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School assemblies at Montgomery County high schools to include gun education 09/13/2022 08:50pm • High school students in Montgomery County, Maryland, will get a lesson about keeping schools and students safe this fall during scheduled assemblies, which includes a lesson on gun education. Montgomery County Public Schools, the state's attorney's office and the police department will give infor DC offering grants aimed at helping child care providers grow 09/13/2022 06:20pm • A grant hopes to make it easier for parents to find a licensed day care in D.C. "Child care is critically important to any region's economic stability and recovery," said Christina Grant, D.C.'s superintendent of education. The $10 million available as part of the city's Access to Quality Chil Most Fairfax Co. parents agree their child's school is safe, survey finds 09/13/2022 04:34pm • Over 90% of Fairfax County, Virginia, parents who responded to a family engagement survey agreed their child feels safe at school and their child's school is safe. Kathleen Walts, executive director of Fairfax County Public Schools' Office of Professional Learning and Equity, presented findings f Fauquier Co. middle school teacher, wife found dead with gunshot wounds 09/13/2022 01:39pm • A Virginia middle school teacher and his wife were found dead in a home with gunshot wounds, Culpeper police said Tuesday. The bodies of Daniel Garrison, 41, and Stacey Garrison, 40, were initially discovered on Friday afternoon. More Local News More Virginia News Inves Frederick Co. school board to hear recommendations for special education programs after DOJ investigation 09/13/2022 09:21am • The Frederick County, Maryland, school board will hear recommendations Wednesday for how to improve special education programs from a task force created in the wake of a settlement with the Department of Justice over accusations of discrimination against students with disabilities. Federal invest 11-year-old charged with arson after Maryland dollar store fire 09/13/2022 04:31am • A child is facing arson charges over a fire at a dollar store in Carroll County, Maryland, earlier this month. The Office of the State Fire Marshal says an 11-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree arson and released to his parents' custody. His name will not be released due to his age a Weekend brings no curfew violations in Prince George's Co. 09/12/2022 06:40pm • Prince George's County, Maryland, police report that there were no violations of the teen curfew that began last weekend. During the first weekend of enforcement, police said, officers had no curfew interactions with juveniles, their parents or guardians. More Local News More Ma Nearly 60 new security assistants coming to Prince William County elementary schools 09/12/2022 01:12pm • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription today. Prince William County Schools will be adding new full-time school security assistants for every elementary school this year, intended to Ex-Coppin State basketball star Yarbray dies in bike crash 09/11/2022 08:34pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) ��� Larry Yarbray Sr., a former Coppin State University basketball player who holds the Baltimore school's career record for assists, died on Saturday in a bicycle crash in Delaware, according to police and the head of a charter school that employed him. He was 51. Yarbray was ri Tiafoe fans come together to watch Maryland-native take on US Open 09/10/2022 07:20am • Dozens of Frances Tiafoe's fans turned out in College Park to watch the Maryland-native play in the U.S. Open on Friday night. While Tiafoe has fallen short on dreams of making it to the finals, fans are showing him lots of love. The Junior Tennis Champions Center ��� where Tiafoe learned the Watchdog: Only 'minimal' progress at DC's 911 call center 09/09/2022 04:05pm • The Office of the D.C. Auditor says efforts to fix longstanding problems in the Office of Unified Communications, which operates the 911 call center, have produced only "minimal progress." ���There is no more important government service than responding to medical emergencies,��� said D.C. Audito How Prince George's Co. plans to enforce the curfew beginning Friday night 09/09/2022 12:14pm • When the clock strikes midnight, kids 16 and under better be at home, say leaders in Prince George���s County, where stricter enforcement of a curfew is about to be implemented. The county plans to take a gentle approach to violations to start. Initially, someone found in violation of the cur Bethesda company creates carrot chews for grown-ups 09/09/2022 09:37am • Bethesda, Maryland-based Eat the Change, the plant-friendly snack company founded by Honest Tea inventor Seth Goldman and D.C. celebrity chef Spike Mendelsohn, has launched Organic Carrot Chews. Eat the Change already markets Cosmic Carrot Chews, a vegetable snack for kids. More Food N Remembering two visits Queen Elizabeth II made to DC 09/08/2022 09:37pm • After hearing the news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, those in the D.C. region who were fortunate enough to meet Britain's longest-reigning monarch during her handful of visits to the nation���s capital recalled their most memorable moments. Jacqueline Bowens, who leads the District of Colum Kennedy Center exhibit focuses on JFK's connection to arts and the center 09/08/2022 06:40pm • Starting soon, visitors to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will be able to learn more about the connection between the arts and the building's namesake. Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter introduced the new interactive exhibit "Art and Ideals: President John F. Ken