Northeast DC

A local family is frantically searching for a 40-year-old mother of two who disappeared Friday morning. D.C. police call her as a critical missing person. Ana Cecilia Escobar-Arevalo was last seen Friday at about 7 a.m. in the 5800 block of 8th Street NE, not far from the Prince George’s County line. She was on her way to work...

Two weeks after a deadly shooting derailed an elementary school championship track meet, hundreds of young athletes were finally able to compete. The DCIAA Championship Meet took place at Coolidge High School Wednesday afternoon, and some parents say they hope the children will learn a valuable lesson from the change of plans. Organizers said students from 14 elementary schools participated…

A local family is frantically searching for a 40 year old mother of two who disappeared Friday morning. D.C. police are referring to her as a “critical missing person.” News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Young student athletes finally got the chance to compete after a deadly shooting put their track meet on hold. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s budget proposal includes a plan to phase out the streetcars over the next two years and eventually replace them with electric buses.

D.C. leaders now say the streetcar, which runs along H Street and Benning Road, doesn’t go far enough and costs too much. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

The FBI arrested a D.C. charter school teacher who is accused of using Cash App to solicit nude photos from a 15-year-old girl. Devonne Brown was employed as a health teacher at IDEA Public Charter School in Northeast, the FBI said. The agency began investigating Brown last January after receiving a tip from the company that owns Cash App....

A man employed as a health teacher at IDEA Public Charter School in Northeast D.C. is accused of using Cash app to solicit nude photos from a 15-year-old girl. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

Family at the bedside of a 9-year-old boy still recovering after being hit by a car on the way to school May 12 has heard the news they’ve been waiting for since that traumatic day. Police have arrested the driver accused of running the child down in the empty parking lot of a shopping center on Minnesota Avenue in Northeast…

Police arrested the driver accused of running a 9-year-old boy down in an empty shopping center parking on Minnesota Avenue in Northeast D.C. News4’s Jackie Bensen has security camera video that shows the collision. Warning: Some may find the video upsetting and tough to watch.

A 14-year-old girl was shot and killed while filming a social media video at an apartment in Northeast D.C. on Wednesday, authorities say. Officers responded to the 1700 block of Benning Road NE at about 5 p.m. for a report of a shooting. They found the teen suffering from a gunshot wound. Officers tried to save her life, but she…

D.C. police say a 14-year-old girl got her hands on a gun and was recording a video for social media when it accidentally went off and killed her. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

News4’s Walter Morris spoke to an 11-year-old athlete who was set to participate in a track meet when a shooting took place nearby.

One person was killed in a shooting near an elementary school track meet in Northeast D.C. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports.

One person was killed in a shooting near an elementary school track meet in Northeast D.C. on Tuesday afternoon, school officials told families. No students or staff were reported to have been hurt. The shooting occurred near the former Spingarn High School. Three nearby schools were put on alert status. Someone opened fire in the 800 block of 26th Street…

A woman in a a dark blue or gray SUV ran over Zion on Minnesota Avenue NE as he headed to school Monday.

The parents of a 9-year-old boy injured in a hit and run in Northeast D.C. spoke to News4’s Jackie Bensen as police try to figure out who did it.

WMATA’s Better Bus Network redesign will begin in late June. It’s being touted as a huge effort to improve bus service, but some riders are also starting to notice that their closest bus stops will be eliminated.

News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

A homicide investigation is underway after someone found a woman’s body in a dumpster in a busy shopping center in Northeast D.C. News4’s Walter Morris reports.