Hundreds of parents, homeowners and students have submitted comments to Montgomery County Public Schools about the district’s controversial review of school boundaries. The assessment was ordered amid growing concern about overcrowding in some buildings and a push to diversify the county’s schools.   Montgomery County Public Schools ...

When D.C. government created a Homeland Security Commission in 2006, the goal was to pull together top experts from around the capital region to offer recommendations to make the District safer, but 12 years later, the News4 I-Team found that commission only produced two “annual” reports, the most recent of which was in 2015.

D.C. residents and nonprofits have saved roughly $1.5 million on their water bills in the past year thanks to a hardship program created following a News4 I-Team investigation, but D.C. leaders budgeted many more millions of dollars that haven’t been spent. The relief program was launched at the beginning of 2019 to offset a skyrocketing fee ...

Alicia Kozakiewicz was just 13 years old when a man kidnapped her on New Year’s Day 2002, held her captive and sexually abused her for days. He was behind bars for 16 years and then was released to a halfway house — near Kozakiewicz’s family’s home. Now, he’s back in prison until 2021. News4’s Scott MacFarlane spoke with Koz...

Maryland is finishing a statewide review of the safety of pedestrian crossings near schools. News4 has learned the legislature will receive a study of school zones from the state highway administration in the coming weeks.

Many K-9s deployed overseas as part of a State Department program intended to help partner countries detect and prevent terror attacks suffer or die from neglect by their foreign handlers, according to a report from the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General.

The new year will bring a new crackdown on human trafficking in the D.C. area. News4 has learned of a series of new legislation in the works from Rockville to Richmond. As Scott MacFarlane reports, there’s growing concern about a recent series of sex trafficking cases.

It sounded like a crazy idea: birth control for rats. Since the News4 I-Team first featured the new effort by DC’s Health Department in May, people around the country have been contacting News4 to find out how the product, called ContraPest, is working. The short answer: district leaders aren’t sure yet. They recently extended the durat...

The Virginia Department of Transportation says it’s changing policies and beefing up background checks for its own employees almost two years after two high-ranking employees pleaded guilty to roles in a $11 million bribery scheme related to snow removal contracts. One was caught on camera snorting cocaine in the office. News4’s Scott M...

The principal of a major D.C. public charter school is facing a criminal charge over her handling of an allegation of sex abuse by a teacher.   According to court and police records reviewed by the News-4 I-Team, Kipp DC College Prep Principal Andhra Lutz is accused of waiting nearly a week before notifying child protective services about...

A charity operated inside the Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office is potentially violating federal tax rules by helping support the sheriff’s re-election campaign, according to a two-year investigation by the News4 I-Team. The sheriff’s office is also drawing scrutiny from citizens and a taxpayer watchdog group for using county jail inmates to work at...

The News4 I-Team goes behind bars to see what the District is doing to try to prepare longtime inmates for freedom. Scott MacFarlane reports the D.C. jail has an enormous task: Help the inmates, protect the community and keep peace inside its walls.

Young Men Emerging offers group counseling, one-on-one mentoring, job training and educational programs — all to help prepare the participants for their potential release from custody.