Steve Jones

1 week ago | nbcwashington.com | Katie Leslie |Steve Jones |Derrick Cheston |Carlos Olazagasti

Research shows firefighters are at increased risk for developing cancer due to toxic exposures on the job, but while all 50 states and the District have created laws to provide benefits for firefighters with certain cancers, the News4 I-Team found many say the process in getting that help is fraught and the list of covered cancers is too narrow.

3 weeks ago | nbcwashington.com | Ted Oberg |Katie Leslie |Steve Jones

Jack Brooks' family has been in the Maryland blue crab business on the Eastern Shore since 1890, running what they say is the oldest working crab-processing plant in the world. But even as he hands off the business to his son, Brooks said he isn't sure how much longer they can hang on. "There may be one or two survivors, but I don't think this will be one of them," Brooks said of the crab industry near his plant in Cambridge, Maryland. "One hundred and thirty-five years...

Dec 10, 2024 | nbcwashington.com | Ted Oberg |Rick Yarborough |Andrea Swalec |Steve Jones

Gun violence is now the leading cause of death for all children and youth in the United States. In D.C., children were twice as likely to be victims or witnesses of violence compared to the national average, a study by the DC Policy Center found. Gunfire affects nearly every school in D.C. Just two of the District's 566 public and charter schools went 10 years without a single shooting nearby, a joint investigation by the News4 I-Team and The Trace Gun Violence Data Hub found.

Dec 5, 2024 | romesentinel.com | Steve Jones

ROME — New Hartford will be looking to defend its title at last year’s Davidson Automotive Group High School Hockey Tournament when this year’s event takes place Friday and Saturday.

Oct 15, 2024 | nbcwashington.com | Ted Oberg |Rick Yarborough |Steve Jones

In her son Stafford's empty bedroom, Liz Nibley dropped to her knees and prayed, "God, please keep Stafford alive."The Bethesda resident didn't pray for a cure for her youngest son, only that he was still alive. "We love you. Give him another chance. We never, ever want to lose you," her prayer continued. That night came years into Nibley's fight to get her son off drugs. Stafford ran away from a drug treatment program. Liz said it wasn't the first time he had done so.