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New urgency to find a missing Manassas Park mother 08/16/2024 05:41am • A Manassas Park, Virginia, woman has been missing now for two weeks, and there's a stepped-up effort to find her. Police and dozens of volunteers searched the trails at Blooms Park Thursday night, but there's still no sign of 28-year-old Mamta Kafle Bhatt ��� a pediatric nurse. She has an 11-mont Virginia-run ABC liquor stores get security upgrades after $80K in thefts 08/15/2024 04:25pm • State-run liquor stores operated by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) have been losing tens of thousands of dollars in Northern Virginia due to theft, and they are rolling out security upgrades as a result, police announced Thursday. Locks are being installed to restrict acc 1-year-old Virginia girl killed in Prince George's Co. crash after Amber Alert, police chase 08/15/2024 03:50pm • A 1-year-old Virginia Beach girl is dead after police say her father kidnapped her and her two young siblings, sparking an Amber Alert and a police chase that ended in a crash in Prince George's County, Maryland. Maryland State Police said 16-month-old Za'riyah Plummer was killed after she and he 'Feared for my life': Jury now has case of DC man who says fatal shooting of 13-year-old was self-defense 08/15/2024 03:30pm • Was it self-defense or murder? A D.C. jury is now weighing the fate of a man who fatally shot a 13-year-old boy after encountering the teen breaking into cars in his neighborhood last year. Jason Lewis, 42, is charged with second-degree murder while armed in the shooting death of Karon Bla Nearly 900 have pleaded guilty to charges linked to Jan. 6 insurrection 08/15/2024 01:30pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller at��Today on the Hill.�� A Maryland man who was near the House chamber on Jan. 6, 2021, when a woman was shot in the U.S. Capitol as rioters confronted police has pleaded guilty to assaulting l Where to find new school zone speed cameras in Arlington County 08/15/2024 09:11am • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series�����WTOP Goes Back to School�����this August and September. When students return to school in Arlington 'If you need 911 ��� call 911': A lifesaving call and a Montgomery Co. family's joy 08/15/2024 04:29am • A Burtonsville, Maryland, woman and a Montgomery County 911 call taker credit each other with lifesaving actions that led to a joyous family reunion. Both have vivid memories of the evening of May 11. ���It was just like any other day,��� said Henry Estrada, a 911 call taker and dispatcher at Montgomery Co. schools' new security chief says community engagement officers have caused 'confusion' and 'angst' 08/14/2024 07:02pm • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series�����WTOP Goes Back to School�����this August and September. Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland mo Police investigating how teenage girl got hurt in Anacostia�� 08/14/2024 04:30pm • A teenage girl has injuries that are not life-threatening, but police now say that there is no evidence that a shooting had taken place in the Southeast D.C. neighborhood. Earlier, police said on social media that a shooting investigation was underway on Bangor Street near Morris Road in the Anac Police: Antisemitic graffiti found at Montgomery County synagogue, days after school vandalized 08/14/2024 04:20pm • What police are calling antisemitic graffiti was discovered at Congregation Beth El, in Bethesda, Maryland, two days after authorities say similar language was spray-painted on a nearby elementary school. Late Tuesday afternoon, Montgomery County police responded to the synagogue, located on Old 2024 Arlington County Fair road closures: What you need to know 08/14/2024 11:35am • The Arlington County Fair, which bills itself as one of the largest free entertainment events on the East Coast, starts Wednesday at the Thomas Jefferson Community Center. With the start of celebrations and fun come road closures for surrounding streets. Here's what you need to know. 2nd Charles Co. man charged with rape, imprisonment after assaulting house cleaner, police say 08/14/2024 07:30am • A White Plains, Maryland, man was arrested and charged Friday after being accused of imprisoning and sexually assaulting his house cleaner at gunpoint. According to the Charles County Sheriff���s Office, it happened at a home on in the 7300 block of Tottenham Drive. Jordan Keith Proctor, 29, a Search for a Manassas Park woman who disappeared 2 weeks ago continues 08/14/2024 07:11am • A Manassas Park, Virginia, mother has been missing for two weeks. Police are asking for any information that may lead to finding her. Mamta Kafle Bhatt, 28, was last seen on July 31. She was reported missing on Aug. 5 and a police flyer with her description was released by Manassas Park Police th Weapons detectors could come to Montgomery Co. high schools this year 08/14/2024 04:35am • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series�����WTOP Goes Back to School�����this August and September. Stepped up security is coming to Montgomery Cou Man accused of breaking into Loudoun Co. Public Defender's Office held without bond 08/13/2024 04:47pm • A 22-year-old man is being held without bond in Loudoun County, Virginia, after being accused of breaking through a security-enhanced door to enter the office of the Loudoun County Public Defender in downtown Leesburg. Leesburg police said Riley Biro, of no known address, burst into the office on