Local News for Virginia, Maryland, and DC The latest local and breaking news for Virginia, Maryland, and DC Thursday, July 16 VirginiaMarylandDC WUSA9 Virginia News (Read more) • Alexandria man arrested for vandalizing 2 Flock cameras • WATCH: Fairfax fire crews battle intense flames at house fire • Surveillance video helps Fairfax officers arrest knife-wielding man in 7-Eleven parking lot • 8 children, 1 adult transported after school bus crash in Fauquier County • Alexandria apartment shooting leaves man dead • 'Don't dig up the dead' | Stafford County woman fights to protect historic cemetery from proposed data center development • Mother says 9-year-old son is 'saving lives' after fatal I-95 crash • Who pays for data center power lines? Virginia hearing could change the answer WTOP Virginia News (Read more) • Man dies after shooting at Alexandria apartment complex, police say • GOP Senate hopefuls face long odds in race to challenge Virginia’s Mark Warner • Fairfax Co. Supervisor Jimenez charged with reckless driving • From AI cameras to drones, Fairfax Co. uses new technology in policing • Trial delayed for former stepfather charged with sexually assaulting missing teen in Spotsylvania Co. • Loudoun County could remove burned-out skeleton of home owned by man charged in 2025 deadly arson • Legal challenge seeking to block Virginia’s reproductive rights constitutional amendment dismissed • Flights grounded at DC-area airport due to security concerns for Iraqi leader WUSA9 Maryland News (Read more) • Three dead in Adelphi crash • Man wanted for armed robbery of Gaithersburg optical store • Maryland confirms 5 measles cases • Prince George’s County residents renew calls for traffic signal after two deadly crashes kill six in three days • Red line shutdown: Montgomery Co. offering free Capital Bikeshare memberships to impacted residents • Man who died in police custody in Greenbelt identified • Former Maryland elementary school teacher sentenced for trafficking fentanyl • Red Line Shutdown: What commuters need to know for Summer 2026 WTOP Maryland News (Read more) • Police identify 3 killed in multi-vehicle crash in Adelphi • Park or drive in Metro’s temporary bus lanes, and you could face a fine • DC’s last streetcar bridge will be demolished — it carried trams from Georgetown to Glen Echo • Maryland confirms 5 new measles cases, bringing year’s total to 9 • Sunday crash that killed 3 fuels more calls for fixes at Prince George’s Co. intersection • BWI runway to close temporarily for $84 million repaving effort • Former Montgomery Co. teacher convicted of selling fentanyl to serve 12 years in prison • Maryland announces Aug. 9-15 back-to-school sales tax break WUSA9 DC News (Read more) • Man struck and killed in Occoquan Commuter Lot identified, driver cited • Three dead in Adelphi crash • DC launches new School Safety Office • National Park Service announces plans to tear down this final piece of DC transit history • Man wanted for armed robbery of Gaithersburg optical store • Investigators still don’t know the extent of DC Housing Authority hack • Alexandria man arrested for vandalizing 2 Flock cameras • WATCH: Fairfax fire crews battle intense flames at house fire WTOP DC News (Read more) • Ice, electrolytes and keeping the door closed: DC’s go-to hot weather hacks • DC’s last streetcar bridge will be demolished — it carried trams from Georgetown to Glen Echo • Federal panel reviews park fencing plan and visitor screening center to improve White House security • Drained Reflecting Pool reveals Trump’s ‘American flag blue’ liner is now closer to gray • Capitals to play Penguins in 2026-27 home opener • Council members push back on plan to keep National Guard troops in DC into 2029 • House passes bill to ‘ditch the switch’ and make daylight saving time permanent • March for democracy planned for anniversary of historic MLK-led 1963 Washington march
