DC schools chancellor questions charter planning District of Columbia schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson says better planning is needed to prevent a “cannibalistic environment” between charter schools and traditional public schools. Henderson’s comments to The Washington Post (http://tinyurl.com/mztfg59 ) came in response to news that a science-themed charter school plans to open this fall across the street from a traditional school that serves the same grades and has the same academic focus.
3-year-old girl, struck and killed by car in southeast DC The accident happened shortly before 5 p.m. on July Fourth, on a residential block of Alabama Avenue. Police say 3-year-old Samiya Holmes entered the roadway and was hit by a car.
Two Teenagers Shot Outside D.C. Recreation Center Two teens were shot outside a Northeast D.C. recreation center Sunday afternoon, and police are working to learn if the shooting is related to another that took place just a few blocks away.
3 plead guilty in D.C. drive-by shootings that hurt 13 Three men have pleaded guilty for their roles in a drive-by shooting that left 13 people injured in northwest Washington. Twenty-year-old Andrew D. Allen, 22-year-old Keith D. Bobb and 21-year-old Arnell L. Smith, all of Washington, entered the pleas Thursday in D.C. Superior Court. Each pleaded guilty to 13 counts of assault with intent to kill and other offenses.
Two Cleveland Park robberies unrelated, say D.C. Police Two cases, while unrelated according to D.C. Police, both highlight crime that can happen anywhere to anyone.
Man Dies Weeks After Glover Park, Washington D.C. D.C. police say a man who was assaulted last month in Glover Park has died. According to a news release, officers responded to the 2300 block of Wisconsin Avenue NW just before 2 a.m. for an assault.
D.C. Mayor urges residents to boycott Eastern Shore The mayor of the District of Columbia is urging residents to boycott the Eastern Shore of Maryland this holiday, because of its congressional representative’s position on decriminalizing marijuana.
Corcoran Gallery merger draws opposition, legal challenge Lawyers for the nonprofit Save the Corcoran filed a complaint Wednesday seeking to intervene in the museum’s effort to merge with the National Gallery of Art and George Washington University. A deal finalized in May is subject to court approval.
Fired D.C. Police officers returning to work D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier says dozens of her police officers are not fit for the job. She is expected to testify Wednesday before a D.C. Council committee in support of a bill that would repeal a 90-day statute of limitations for discipline against D.C. police officers and firefighters.
man tried to kill woman in DC arson A man tried to kill a woman by setting a building on fire on Tuesday in DC. It happened at the 3300 block of 6th Street, SE, at around 12:05 p.m. Steven Johnson, 28, of Southeast, DC, was arrested after he set the building on fire, police said.
