Background checks aren't foolproof
Despite spate of arrests, schools doing all they can to keep kids safe | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Bryn there, done that
With 16 returning starters -- including senior QB Bryn Renner -- the West Springfield football team has the experience needed to make another run at the Northern Region championship this season. The Spartans fell to eventual state champion Westfield in last year's region final. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Ox Hill improvements complete
Park now features trail, signs about Civil War battle | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Fairfax trails only Loudoun in highest household income
Fairfax and Loudoun households were among the highest paid in the nation last year. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
It's a numbers game
Go ahead, approach an area football coach and ask him about the Oakton Cougars. A number between 16 and 18 will likely be thrown out. Oakton returns 17 of its 22 starters from last year's 5-5 team, but 17 isn't the number the Cougars wish to focus on. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Grading study under way
Panel backs change but is cautious about impact | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Another green light for rail
Approval for pre-construction work a 'positive sign' for project | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Third strike for Episcopalians
Fairfax judge issues another blow to Episcopalians in church property dispute | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Tri-county parkway revisited
Funds, environment two drawbacks to creation of controversial road | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Background checks aren't foolproof
Despite spate of staff arrests, schools say they're doing all they can to keep kids safe | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Student, teacher data compromised
Personal data of Fairfax County Public Schools students and teachers were inadvertently posted to an unsecured Web site | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Reston man faces child porn charges
Ting-Yi Oei is an assistant principal at Loudoun's Freedom High School. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Reston man admits guilt in housing scheme
A 47-year-old Reston man pleaded guilty to federal fraud and money laundering charges in U.S. District Court Thursday. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Lake Fairfax Park employees charged with embezzlement
Fairfax County detectives from the Reston District Station, in cooperation with officials from the Fairfax County Park Authority, began an investigation into allegations of embezzlement involving Park Authority employees in July of this year. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Lorton man charged with detonating explosives
A 19-year-old Lorton man is facing felony charges after he allegedly detonated seven bottle explosives. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
AeroTrain on track for 2009
This time next year, a new rail system will be shuffling 6,755 passengers per hour by train through Dulles – Dulles Airport, that is. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Herndon mother gets $300,000 academic scholarship
A 41-year-old mother of three has received an academic scholarship worth up to $300,000 to pursue a graduate-level education. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Hundreds mourn Westfield teen
Cameron Dudley remembered for love of sports, people | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Westfield students exposed to meningitis
Administrators and staff at Westfield High School have canceled band practice and are cleaning the school after a former student was diagnosed with meningitis. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
Kaine official to run for lieutenant governor
Gov. Tim Kaine's secretary of finance, Jody Wagner, announced Friday afternoon that she has filed to run as the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Bank Robbery in McLean
Employees of the Cardinal Bank, 1313 Dolly Madison Boulevard in McLean, were robbed on Friday, August 15 shortly after 10:30 a.m. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Oakton mail carrier retires after 32 years
When Mark Lowe became a rural route carrier in the Oakton area, he started delivering mail to people who became his friends. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
Gannett to lay off 600; eliminate 1,000 positions
Tysons Corner-based Gannett Co. Inc. is laying off 600 workers and eliminating 1,000 positions according to former Gannett editor Jim Hopkins. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Return to the gridiron
If Oakton graduate Jared Green's nationally televised speech, which was used to introduce his father, longtime Washington Redskin Darrell Green, at the Pro Football Hall of Fame was any indication, this upcoming football season promises special things for the University of Virginia wide receiver. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
ICE arrests 42 workers at Dulles International Airport
On Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 42 men believed to be illegally present in the country at Dulles International Airport as part of a critical infrastructure protection operation. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Park programs in jeopardy
Popular programs and entertainment venues in county parks could be on the chopping block if the county's budget forecast remains dire. Budgetary concerns have already accounted for wide-ranging cuts countywide, and for the past year, county parks have been working with smaller staffs and fewer resources while attempting to accomplish mounting piles of work. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
No shortage of bus drivers in Fairfax
This time last year, Fairfax County Public Schools was still about 50 or so drivers short of the number needed to drive its school buses for the upcoming year. Now, as another new school year is about to begin, the ranks are full, thanks in part to the struggling economy, recruiting and retention efforts, and a raise in hourly pay rates. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Attorney rules Herndon day laborer deterrent effort unconstitutional
An effort to create a "pedestrian safety zone" to deter day laborers who congregate near the intersection of Elden Street and Alabama Drive was deemed unconstitutional last week by the town's attorney. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
Drilling home a point
A handful of protesters led by David McCracken, pictured, 10th Congressional District Council coordinator for MoveOn.org, made a visit to Republican Congressman Frank Wolf's (R) Herndon office on Thursday to protest offshore oil drilling. | 1 comment - ›› more ...
Two fatal crashes in Centreville
There were two fatal crashes in the Centreville area over the weekend, one that killed a teenager and another that killed a motorcycle driver. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Getting out the vote
As the election season draws closer, residents all over Virginia will begin seeing more of their neighbors, some wearing McCain T-shirts and others sporting Obama buttons. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
'A coach on the court'
During a road trip to St. Joseph's when Kara Lawson was a freshman at the University of Tennessee, Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt walked off the team bus and into the hotel lobby, and confronted West Springfield coach Bill Gibson, who'd traveled to Philadelphia to watch his former player. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Blazing a new trail
Mother-daughter firefighters a first for Fairfax | 0 comments - ›› more ...
New page in Saudi debate
Wolf pressures State Department to weigh in on islamic school | 0 comments - ›› more ...
County takes a universal step
The Fairfax County Planning Commission passed a measure last week that takes the county a step closer toward addressing the needs of people with disabilities as well as a growing senior population. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Somber anniversary
A year after son's death, family wants answers | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Tysons density dispute
Task force and staff disagree over future numbers at Tysons | 0 comments - ›› more ...
HOT lanes rescue under way
The environmental groups Audubon Society of Northern Virginia and Lands & Waters will relocate native plants rescued from Virginia Department of Transportation HOT Lanes construction sites on Friday, Aug. 8 at 9 a.m. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Rockin' the boat
McLean graduates Sam Stitt and Giuseppe Lanzone are in Beijing to compete as members of the U.S. Olympic Rowing Team. Stitt and Lanzone's crew careers began at McLean High School, and this will be the first Olympic appearance for both athletes. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Giving the cold shoulder to laborers
Revoking the ABC licenses of area convenience stores, confiscating bicycles and removing pay phones along Elden Street are but a few suggestions recently offered by Herndon Councilman Dennis Husch in an effort to "make Herndon unwelcoming to illegal aliens." | 2 comments - ›› more ...
McLean/Great Falls 13-year-olds drop heartbreaker
Unsure whether he'd actually had an audience, McLean/Great Falls coach Jim Balog made his point anyway. Nobody, not even Balog himself, thought he'd be making a postgame speech from a dugout in Live Oak, Fla. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Indecent exposure in Burke
Police are looking for a man who may be approaching teenage girls in the Burke area and exposing himself to them. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Fatal crash in Lorton
A Woodbridge man has been charged with aggravated involuntary manslaughter and drunk driving in a two-car crash that left a 53-year-old Groveton man dead. | 0 comments - ›› more ...