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Gov. Youngkin announces new sustainable agriculture facility in Manassas 06/08/2024 09:29pm • Magic beans that grow into beanstalks may just be part of a fairy-tale, but Manassas, Virginia, is getting something close. Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Thursday announced Beanstalk Farms Inc.���s second indoor farm and distribution facility at the Freedom I-66 Industrial Business Park in Manassas. Libraries in Montgomery Co. host free summer 'reading challenge' to help curb learning loss 06/08/2024 09:05am • Keeping young bodies and minds active when school is out for summer can be a challenge. And that challenge is being addressed in Montgomery County, Maryland. "Reading and family engagement throughout the summer is essential," said Maranda Schoppert, Early Literacy and Children's Programming M Haymarket ice skating star Sarah Everhardt is anonymous no more 06/07/2024 03:11pm • Sarah Everhardt saw no reason to make a fuss about her first day back at Battlefield High School after a week-long absence. To the 17-year-old junior, Jan. 30 was another day to slip into English class and join 20 peers to work on her essay for the upcoming Standards of Learning test. But Bran Montgomery Co. schools eyeing layoffs and class size increases 06/05/2024 10:00pm • School principals, teachers, staff and families of Montgomery County students are contemplating the impacts of budget cuts that will result in growing class sizes in the fall. In an email to families on Tuesday, Montgomery County Public Schools Interim Superintendent Monique Felder said class siz DC-area nonprofit holds largest diaper drive for families in need 06/05/2024 08:50pm • With Father's Day around the corner, a new campaign aims to bring awareness to infant health and the critical role of raising children in the D.C. area. On Wednesday, the Greater D.C. Diaper Bank announced it plans to accept more than 300,000 Huggies diapers in the largest single diaper donat 15-year-old faces misdemeanor charge after little girl accidentally shoots self in Montgomery Co. apartment 06/05/2024 05:56pm • A 15-year-old is facing a misdemeanor charge after Montgomery County police said a 3-year-old girl accidentally shot herself inside a Maryland apartment. The teenager has been charged with possessing ammunition by a prohibited person and has been released to the teenager's parents. Police said in Canines on Capitol Hill push legislation to help working dogs 06/05/2024 04:34am • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at��Today on the Hill. A four-legged military veteran and other tail-wagging everyday heroes came to Capitol Hill this week to highlight the important role that dogs play in the armed services Police ID woman killed after stolen SUV crashes into DC building; suspect charged with murder, kidnapping, carjacking 06/04/2024 05:01pm • A woman is facing charges after police say she carjacked an SUV with a passenger inside from in front of a D.C. hospital and then crashed into a building Monday afternoon. The 55-year-old passenger, Leslie Marie Gaines, of Northeast D.C., died following the incident, police said. The suspect, Documents: Rockville elementary school principal caught on video stomping on student's foot 06/04/2024 05:01pm • A Rockville, Maryland, elementary school principal has turned himself in on assault charges after authorities say he was caught on video stomping on a student's foot. Ritchie Park Elementary School Principal Andrew Winter, 54, is facing a charge of second-degree assault. The alleged assault ha Montgomery County families protest plans to shut down virtual learning program 06/03/2024 04:30pm • Dozens of parents and kids staged a sit-in outside Montgomery County Public Schools' Board of Education headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, on Monday to demand the school system continue its virtual learning program. The school system announced last week that it would be shutting the Montgom How a Maryland entrepreneur was inspired to bring this Hawaiian dish to DC 06/03/2024 06:37am • The first time Vivien Bang grilled the outside of a rice ball in a little bit of sesame oil six years ago, she knew she had struck gold. ���He was just like, ���What are you doing? You have to do something with this,������ she remembers her then-boyfriend and now husband, Luke, telling her wh 'I have no idea what I'll do': Montgomery Co. schools plans to shut down virtual learning program 05/31/2024 11:12am • Montgomery County Public Schools announced Thursday that it would be doing away with its virtual learning program, citing "budget constraints" ahead of a June 11 school board meeting. In a letter sent out to Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) parents, the director of the program, David Chia, said t Frederick Co. ends large portion of remote learning program due to budget cuts 05/31/2024 10:15am • Remote learning will be a thing of the past for a number of Frederick County, Maryland, students after this summer. The Remote Virtual Program for 3rd through 8th graders was cut for next year to balance the Frederick County Board of Education���s budget. In the audience at Thursday's boar Kennedy Center hosts free outdoor films at REACH 05/31/2024 04:14am • The D.C. area hosts plenty of outdoor movie series, but very few take place on such hallowed grounds. Starting this Friday, the Kennedy Center hosts free outdoor film screenings on the REACH Video Wall with movies starting at sundown or around 8:30 p.m. The series kicks off this Friday, Ma Review: Benedict Cumberbatch can't save Netflix miniseries 'Eric' from bizarre, inconsistent tone 05/30/2024 03:09pm • Could Mr. Snuffleupagus help you find your missing child before he gets snuffed out on the street? That's roughly the premise of the new British miniseries "Eric," which premieres Thursday on Netflix for six episodes brought to you by the letter "B" for "bizarre." The series follows Vincen