Georgetown

DeGoia, who suffered a stroke in June, was the longest-serving president of the school, at 23 years.

An American foxhound from Georgetown named George is competing in the National Dog Show. News4’s Tommy McFly met George and sat down with his handler and owner.

A former U.S. Capitol Police officer was sentenced to 21 months in prison Monday for violating an individual’s civil rights as he was involved in an unauthorized high-speed chase that resulted in a crash, authorities say.

A Northern Virginia man could get up to life in prison if he’s convicted of a string of sexual assaults dating back more than a decade. Police say he targeted students at two D.C.-area universities. He was arrested due to new technology and the work of a special unit working with the U.S. Attorney and others to close sex...

Police used old evidence in conjunction with new technology to arrest a suspect in a string of home invasion rapes near Georgetown University and the University of Maryland. News4’s Derrick Ward reports. 

Ernesto Ramon Mercado is accused of raping six women in D.C. and near the University of Maryland. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

A man has been arrested years after police say he repeatedly broke into women’s homes and sexually assaulted them in D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood and near the University of Maryland.

For more than 100 years, the gold dome atop the old Farmers and Mechanics Bank has stood watch over the intersection of Wisconsin and M streets in the center of Georgetown. As with most things a century old, time and weather has taken its toll on the gold dome, and PNC Bank, which now owns the building, is having it…

Meet the local company that gilds D.C. area landmarks. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

For more than two decades, librarian Jerry McCoy has collected and cared for some of D.C.’s most treasured items in the Peabody Room of the Georgetown Library. As McCoy retires, he spoke with News4 about the fire that almost destroyed the collection and showed some of its most important artifacts. McCoy helped revive it after the fire so that...

As Jerry McCoy retires, he spoke with News4 about the fire that almost destroyed the collection and showed some of its most important artifacts. News4’s Mark Segraves has the story. 

An ice cream truck ran into the AMC movie theater in Georgetown Sunday afternoon, according to D.C. Fire and EMS.

This Saturday, people can walk through homes in the iconic Georgetown neighborhood with a self-guided tour. Tommy McFly has an exclusive preview. 

A woman is in critical condition after being rescued from the water at the Georgetown Waterfront on Saturday night.

Police said the woman was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. 

The new book from Beth Solomon examines what can happen with so many powerful people in one place. She spoke with News4’s Jummy Olabanji as part of her 4 Your Reading series.

A baby girl was left on a front porch after being taken in a car theft Friday evening. News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke with a reesident of the home where the baby was found.

A 4-month-old girl was found after being taken in a car theft in Georgetown, D.C. police confirmed. The white Jeep SUV with a missing gas cap door was taken from the 3000 block of M Street NW about 6 p.m. on a bitter cold winter evening. The baby’s mother left the car running while she went inside a Le...

New details emerged Monday on a suspected antisemitic assault outside a D.C. synagogue on Sunday. Police responded to Kesher Israel, in Georgetown, just before 9:30 a.m. Sunday after a man allegedly shouted “Gas the Jews” and sprayed people with a foul-smelling substance. Rabbi Hyim Shafner was teaching a class inside the synagogue with a few congregants. One of them...

New details emerged on a suspected antisemitic assault outside a D.C. synagogue. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.