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Teddy Palmore had a decision. “I was deciding between one ‘T’ or two ‘Ts’ and I guess I decided right,” Palmore said.

Maurice Scott broke into bashful smiles as he talked about the monuments and museums of his hometown in a video produced at Somerset Prep DC, the charter school in Southeast Washington where he was…

The D.C. Council could vote soon on funding two public hospitals at once.

Police are actively searching for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Southeast D.C. teenager killed near his school on Sunday morning.

Memorial Day is when we honor those who wore a uniform and died defending our country. But here was Leroy Tonic, very much alive Friday afternoon at the District Building, the guest of honor in a…

D.C. LAWMAKERS have finally decided to do something about the wasteful spending at the troubled public hospital in Southeast. We wish we could applaud the move to cap spending and eventually close…

An ongoing dispute between District lawmakers and the city’s chief financial officer threatens to derail tens of millions of dollars in proposed renovations to dangerously neglected public housing…

Five new charter schools are expected to open in the District for the 2020-2021 academic year despite concerns that they could strain city resources and result in even more empty seats at existing…

The nominating committee hasn’t even met, but Paul Smedberg has already emerged as the front-runner to succeed Jack Evans as chair of the Metro board, officials said Friday.

Faculty and students say the building poses serious health and safety risks that the university has not addressed

Surrounded by loved ones he didn’t expect to see gathered at the Wilson Building, Leroy Tonic, 95, was celebrated and honored on Friday as the last-surviving D.C. government employee who served in…

METRO HAS concluded its investigation into the actions of Jack Evans (D), the District’s Ward 2 council member who serves as board chairman. What the inquiry concluded and how it was conducted remain…

There are cracks in the World War II Memorial on the National Mall, and they’re getting bigger. They include a 20-foot-long “hairline fracture” in one of the main pillars in the Atlantic section of…

Walter C. Pierce Community Park in Adams Morgan is a much-used, much-loved city park. The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation plans to spend about $800,000 in changes there this fall. The…

District officials are investing a fresh coat of paint in the hopes of keeping pedestrians safer. They recently announced investment in crosswalk upkeep and expansion.

On the southwest corner of Fort Reno Park in Tenleytown sits an empty and abandoned building. Built in 1937 and known as the Chesapeake House, this two-story, five-sided brick building is now a shell…

Earlier this year, a newly-formed Dupont Circle neighborhood association applied to the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) to extend the landmark boundaries associated with the Scottish Rite…

At first blush, the dispute over relocating Banneker high school to the former Shaw Junior High site vs. building a middle school on the Shaw grounds might be chalked up to a clash of legitimate…

National Park Service official says 20-foot crack poses no threat to the monument’s structural integrity or public safety.

With Memorial Day coming up, UrbanTurf is taking its bi-annual look at the neighborhoods across the city that have seen the highest home price appreciation this year.