Kathleen Schroeder and Alex Clarke plan to reopen the corner store in February.

One firefighter suffered minor injuries in yesterday’s fire in Eckington.

A man was killed in the Eckington neighborhood of D.C. in the latest in a string of an unusually high number of shootings in the past 24 hours.

Two men were attacked over the weekend in Eckington, and D.C. police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.

Photo by jim_malone. Lydia DePillis reports that after months of heated negotiations, Big Bear Cafe has finally secured a liquor license. Their class CR license will enable them to serve beer, wine, and liquor. There were certainly some comprises: Big Bear will have to close at midnight on weekends and 11 p.m. on weekdays. Outdoor music will have to stop at 9 p.m. Owner of Big Bear, Stu Davenport, was surprised by the quick…

D.C. police are investigating a shooting that happened Sunday night at 140 U Street NE, in the Eckington neighborhood. Fifth District commander Lamar D. Greene sent the following description to the 5D police email list: A subject walked up to the location and began shooting at subjects on the porch. One male was shot in the arm. We are interviewing all subjects who were present at the time of the offense. Currently we have no…

View Larger Map At least one person is dead in two separate rowhouse fires this morning only about seven blocks from each other off North Capitol Street, in the Bloomingdale and Eckington neighborhoods. The first fire, at a rowhouse at 2220 N Capitol Street NW, broke out just after 7 a.m. this morning. At least one fatality has been reported from that fire, a female victim who was found dead on the scene. Another victim…