11+ hour, 8+ min ago   (314+ words) Residents in Fairfax County, Virginia, can step back in time for free with guided tours of historic sites and a new challenge that lets visitors explore the county’s past at their own pace. The Fairfax County Park Authority announced that…...

17+ hour, 58+ min ago   (283+ words) Dedicated crossing guards at Fairfax County high schools could return after county officials proposed restoring funding that was cut from the fiscal 2027 budget. The positions were eliminated during the county’s budget process last spring after officials said data, research and…...

20+ hour, 31+ min ago   (705+ words) Virginia is replacing traditional food-assistance benefit cards with chip-enabled versions designed to make it harder for thieves to steal SNAP benefits from families. About 749,000 state residents receive assistance through the program. Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced Thursday that the state has…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (208+ words) Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are investigating after a husband and wife were found shot to death inside a Centreville home. Officers were called to the 6300 block of Sharps Drive around 5:30 p.m. for a report of a shooting, according to authorities....

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (392+ words) Days ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, along with the commemorations, a group of runners are honoring the first responders and service members who made the ultimate sacrifice with sweat, sore muscles and hundreds of miles of pounding…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (128+ words) One person is dead after a multi-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon on Interstate 66 in Fairfax County, according to Virginia State Police. Troopers were called to the crash around 4:10 p.m. in the westbound I-66 Express Lanes near the Dunn Loring-Merrifield Metro station. Traffic was…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (162+ words) A 16-year-old girl died and 21-year-old man was wounded in a shooting during an event that police said drew thousands of people to Old Town Manassas, Virginia, on Friday. The City of Manassas police said it happened shortly before 9:30 p.m. near…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (338+ words) The very first 9/11 memorial at any of the three attack sites was built in 2008 at the Pentagon. Currently, the Pentagon’s memorial is the only one without a visitor and education center that helps tell the story of that day, but…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (182+ words) Dumfries Town Council pumped the brakes this week on its rollout of Flock license plate readers, voting 4-2 on Tuesday to remove the controversial devices. The move came amid community concerns over privacy and transparency. Flock Safety’s Falcon camera is an…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (338+ words) Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger said calls to ban automatic license plate reading cameras, such as Flock devices, are “overly simplistic,” instead vowing to work with lawmakers on a solution to protect privacy while also maintaining the ability for law enforcement…...