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Local ponds and lakes pose risks for recreational ice skaters 12/28/2022 12:29am • The record cold Christmas Eve and continuation of the below-average temperatures through the early part of this week have created a layer of ice on the area's ponds and lakes. Even though we���re headed into a warm cycle through early to mid-January, we���ll revert to more cold weather later this wi WATCH: Anne Arundel Co. police maneuver kayaks with screwdrivers to rescue pilot in icy crash 12/27/2022 10:28pm • When 71-year-old Steve Couchman crash-landed his plane into the frozen waters of Beards Creek, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, shortly after taking off from Lee Airport, he was brought onto a kayak by a good Samaritan father-son duo. Anne Arundel County Police Officer Elizabeth Myers also boar 3 injured in Suitland Parkway crash, road's 39th collision this year 12/27/2022 08:56pm • U.S. Park Police are investigating a serious, multi-car crash on Suitland Parkway that sent three people to the hospital Monday morning. It is the 39th crash recorded by the WTOP Traffic Center along the road this year. The crash happened at around 11 a.m. on Suitland Parkway near the intersectio Police ID man who died after falling through ice in Prince William County 12/27/2022 06:17pm • 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. Police have identified a 19-year-old Falls Church man who died on Christmas Eve after falling through the ice at a Haymarket pond. P 3 injured in Southeast DC shooting 12/27/2022 05:47pm • D.C. police are investigating a shooting that injured three people, which happened just a few blocks from Anacostia Park. Police said shots were fired along a significant portion of the 2300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast on Tuesday around 2:45 p.m. Alert: Shooting Investigation in the Police ID human remains found in Laurel car fire as DC teen 12/27/2022 05:34pm • Anne Arundel County police identified human remains��found in the back seat of a car fire in Laurel, Maryland. They are investigating it as a homicide. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore performed an autopsy on the remains and found the cause of death to be a gunshot wound. ���Near miss��� crash tracker being developed for DC students 12/27/2022 05:30am • An effort to increase road safety for D.C.'s young bike users and pedestrians includes coming up with a way for students to document ���near misses,��� those times they've had to take evasive action to avoid a collision. Jeremiah Lowery, advocacy director with the Washington Area Bicyclist Associ Kayakers rescue pilot after small plane crashes into frozen Md. creek 12/26/2022 10:45pm • A Navy veteran and his son had no idea they'd be orchestrating an impromptu rescue from their Anne Arundel, Maryland, home, saving a pilot who smashed into a frozen creek on the day after Christmas. John Gelinne, a 30-year retired naval officer, and his son, John Gelinne Jr., a Marine, used kayak Maryland State Police say missing 1-year-old boy found unharmed 12/26/2022 05:51am • Maryland State Police say a 1-year-old boy has been found unharmed after an AMBER Alert was issued out of Baltimore County early Monday morning. The alert went out around 5 a.m. and said that Damarie Williams was last seen around midnight in the Essex area of the county. Around 5:45 a.m. police s Departing WTOP staffers share highlights of their time at the station 12/26/2022 01:00am • Tuning in to 103.5 WTOP-FM is second nature to millions of people who drive in the D.C. area. Whether you're driving to work, going home, picking up your kids from school, or going into the city for a night-out, the voice of WTOP has been the welcomed back seat driver who actually knows how to get y Police: Teenager shot at Greenbelt apartment complex 12/25/2022 09:37pm • A 15-year-old was shot Sunday afternoon at an apartment complex near Greenbelt Middle School in Maryland, according to police. More Local News More Prince George���s County News More Maryland News Around 1:17 p.m., officers responded to reports of gunshots at an apartment c Prince William Co. police say man dead after falling through frozen pond 12/25/2022 06:20pm • A man has died after falling through ice in a Virginia pond on Saturday night. It happened at a golf club near Erinblair Loop and Piedmont Vista Drive in Haymarket, Virginia, around 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve, Prince William County police told WTOP. More Local News More Virginia News 1 dead, 2 injured in Montgomery Co. single-car crash 12/25/2022 01:23pm • One person is dead and two are injured following a single-car crash in Montgomery County on Friday. The crash happened on Friday shortly before 4:30 a.m. in the area of��Piney Branch Road and Sligo Avenue. Montgomery County police say��a silver 2007 Scion TC with three people inside, was travelin Ellen DeGeneres shares emotional video message honoring Stephen 'tWitch' Boss 12/23/2022 10:54pm • In an emotional video message Friday, comedian Ellen DeGeneres paid tribute to former "Ellen" show DJ Stephen "tWitch" Boss, who died last week at the age of 40. Boss was a resident DJ on the "Ellen DeGeneres Show," which he joined in 2014. In 2020, he was��named co-executive producer of the show Prince George's Co. police investigating multiple crashes with driver and pedestrian fatalities 12/23/2022 06:17pm • The Prince George's County Police Department is investigating three recent car crashes with either driver or pedestrian fatalities. Prince George's County police responded to a fatal pedestrian collision that occurred in Suitland at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Thursday night in the 4700 block of