4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (251+ words) The Fairfax County Police Department is investigating the deaths of a husband and wife who were each found with gunshot wounds to the upper body in a Centreville home today (Sep. 9). Officers were dispatched to the 6300 block of Sharps Drive…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (490+ words) A teenager was killed this afternoon (Wednesday) after being struck by a truck outside a shopping center in Fairfax City. Fairfax City police officers and a medic with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to 3985 Pickett Road…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (600+ words) A Centreville man will spend at least the next six years in prison for killing an 18-year-old outside a Dunkin’ Donuts over a marijuana deal two years ago. Hassan Kanu, who’s now 20 but was also 18 at the time of the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (342+ words) Crossing guard services at eight Fairfax County public high schools will be temporarily reinstated, school board officials announced last night (Tuesday). The high schools receiving crossing guard services will include Edison, Chantilly, Oakton, McLean, West Potomac, Centreville, West Springfield, and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (384+ words) Later this month, Fairfax County officials will consider a proposal to bring more housing to the Kingstowne Towne Center near Alexandria. At its meeting on Aug. 25, the Board of Supervisors deferred a public hearing on developer BXP’s application to convert…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (606+ words) South Lakes High School parents’ worst fears around the well-documented traffic problems at the Reston school came true this morning (Tuesday) after a teen was struck by a car. Around 7:54 a.m., parents called 911 to report the crash. According to social…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (708+ words) Within the next few years, all middle school age students who qualify for advanced academic programs in Fairfax County Public Schools will have the opportunity to take those courses without leaving their neighborhood schools. Under a plan approved by the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (491+ words) The Fairfax County government and others across the region are working to reduce bureaucratic regulations in an effort to help businesses thrive, local leaders said at an Aug. 26 forum. Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chair Jeff McKay used the 11th annual…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1044+ words) Reston Association’s Board of Directors is tentatively wading into the growing furor over Fairfax County’s elimination of crossing guards at public high schools. Citing media reports, videos on social media and personal observations of harrowing traffic around South Lakes High…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (343+ words) An Alexandria woman has been charged with assault after allegedly hitting two children at the Tysons daycare center where she was teaching. Detectives went to the FAZ Creative Education Learning Center at 1776 Old Meadow Road last Thursday (Aug. 27) after receiving…...