:45pm • Most of us haven’t started our holiday shopping yet, and some of us might not start until the last minute. But when you go looking for deals online, what you think is a steal could leave you robbed. “It's a growing criminal global enterprise that totals $2 trillion a year,” said Paul De Player of the Week: Annapolis' Tyler Womack 09/25/2024 07:25am • There were a few moments when it wasn’t clear whether Annapolis High School's running back Tyler Womack would regain the form that seemed to have him on the path to success on the football field. As a freshman, Womack had torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during an early Md. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks responds to reports she improperly claimed tax credits 09/24/2024 10:01am • Democratic Senate Candidate and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks is responding to recent reports that she had been improperly claiming tax credits for two homes that she owned. She told reporters Monday night that she was unaware of two tax credits, first reported by CNN, unti DC-area group educating Black men about prostate cancer 09/23/2024 09:51am • The statistics are alarming: One in six Black men will develop prostate cancer in his lifetime, according to Alexandria, Virginia-based nonprofit ZERO Prostate Cancer. That's why the men of Capitol Heights, Maryland-based Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Zeta Chi Sigma Chapter are urging Black me Angela Alsobrooks improperly claimed tax deductions on DC, Maryland properties, records show 09/22/2024 01:00pm • (CNN) — Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maryland, improperly took advantage of tax breaks she did not qualify for, including one meant for low-income senior citizens, saving thousands of dollars in taxes on two properties she owned in D.C., and in Maryland. A CNN re Prince William supervisors approve data center rezoning at site of former ‘Manassas Colored Horse Show’ 09/22/2024 09:22am • The Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday approved a data center rezoning in the Brentsville District of Prince William County, Virginia, that will feature an African American historical trail on its premises. The board voted 6-1 in favor of the rezoning from agricultural to planned business dis Tired of shutdown threats? Try to understand the weird way the US government gets money 09/22/2024 01:00am • (CNN) — The current drama should feel so familiar: ► A deadline looms for a must-pass, stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. ► Former President Donald Trump is encouraging Republicans to embrace a shutdown if they can’t get Democrats to agree to add controversial immigra Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist 09/22/2024 12:01am • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a resident sitting outside their home saw — well, did they see it? They were pretty sure they saw it. A rat. The purported sighting would not have gotten attention in many plac