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Va. schools chief says her office is reviewing allegations against Loudoun superintendent

Parent group Fight for Schools has alleged Scott A. Ziegler is unfit for his job due to his handling of two sexual assaults last year in his school district.

 

Baltimore-Washington Parkway shut after ‘serious crash’

A 'serious crash' has shut down Baltimore-Washington Parkway in the Laurel area, police say.

 

Prominent cycling community figure killed in collision

Shawn Blumenfeld, 51, was fatally struck by a van in Maryland, police said.

 

Maryland gubernatorial candidate Jon Baron names Natalie Williams, a former spokeswoman for Marion Barry, as his running mate

Williams, who began her career in television journalism, lives in Prince George’s County and serves as a communications executive for the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education.

 

A 138-year-old schoolhouse in Oakton, Va., gets a visit from its last remaining pupil — and his three great-grandchildren

Students at Vale Schoolhouse didn't go on field trips, unless you count the fields they walked through 100 years ago.

 

She’s lobbying Congress furiously for help in Ukraine, until her pregnancy stops her

Sasha Ustinova, a member of the Ukrainian parliament who is 37 weeks pregnant, is on Capitol Hill, racing between congressional offices to get help for her country before her baby arrives — and before the death toll in her country grows.

 

‘Critical’ fire risk remains in Texas as more blazes erupt

A siege of blazes has burned about 100,000 acres across the state

 

Cherry blossoms explode, reach peak bloom 10 days ahead of average

Warm weather pushed the blossoms to peak bloom on the eighth-earliest date on record.

 

Fairfax police commander demoted over handling of suicides by recruit and wife

Fairfax County police declined to make public the exact rank or name of the officer, but described the move in a statement as a “leadership change.”

 

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