Tom Roussey ABC7 Reporter

Metro says the number of people evading the fare on buses is down, but needs to go down a lot more. They're launching a campaign to try to convince people to pay when they ride.

After a brutal assault on a bus driver last month, Metro announced Thursday it is changing its policy that requires drivers to quote the fare.

Court records indicate a teenager arrested after the shooting death of another teenager at a Metro station may have been acting in self-defense.
He was arrested after the shooting but later released without having to pay any bail money.

Metro says there have been just two homicides on the entire transit system this year, and they have both happened at the exact same station -- Addison Road in Prince George's County.

On Tuesday Metro Transit Police announced an arrest in connection to a homicide at the Addison Road station on Monday.

Three Metro Red Line stations that closed in early July reopened on Labor Day and will be used by many commuters today.
Before the stations reopened Metro gave us a tour of some of the work they did during the closure.

Three Red Line Metro stations -- Bethesda, Medical Center, and Grosvenor -- reopened on Monday after being closed for two months.

A father and daughter who are pilots unexpectedly found themselves both about to take off from Dulles Airport at the same time. Their exchange over the radio has gone viral.

This week the airport in Manassas received a certificate from the FAA that allows it to offer commercial flights -- and the airport director says they expect to have a low cost airline operating there by next fall.

What has Metro been doing while three Red Line stations in Montgomery County have been shut down for two months? We got a behind-the-scenes tour and found out.