I'm the deputy manager for the D.C. region, which includes Patch sites in Northern Virginia and Maryland. Before that, I spent several years in breaking news roles, providing support at a national level and in several states, including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York City, Florida and Washington, D.C.
I re-joined Patch in 2019 as a roving editor, then moved to the national desk in January 2020. This is my second stint with the company — I launched and managed Ankeny Patch in Iowa from 2011 to 2013.
Before returning to Patch, I spent four years assisting with marketing and communications for a nonprofit that provided services to people with disabilities. I also worked as a reporter at the Des Moines Business Record, served as editor of the Britt News-Tribune in Iowa, and started my career as a journalist at the Jackson County Chronicle in Wisconsin.
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Loudoun County is studying where to build a potential indoor sports facility, what it should include and how much it could cost.
Police are searching for a man accused of following a teenage girl, exposing himself and making obscene gestures inside a Dumfries Target.
An 18-year-old man died after his car ran a stop sign, struck two trees and overturned in Haymarket, police said.
A MD woman was arrested after police said she bit a staff member and an officer during an event at the Prince William County Fairgrounds.
A 5-year-old from Virginia was found dead after disappearing from a rental home near Pawleys Island, South Carolina.
A Washington County man is accused of threatening President Trump and Secret Service agents in a series of Facebook posts.
Tuesday brings the week's hottest weather before storm chances increase Wednesday through Friday. See the latest timing.
Tuesday brings the week's hottest weather before storm chances increase Wednesday through Friday. See the latest timing.
Prosecutors said a man used hacked email accounts and fake domains to steal more than $7.5 million from two charitable organizations.
Four men were shot Friday on Dix Street in Northeast DC, including a 21-year-old man who later died, police said.
A machine malfunction caused a small fire and blew a door off equipment at an Annapolis dry cleaner on Saturday.
Federal prosecutors say Arush Gautam changed the expiration year on his Indian passport before presenting it at a Woodbridge DMV.
Manassas police released photos of a man they are trying to identify after two shots were fired in the Bruton Parish Court area.
An Alexandria woman is accused of pushing one toddler to the floor and striking another in the head at a McLean daycare, police said.
A man was struck and killed near North Frederick Avenue and Professional Drive, Montgomery County police said.
A motorcyclist and his passenger died after a pickup truck turned into their path on Route 41, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
A 48-year-old man was arrested after police said he assaulted an officer following a disturbance near Potomac Mills in Woodbridge.
A new Houzeo ranking compared home prices, rents and living costs to identify 10 of Virginia's most affordable communities.
This week's top headlines include a new measles warning, leaders weigh in on immigration, and a rare blue tree frog draws visitors.
This week's top headlines include a 'space jellyfish', a measles outbreak, charges in a hot car death, and the return of the state fair.
