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WTOP High School Player of the Week 02/08/2023 03:22pm • Our Player of the Week Campaign is now over. Thank you to all who participated! Nominate your favorite high school athlete for their chance to be our next WTOP Player of the Week! Are you the parent of an outstanding student athlete? Or do you know a student athlete who deserves recognition? Nom Should 16-year-olds be able to vote in city elections? Rockville residents sound off 02/08/2023 11:50am • Should 16- and 17-year-olds be allowed to vote? A city in Montgomery County, Maryland, is looking at adding younger people to voter rolls for city-wide elections. Residents of Rockville voiced their opinion about the move during a city council meeting Monday night. More Montgomery Coun DC child actress dishes on Peacock TV series 'The Best Man: The Final Chapters' 02/08/2023 04:45am • Hear our full conversation on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame.��� February means both Valentine's Day and Black History Month, and for many Americans, you can't spell either without��"The Best Man" (1999) and "The Best Man Holiday" (2013). Now, you can stream all eight episodes of "The B Augenstein's lament: 3 reasons I don't say 'February' as well as Dimitri Sotis 02/08/2023 04:16am • For an experienced broadcast journalist in my 27th year covering the D.C. area for WTOP, this time of the year is always humbling. Sure, I put on my "good team player" hat, but at 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 31, the reality hits -- I can't say February very well. It���s the most wonderful time of the y Child care costs vary in DC region with highest in Alexandria 02/07/2023 08:05pm • Any parent will tell you that child care is expensive, but families living in one Virginia city are paying the most in the D.C. region. Parents in Alexandria, Virginia, are paying the largest portion of their median family income for child care. According to new child care data analyzed by the Wo Montgomery Co. raises awareness on teen dating violence 02/06/2023 10:05pm • Tuesday, Feb. 7 is #WearOrangeday, an effort to show solidarity with victims of teen dating violence and to raise awareness about the topic. Montgomery County, Maryland, is joining in with resources for families and teens alike. The numbers are jarring: One in three adolescents is experiencing so Arlington's Wakefield High reopens with extra security presence 02/06/2023 07:18pm • Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, reopened Monday with extra security, because of what the principal called "concerning social media posts circulating." In a message to the school community Sunday, Principal Chris Willmore said Arlington police will provide increased patrols around th How to rescue loved ones from a deadly opioid overdose 02/05/2023 03:16pm • A rash of opioid overdoses in area schools, including a recent��death at an Arlington, Virginia, high school, have parents concerned. So how can you protect your kids and loved ones from dying when an overdose does happen? ���Nobody thinks that this is going to happen to them," said Ginny Lovitt At Police: Handgun found at Prince George's Co. middle school 02/04/2023 07:59am • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, are investigating after they said a student brought a loaded gun to William Wirt Middle School on Thursday. A different student alerted school security around 11:40 a.m. that the 13-year-old now under investigation had a firearm on them, according to au Va. Senate Democrats kill Youngkin-backed bill on school awards 02/04/2023 07:07am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Virginia Senate Democrats this week voted down a priority measure for Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin that would have required student and parental notification about certain scholastic awards. Youngkin sought the legislation in response to concerns about how some northern V How long should winter break be? Fairfax Co. school board expected to vote on calendar next week 02/03/2023 11:18pm • Virginia's largest school system is scheduled to vote on a future calendar at its meeting next week, after a weekslong process that included community feedback. It's unclear, though, whether Fairfax County Public School board members will support just a calendar for 2023-24, or a multiyear plan a Frederick Co. holds contest to redesign flag as part of 275th jubilee 02/03/2023 11:15pm • Frederick County, Maryland, is holding a contest to redesign its grand old flag as part of the county's 275th anniversary. The winner of the contest will get $1,275 in cash and a full-size flag with their design, a Frederick County news release said. The prizes were a result of input from the commun Dozens gather at Wakefield High School, call for increased security after suspected overdose 02/03/2023 10:18pm • Dozens of parents, students and community members convened at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, Friday afternoon, calling for additional security measures after a suspected overdose at the school earlier this week. Participants took a lap around the outside of the school's campus, cha Arlington schools take 'urgent action' after teen's suspected drug overdose 02/03/2023 08:56pm • Arlington Public Schools is planning what it calls 'urgent action' on substance abuse after a 13-year-old boy died at school from a suspected drug overdose. Sergio Flores was rushed to the hospital Tuesday morning after he was discovered with four other teens in a Wakefield High School bathroom l Teen dies after suspected overdose at Arlington high school 02/03/2023 11:55am • A teen who authorities believed overdosed in an Arlington County, Virginia, high school bathroom earlier this week has died, police said. The teenager died in the hospital Thursday, police said. Investigators are now conducting a death investigation and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner wi