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Property tax bills in Fairfax Co. would go up under budget proposal 02/21/2024 05:10am • Under the Fairfax County executive's budget proposal, the property tax rate would go up for the first time in six years, raising annual bills by hundreds of dollars on average when coupled with increased real estate assessments for 2024. County Executive Bryan Hill is proposing a 4-cent increase Police: Search continues for man who walked out of hospital, stole ambulance after earlier crash involving stolen car in Fairfax Co. 02/20/2024 06:45pm • Clad in a hospital gown and with an IV still hanging from his arm, a Prince William County man took an ambulance from the hospital where he was being treated following a crash involving a stolen car in Fairfax County, police said. Rickey Lowe, 32, was a passenger in the car that was reported stol Officials offer few details about death of Maryland state employee in Annapolis office building 02/20/2024 10:08am • Maryland officials are releasing few details about the death of a state employee inside a state government office building in Annapolis 10 days ago. Police and emergency medical crews were called to the Attman-Glazer building at 45 Calvert St. in Annapolis for reports of an employee who was found Montgomery Co. youth rugby team loses thousand of dollars to hackers 02/20/2024 05:47am • Maryland Exiles Youth Rugby Club are raising funds for new gear and a trip to a rugby festival in North Carolina. (Courtesy Dan Soso) A youth rugby club is still trying to play catch-up after someone stole $17,000 from its bank account last year. Maryland Exiles Youth Rugby Club head coach Da 3 workers hospitalized after being shocked by power lines at Alexandria construction site 02/19/2024 07:41pm • Three men were taken to the hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, Monday after suffering electrical shocks when they came into contact with a power line at a construction site, authorities said. Two of the men have life-threatening injuries, police said. It happened Monday at 6336 Stevenson Ave. a Loudoun house explosion: Fallen firefighter mourned, nonprofit funnels aid to families 02/19/2024 07:30pm • Help is on the way to families of the firefighters killed and injured in last week's house explosion in Sterling, Virginia. The Loudoun First Responders Foundation, an all-volunteer nonprofit, is providing financial assistance to the families in coordination with the Loudoun County Combined Fire 5 hospitalized after stolen car crashes in Fairfax Co. 02/19/2024 05:10pm • A crash involving a stolen car in the Fair Oaks area sent five people to the hospital Monday, according to Fairfax County police. Police said they were alerted around noon that the car was stolen from another jurisdiction. The driver left a parking lot near the Fair Oaks Mall and upon seeing poli Georgia man charged with murder in strangling death of Maryland girlfriend 02/19/2024 12:55pm • A Georgia man was arrested and charged Saturday after officials said he walked into a Prince George's County police station and confessed to strangling his girlfriend to death inside of her Maryland home. Carl Kearney Jr., 43, was charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of 38-ye Prince George's Co. sheriff's deputy convicted of rape after it was caught on tape 02/19/2024 11:08am • A Prince George's County, Maryland, sheriff's deputy was convicted Friday of raping his ex-girlfriend, following a trial in which a key piece of evidence heard against him was heard by the jury and everyone else in the courtroom. The conviction of 37-year-old Brandon Burroughs was announced on Fr Firefighter hurt in Sterling home explosion released from hospital 02/19/2024 08:46am • One of the firefighters who was injured in the Friday night home explosion that killed a volunteer firefighter in Sterling, Virginia, has been released from the hospital, according to Loudoun County Fire and Rescue. Three firefighters remain hospitalized in stable condition. Bomb-like devastation Man killed in Fairfax Co. hit-and-run crash 02/19/2024 07:44am • A man is dead after a hit-and-run crash Sunday night in Fairfax County, Virginia. Police said it happened just before 10:45 p.m. on Richmond Highway at Buckman Road in Woodlawn. The man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died. Police told WTOP that witnesses Md. man arrested and charged in overnight homicide of DC man in Northeast 02/18/2024 09:42pm • A Clinton, Maryland, man was arrested Sunday in connection with a fatal shooting that took place in Northeast overnight, police said. Charles Demarco Best, 25, has been charged with second-degree murder, according to a news release from D.C. police. The shooting victim has been identified as 3 DC police release photos of suspect in shooting of 10-year-old boy 02/18/2024 08:02pm • D.C. police have released surveillance camera footage of their suspect — and the suspect's vehicle — in the shooting of a 10-year-old boy in Southeast on Saturday. Law enforcement is seeking the community's help in identifying this suspect, according to a news release from the police departme Pair of DC men sentenced to total of 32 years in prison for 2021 murder 02/18/2024 02:21pm • D.C. prosecutors and officers have announced sentences totaling more than 30 years for two District men for their part in the April 2021 murder of 29-year-old Kerry Odoms. Twenty-four-year-old Malachi McFarland and 27-year-old Andre Smith, both D.C. residents, were sentenced to 14 and 18 years in 10-year-old boy shot in Southeast DC 02/17/2024 11:51pm • A 10-year-old boy has been hospitalized after a Saturday night shooting in Southeast D.C. Seventh District Commander LaShay Makal said it happened around 8:20 p.m. in the 3400 block of 13th Place, blocks from the Congress Heights Metro Station. "When we got here, we located our victim, a 10-ye