Justice Covert

Metro Breaking News Reporter

Justice Covert covers local breaking news and sports for The Washington Sun.

Justice previously worked for the Columbia Missourian as a general assignment reporter through the Scripps Howard Fund where he covered state government and a special city council election. Before that, he worked as a contributing writer for the West Orange Times & Observer in Winter Garden, Florida, covering local government and high school sports.

He has a bachelor’s degree in digital/print journalism from the University of Central Florida, where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of two student-run publications.

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D.C. Plans to Spend $72,000 on Historic Preservation of Black Neighborhoods

October 05, 2026 10:02 a.m.
Interior Department Is Paying $3.4M to Repair the National Mall’s Turf

October 01, 2026 02:55 p.m.
Trump Signs Order to Significantly Reduce Mosquitoes and Ticks in D.C.

September 30, 2026 02:00 p.m.
Time Capsule Celebrating America’s 250th Gets Buried Next to the Washington Monument

September 30, 2026 10:03 a.m.
Lafayette Square Partially Reopens in Front of White House

September 29, 2026 02:58 p.m.
Arcade-Game Display Mocking Trump’s Greenland Ambitions Pops Up in D.C.

September 29, 2026 09:32 a.m.
D.C. Is Seeing the Rise of a New Kind of Getaway Vehicle: E-Scooters

September 29, 2026 05:15 a.m.
Work at Dulles Will Close a Runway, Change Flight Patterns Through November

September 28, 2026 11:15 a.m.
Commanders GM Says Jayden Daniels Won’t Go on Injured Reserve

September 25, 2026 11:50 a.m.
Maryland Residents Voice Concerns Over Proposal to Build $1.4B Sphere

September 24, 2026 02:15 p.m.
D.C. Council Proposal Would Allow Businesses to Hire Off-Duty Parking Officers

September 23, 2026 05:19 p.m.
Maryland Police Rule the Death of a Man Found Hanging a Suicide

September 22, 2026 03:35 p.m.