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A man is accused of stealing credit cards from cars in Bethesda and using them to commit credit card fraud at a nearby Home Depot store.
A D.C. man accused of stealing a pair of sunglasses from Nordstrom at Tysons Corner Center Wednesday night was shot and killed, police said.
Winners of the Bethesda Essay and Short Story Contest and the Bethesda Poetry Contest will be honored at ceremonies on March 9 and 10.
Fairfax County police are partnering with Hyundai Motor Co. on a steering wheel lock giveaway at the McLean District Station on March 4.
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, who helped integrate lunch counters in Arlington, was honored by the Virginia General Assembly for her activism.
For Sunday’s interactive event, author Tiffany Obeng will read her book "Andrew Learns about Actors" and answer questions about the book.
Montgomery County reached an agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police to begin offering a $20,000 bonus to new sworn police recruits.
Fairfax County police officers shot and killed a man who was suspected of theft from a store at Tysons Corner Center Wednesday night.
The southbound South Glebe Road ramp to northbound I-395 will be closed Monday night for traffic camera pole replacement work, VDOT said.
A driver fired shots at another vehicle near Arlington Central Library Tuesday night and then fled the scene in his vehicle, police said.
Arlington County Police charged a 94-year-old man with sex crimes against children and are looking into any other victims of the suspect.
Strong winds stirred up brush fires in Virginia Tuesday afternoon, including fires along Old Keene Mill Road in Springfield.
Arlington County Public Schools Chair Reid Goldstein will not be seeking re-election this fall to a third term on the school board.
Racist graffiti was drawn at a Montgomery County elementary school, a month after a student drew Nazi symbols in the school restroom.
Paul Stanley of KISS will show his fine art, including handpainted guitars, in appearances in Bethesda and Tysons on Friday and Saturday.
A 20-year-old woman died in a single-vehicle crash in the Shirlington area early Tuesday morning, Arlington police said.
The fiscal year 2024 budget proposal for Arlington County, totaling $1.54 billion, amounts to a $42.1 million, or a 2.8 percent, increase.
A Lorton man was fatally shot Sunday night in an incident in Northeast D.C., according to D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department.
A new Chopt restaurant in Cabin John Village in Potomac will hold its grand opening on March 8, The MoCo Show reported Monday.
Dogma Dog Bakery is opening a second Arlington location at the former Loyal Companion Store in Clarendon, starting March 1.
