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Most Metrobus riders don’t pay their fares. Will a local government incentive help? 10/11/2024 04:40am • According to the transit agency, seven in 10 people are not paying their fares when riding Metrobus, despite the service seeing spikes in ridership after the pandemic. D.C., Maryland and Virginia all pay a piece of the Metro funding pie, and a more than two-decades-old formula determines how big Weekend DC-area road closures to make way for beer, hockey and running 10/10/2024 03:54pm • The D.C. area is gearing up for a weekend full of fall fun, with the start of the Washington Capitals season, the Army 10-Miler and Snallygaster (the District's largest craft beer festival) all set to take place Saturday and Sunday. But the good times come with a bit of a headache for drivers, as Man faces 4 felony charges after Fairfax Co. shopping center shooting leaves 1 wounded 10/08/2024 07:58am • A 25-year-old man faces a series of felony charges after police say he shot another man at Worldgate Shopping Centre in Herndon, Virginia, Sunday night. Herndon police said Mohamed Abdalla was taken into custody Monday night without incident. He's charged with four felonies, including malicious w Safety expert: Montgomery Co. 911 call center 'chronically understaffed' and flooded with calls 10/07/2024 09:00pm • Most of the calls taken by Montgomery County's staff members at the Emergency Communications Center aren't emergencies. The sheer volume of calls to 911, coupled with a 16% overall staffing shortage, is adding to the increased time it takes for a human to pick up that 911 call. The Montgomery Co Man charged with murder, arson after DC town house fire kills three people 10/07/2024 05:00pm • A D.C. man is facing charges after allegedly starting a town house fire that left three people dead, including a woman he'd previously been in a relationship with, police said Monday. D.C. police arrested Robert Simpson, 56, of Southeast, and charged him with three counts of murder and arson in 'They are still numb': Mayor of NC town describes Helene wreckage and recovery 10/07/2024 04:13pm • More than 200 people are dead from Florida to North Carolina as the result of Hurricane Helene. There are still reports of people missing among the six states that felt the wrath of the storm. It has been a painstaking task to try and get through the mud and muck left over after Helene raised riv Maryland State Police stage stunning rescue of 4 stranded kayakers in Montgomery Co. 10/07/2024 03:09pm • Four kayakers who got stranded in the Potomac River's rough waters Sunday were rescued by a Maryland State Police chopper. Footage posted to social media shows Maryland State Police Aviation Command Trooper 3 — which is based out of Frederick — conduct the hoist during the missions. Mo First responders: Large, clear house numbers needed when finding you in an emergency 10/07/2024 11:57am • First responders rushing to offer police, fire and emergency services can be delayed if home address numbers can't be easily seen from the street. "We want to get to you quickly," said Pete Piringer, chief spokesperson for Montgomery County, Maryland's fire and rescue service. "Finding your home, Events around DC area that mark anniversary of Oct. 7 attack 10/07/2024 10:00am • Monday, Oct. 7, marks one year since the Hamas attack on Israel which killed over 1,200 people, and lead to the subsequent war in Gaza. The anniversary is prompting vigils and protests around the D.C. region on Monday. Protests have erupted across the nation since the initial attack, including in DC man sentenced to 50+ years of prison time for sexual abuse of 3 children 10/06/2024 06:13pm • A D.C. man was sentenced Friday to 52 and a half years in prison for sexually abusing three children — including an infant. Matthew Stitt Johnson, 34, plead guilty on Aug. 29, 2022, to two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count second-degree child sexual abuse with aggravating c Man gets 8 years in prison for shooting DC-area teen he was 'dating' 10/06/2024 10:48am • A man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after shooting a D.C.-area teenager that prosecutors said he was "in a romantic relationship" with. Deangelo Wooten, 27, sent text messages to the teenage girl, who is 10 years younger than he is, according to a news release. from the U.S. Attorney' Former Capitol Police officer wants to end the falsehoods about Jan. 6 10/05/2024 02:11pm • (WASHINGTON) -- A United States Capitol Police Officer, who defended the Capitol during the attack on Jan. 6, 2021, vividly recounts the events of that day, describing it as a profoundly devastating experience for himself, his fellow officers and the nation as a whole. Former Capitol Police Offic 'This man can’t get out': Alexandria man sentenced in 2022 murders of two landscapers 10/04/2024 06:56pm • An Alexandria man was sentenced on Friday for the shooting deaths of two landscapers in 2022. Francis Deonte Rose, 29, was sentenced to 58 years in a Virginia prison on Friday for the murders of Juan Carlos Anaya Hernandez, 24, and Adrian de Jesus Rivera Guzman, 48. Rivera Guzman was Hernandez's Split verdict returned in case against police officer charged with killing man outside Tysons Corner Center 10/04/2024 06:14pm • After a jury spent two days deliberating the case of a former Fairfax County, Virginia, police officer, who shot and killed a suspected shoplifter outside Tysons Corner Center last year, a split verdict came down Friday. The jury found former Sgt. Wesley Shifflett, 36, not guilty of involuntary m Mother, 2 children killed in Prince William County following early morning house fire 10/04/2024 02:17pm • Three people are dead after an early morning fire broke out in Prince William County, Virginia, on Friday. It happened before 6 a.m. at the 15700 block of Piedmont Place in the Montclair area. When firefighters arrived, the two-story house was engulfed in flames, the Prince William County Depa