HIGH TIDE brings flooding in Old Town Alexandria ⚠️ Looks like most businesses here are staying dry and floodwaters are already starting to recede. Police still have most of Union St blocked off to cars and trucks — and that helps keep water out of storefronts. DC News Now

This morning crews are cleaning up the aftermath of a Hartford County home explosion. It happened on Sunday after reports of gas odor. The home owner and a BGE worker were killed. A next door neighbor was injured and 12 families are displaced. DC News Now

Let me tell you it wasn’t only FCPS-MD students who came looking good for the first day of school. Administrators showed up looking fly too! Had to shoutout Dr. Eric Louérs Phillips on air for his 🔥fit 🙌🏾

“Yetis are those who leave a mark— a legendary mark on the world…” Staff are excited to welcome students to LCPS News’s newest #WatsonMountainMiddleSchool. Their mascot is a Yeti & Taniya Wright wants it to be named Paul! What do you think? DC News Now #DCNewsNow 🏔️

Mamta Kafle Bhatt’s home where police carried out a search warrant yesterday is still taped off this morning. DC News Now

Thanks to @dcnewsnow for featuring Community Closet, a partnership initiative with @pgcpal and Jacob's Ladder Youth Foundation and founded by Division VII’s Cpl. Camargo. Community Closet provides lightly worn donated clothes to unhoused individuals and Title I students & families. @chiefazizpgpd

A warm and entertaining welcome for students at Albert Einstein High School in Montgomery County this morning for the first day of school. DC News Now

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People who have been living at a homeless encampment in Reston have mixed feelings about the county’s decision to begin clearing the area starting today. dcnewsnow.com/news/local-new…

Xavier Turner has lived at this VA homeless encampment for the past 6 months. He says he doesn’t mind that Fairfax County is clearing the area. Recently he took advantage of the resources from a new nearby shelter and he will have housing soon. dcnewsnow.com/news/local-new…

Makeshift memorial outside of the home of missing #ManassasPark mother #MamtaKafleBhatt continues to grow. Her husband Naresh Bhatt was denied bond. He is charged with concealing a body. Manassas Park Police Department say they remain focused on finding Mamta. Stay w #DCNewsNow DC News Now

Filling in at the desk this morning. Tune into DC News Now to catch up on the lastest news across the DMV!

Sad news today.. 100-yr-old Washington Commanders fan Melba Jacobson has passed away. It was a pleasure to interview her each of the past 2 years & get to know her & her wonderful family. It was so nice to see Melba interact with “her boys” out at camp. May her memory be a blessing.

A heavy police presence, blocked streets, and stores being boarded up, this is what City Center looks like this morning after several overnight burglaries across D.C. Police say 5 suspects are in custody at this time. DC News Now

This liquor store on Wisconsin Ave. is one of many businesses hit during the overnight chaos. Police say a total of 6 businesses were burglarized, 6 cases of property damage, and 5 suspects are in custody. DC News Now

NEWS – 🚀 Today marked the beginning of construction on eight new state-of-the-art schools, part of our Blueprint Phase II project! Up first: Margaret Brent Elementary in New Carrollton. 🌟 #PGCPSProud ✅ Learn More: pgcps.org/offices/commun…

“Justice for Justin” “I’m Sleep Don’t shoot.” Dozens of protesters are at the McDonald’s in SE DC where Justin Robinson was shot and killed by police. Marched from MPD District 7 headquarters. This is a day after body camera video was released showing the shooting.

Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day, and with Election Day less than two months away, the City of Rockville’s leaders are encouraging people to register to vote. dcnewsnow.com/news/local-new…