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DC mom takes matters into her own hands to keep kids crossing the street safe 02/28/2024 04:27pm • In the fall of 2022, Allison McGill started spending time along the streets near Tyler Elementary School in Southeast D.C. She's not a paid crossing guard, but she has a vest to make sure drivers can see her as she helps kids walking to school cross the street. She's been dedicating about 30 minu Canine units to start searching Loudoun Co. high schools for illegal narcotics 02/27/2024 09:02pm • Canine teams will start randomly searching Loudoun County, Virginia, high schools next month, Superintendent Aaron Spence said, as part of a plan to deter students from bringing illegal substances onto school campuses. The scans, which will be conducted through a partnership with the Loudoun Coun How a WTOP reporter almost got swindled by a scammer over the phone 02/27/2024 08:11pm • Scam phone calls have become more prevalent and in some cases more convincing these days as thieves try to steal victims' money and personal or financial information. Montgomery County Police say among the most common scams are phone calls in which the caller impersonates law enforcement or a gov Family urges Md. lawmakers to create Purple Alert for people with intellectual disabilities 02/27/2024 07:40pm • The father of a man who was missing in Maryland for six days last October urged lawmakers to pass a bill to create the same kind of large scale alerts that take place when children are kidnapped for when older adults go missing. Jimmy Hall told a Senate committee in Annapolis on Tuesday it is urg Court appearance postponed: Man accused of leading police on 30-mile chase in stolen Md. highway truck remains hospitalized 02/27/2024 04:13pm • Arrest warrants reveal new details about what happened after police say a Maryland man stole a tow truck, rammed several vehicles and led authorities on a nearly 30-mile chase earlier this month. Flavio Cesar Lanuza, 27, of Laurel, remains hospitalized Tuesday at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Cen Human remains found during walkthrough of recently purchased Arlington Co. home 02/27/2024 01:56pm • During a walkthrough of a recently purchased home in Arlington County, Virginia, Monday, police say human remains were found inside the property. Officers were called to the 1300 block of N. Taylor Street in the Ballston area at around 4:45 p.m. after "suspicious circumstances," were reported, po Manassas receives grant to combat opioid abuse 02/27/2024 11:17am • The City of Manassas has accepted a grant aiming to help address the opioid crisis in the Virginia community. The Manassas City Department of Social Services was recently awarded $42,069 in grant funding from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority, an organization that aims to abate and remediat Police, fire unions call for property tax hike in Arlington Co. to address staffing issues 02/26/2024 09:22pm • The fire and police unions in Arlington County, Virginia, are asking for an increased property tax rate to better pay first responders and fill vacancies in both departments. “We've been dealing with the staffing crisis for the last three to five years, and it seemed to hit Arlington a little b Virginia State Police say there's been an 'alarming uptick' in pedestrian fatalities 02/26/2024 05:41pm • Over the past 15 days, Virginia State Police say 11 pedestrians were killed in crashes across the state, as of Monday. Matthew Demlein, a public relations manager with Virginia State Police, told WTOP that Prince William, Fairfax and Loudoun Counties are among those that have recorded pedestrian 5th suspect arrested and charged with murder in Md. toddler's death 02/26/2024 04:51pm • A fifth person is facing murder charges in connection with a shootout in Prince George's County, Maryland, earlier this month that left a 2-year-old boy dead, police said Monday. Nilson Granados-Trejo, 25, of no fixed address, has been charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of Police investigate 39-year-old inmate's death at Alexandria detention center 02/26/2024 11:36am • A 39-year-old inmate died at a detention center in Alexandria, Virginia, early Monday morning after law enforcement said he appeared to have suffered from a medical emergency. Ahntais Lucas, 39, of Fairfax County was found alone in his cell at the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center, at a Ding dong! 'South Park' creators deliver 'The Book of Mormon' on DC's doorstep 02/26/2024 12:34am • From "South Park" to "Orgazmo" to "Team America: World Police," few entertainment minds have brilliantly walked the line of raunchy lowbrow humor and highbrow social commentary better than Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Their most incredible feat just might have been winning nine Tony Awards, includ Woman killed at DC hotel after being choked, hit with ceramic toilet tank cover 02/25/2024 05:19pm • A man has been charged with murder after police said he brutally killed a woman he had been in a "nonexclusive romantic relationship" with inside a D.C. hotel room on Friday. Romaine Maddox, 36, of Northeast D.C., was found dead at the Ivy City Hotel on New York Avenue. She suffered multiple l Woman struck, killed in Woodbridge hit-and-run 02/25/2024 12:55pm • A woman was struck and killed in a hit-and-run in Woodbridge, Virginia, late Saturday night, according to Prince William County police. Carla Andrea Mejia, 27, of Woodbridge, was walking in the westbound lane of Minnieville Road near Bobcat Court wearing "all dark clothing," when she was struck b Maryland considers more juvenile justice bills, and they may be included in bigger legislative package 02/25/2024 09:16am • As Maryland’s top Democratic leaders continue to assess legislation to tweak the state’s juvenile justice system, all or portions of other juvenile-related bills could be incorporated in the bigger legislative package backed by the governor and key committee chairs. Sen. Cory V. McCray (D