Drew Wilder is a reporter in NBC4’s Northern Virginia Bureau.
Wilder has covered Northern Virginia for NBC4 since 2019, reporting on a range of topics including politics, education, and crime. His experience covering the Commonwealth started in 2015 at WWBT-TV, the NBC affiliate in Richmond.
Wilder’s work has been recognized with six Capitol Region EMMY awards, twice honored with the EMMY for Best Daily News Reporter.
A native of Bourbonnais, IL, Wilder graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a Communications Studies degree.
Right out of college, he began reporting for WCIA-TV in Champaign-Urbana. He anchored the morning news and hosted a lifestyle show there. Prior to NBC4, Wilder made brief stops at WJLA-TV and WNBC-TV.
Wilder lives in Fairfax County with his wife, their daughter and dog.
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Top MS-13 leader arrested in Northern Virginia, feds say
A leader of the gang MS-13 was arrested in Virginia early Thursday, top Trump administration officials announced amid a crackdown on immigrants accused of gang activity.
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Fairfax County gun store burglary leaves glass shattered, door blown off hinges
Two teenagers were arrested after a burglary left a gun store in Fairfax County with the front doors blown off its hinges and glass on the ground, according to police.
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Georgetown postdoctoral fellow detained by ICE amid free speech concerns
Members of the Georgetown University community and others were concerned and confused Thursday after a postdoctoral fellow was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside his home in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday night. Badar Khan Suri, an Indian citizen in the U.S. on a student visa, was taken into custody in Rosslyn, his attorney said. On Thursday, a federal...
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‘Our heart is broken': Missing student's parents believe she drowned
The parents of a college student who disappeared while on spring break in the Dominican Republic say authorities believe the 20-year-old drowned. Sudiksha Konanki’s parents said she is believed to have drowned in Punta Cana after going missing on March 6 while on a trip with friends. “It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that we are coming…
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‘Devotion to his faith': Missing student case witness gets Iowa hometown support
Twelve days after a college student vanished while on spring break in the Dominican Republic, there’s still no sign of her. Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student from Chantilly, Virginia, was last seen on a beach in Punta Cana on March 6. Joshua Riibe, the 22-year-old St. Cloud University student who may have been the last person to…
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Search for missing college student from Virginia expands in Dominican Republic
The search for a 20-year-old college student from Virginia expanded in the Dominican Republic as authorities moved toward Macao Beach, an area northwest of the Punta Cana resort where the missing woman last was seen one week ago. The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed it is sharing technology and data for tracking ocean drifts with Dominican authorities, who are leading...
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Strong natural gas odor in Warrenton prompts evacuations, causes fear
Hundreds of people in a Virginia town reported a strong natural gas odor, which caused evacuations Wednesday. Firefighters, police and sheriff’s deputies were run ragged responding to more than 280 calls for the odor in Warrenton — most during a four-hour window Wednesday. “They closed down the streets, evacuated some stores,” said Darric Hamilton, who smelled inside a store. “It…
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Warren County board votes to defund 200-year-old Front Royal library
The Warren County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of a proposal to defund the historic Samuels Public Library in Front Royal and threaten its ability to stay open.
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Man, 61, killed in Stafford County shooting involving off-duty federal officer
An off-duty federal law enforcement officer shot and killed a 61-year-old man in Stafford County, Virginia, during a fight about motorcyclists driving recklessly in the man’s neighborhood. But the victim wasn’t one of the motorcyclists — he was a neighbor. About 6:25 p.m. Friday, a man was revving his off-road motorcycle up and down an otherwise quiet Jenny Lynn...
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Federal contractors ask if Trump officials will hold grudge for hiring fired feds
In the current political climate, the CEO of SAIC said companies are asking if hiring certain people fired by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could hurt business.
