Virginia

Alexandria’s new police chief had his first community meeting Friday night. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports. 

Charges were dismissed against two Army soldiers who were accused of ripping down pride flags outside a couple’s home in Arlington, after they completed a restorative justice program. News4’s Jessica Albert reports.

On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. Now, you can vote to help decide her name.

The newborn arrived on December 9th at the Metro Richmond Zoo.

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If you follow News4’s Tracee Wilkins on social, you know she loves preparing home cooked meals from scratch. In this special Food Fare at Tracee’s kitchen, she shows News4’s Eun Yang how she makes one of her holiday favorites – fried chicken and waffles.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is prepping roads ahead of cold weather that might affect holiday travel. News4’s Megan McGrath reports. 

“I Support the Girls,” a local nonprofit organization, won this year’s Good Neighbor Award from “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” The organization collects and distributes bras and menstrual hygiene products.

An 18-year-old George Mason University student faces federal charges for allegedly plotting an attack on the Jewish community in New York. News4’s Jessica Albert reports on the charges and what the suspect’s classmates said.

A George Mason University freshman was arrested by the FBI and charged with distributing information about weapons of mass destruction online, after plotting a mass-casualty attack against people at the Israeli consulate in New York, according to court documents.

An 18-year-old student at George Mason University was charged by the FBI with plotting a mass attack on the Israeli consulate in New York.

There will be no in-person classes at Alexandria City High School on Thursday and Friday after multiple fights broke out on one of their campuses, school officials said. Several student fights at the King Street Campus location resulted in staff and students with injuries on Wednesday, Superintendent Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt said in a letter to families. As a result, all…

Fights with “injuries to staff and students” led Alexandria City High School to cancel classes for the last two days before winter break. News4’s Molette Green reports.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin proposed a state budget plan on Wednesday that would permanently give tax relief on tips and cars, measures that his Republican administration has said would give money back to middle- and lower-income workers. The proposal would also increase funding for schools, maternal health and disaster relief using surplus funds. An adviser for Youngkin said ahead of...

Loudoun County Public Schools named a primary school after Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman who’s had a lasting medical impact on the world. The district gathered to honor Lacks in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the Henrietta Lacks Elementary School on Tuesday. Jeri Lacks Whya became emotional hearing the young students recite her grandmother’s words during the...

Loudoun County Public Schools honored Henrietta Lacks, naming a primary school after the woman who’s had a lasting medical impact across the world. News4’s Dominique Moody spoke with her family about the special honor.

U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia delivered her final speech on the House floor Tuesday morning through a text-to-voice app. Wexton announced last year she would not run for reelection after being diagnosed with a degenerative brain condition.

A 58-year-old father of five was killed last week in Virginia when a bear that was shot fell on him from out of a tree. The man was on a hunting trip when another shooter fired at the animal.

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Here’s what we know – and don’t – about mysterious sightings of drones in Virginia, Maryland and the Northeast.