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Watchdog: Only 'minimal' progress at DC's 911 call center 09/09/2022 04:05pm • The Office of the D.C. Auditor says efforts to fix longstanding problems in the Office of Unified Communications, which operates the 911 call center, have produced only "minimal progress." ���There is no more important government service than responding to medical emergencies,��� said D.C. Audito Man charged with slashing tires in Dale City commuter lot, assaulting police dog 09/09/2022 12:45pm • 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 say a man slashed the tires of dozens of cars in a Dale City commuter lot on Wednesday, assaulted officers and tried to stab a pol How Prince George's Co. plans to enforce the curfew beginning Friday night 09/09/2022 12:14pm • When the clock strikes midnight, kids 16 and under better be at home, say leaders in Prince George���s County, where stricter enforcement of a curfew is about to be implemented. The county plans to take a gentle approach to violations to start. Initially, someone found in violation of the cur Metro employee taken to the hospital after fire aboard train at Eastern Market station 09/09/2022 11:30am • The Eastern Market Metro station was temporarily evacuated and riders faced disruptions on a portion of the Blue, Orange and Silver Line after it appears someone set fire to a train seat Friday morning. No riders were injured, but the train operator who put out the fire was taken to the hospital DC-area Sept. 11 remembrance events 09/09/2022 10:39am • Sunday marks 21 years since the deadly terrorist attacks on the Pentagon, New York City and Flight 93 that crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Here are some events marking that solemn day in the D.C. area. In D.C., Police Chief Robert Contee delivers remarks at a service honoring "the law enfor 20 years after Beltway snipers, ATF leader says new technology could have solved case sooner 09/09/2022 09:28am • As the 20-year anniversary of the Beltway Sniper shooting rampage nears, the man who headed the investigation at the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says new technology would have likely stopped the shootings sooner. During a three-week period in October 2002, John All Howard Co. high school teacher accused of possession, distribution of child pornography 09/08/2022 05:00pm • The school system in Howard County, Maryland, told the school community that it has received "disturbing news" regarding the arrest of a high school teacher on child pornography charges. The Atholton High School teacher was taken into custody in a neighboring jurisdiction and is accused of posses Not all police in Prince George���s Co. will be enforcing curfew 09/08/2022 04:26pm • A lot has been made about the curfew that county leaders say Prince George���s County, Maryland, police will begin strictly enforcing again this weekend. But some of the county���s biggest municipal departments won���t be involved in it. ���In Bowie we have the city charter that does not allo Hyattsville breaks ground on new police headquarters 09/08/2022 12:32pm • The city of Hyattsville is finally breaking ground on a new headquarters for the city's police department. Located just off Route 1, the new location on Hamilton Street near the intersection with Queens Chapel Road is actually more centrally located, which the city says will ultimately lead t Alexandria Harmonizers present fall showcase called 'A Beautiful Morning' 09/08/2022 09:58am • Their voices have lifted Alexandria, Virginia since 1948. This Saturday, the acclaimed men's��a-cappella��chorus Alexandria Harmonizers��present their��fall showcase called��"A Beautiful Morning" at Schlesinger Hall at Northern Virginia Community College. "The show is a celebration of returni Police: Driver, passengers in custody after car chase in Prince George's Co. 09/08/2022 09:27am • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, say a car chase ensued after a routine patrol approached an illegally parked car in District Heights. One officer was injured in the incident. Police told WTOP that around 9:10 p.m. Wednesday evening, officers were approaching an illegally parked car on Man sentenced for murder of woman on DC 295 and 2020 assault 09/08/2022 07:47am • A District man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of a woman along DC 295 in February and a previous assault against his child's mother in 2020. Gregory Johnson, 31, was sentenced Wednesday after he pleaded guilty in June in D.C. Superior Court to charges of second-degree mur Truck crashes through decorative railing on Arlington Memorial Bridge 09/08/2022 12:19am • A pickup truck mounted the sidewalk on the Arlington Memorial Bridge and crashed through the decorative masonry on its railing Wednesday evening. According to U.S. Park Police, the accident happened just before 8 p.m. on the inbound side of the bridge that looks over the Mt. Vernon Trail and the 1 dead, 3 injured after Southeast DC shooting 09/07/2022 09:43pm • One man was killed and three others were injured in a shooting in Southeast D.C. shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday, police said. They identified the victim as Kendrick Phillips, 30, of Southeast D.C. D.C. police said the four were shot while standing outside on the 600 block of Chesapeake Street 'I didn't want to die': Uber driver recounts confrontation with dirt bikes, ATVs in DC 09/07/2022 08:25pm • For the first six hours of his shift as an Uber driver on Sunday, Javier Gutierrez of Rockville, Maryland, said, his time picking up and dropping off passengers around the D.C. area was like any other. That all changed, he said, around 9 p.m., when he encountered a group of people riding dirt bik