All results / Stories
Sort By
Date
Authors
- Everyone
- Mike Salmon (20)
- Mercia Hobson (16)
- Bonnie Hobbs (14)
- Ken Moore (12)
- Jeanne Theismann (10)
- Michael Lee Pope (8)
- Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum, State Delegate (D-36) (6)
- Shirley Ruhe (5)
- David Siegel (4)
- Glenda C. Booth/Mount Vernon Gazette (4)
Police Shoot Armed Man in Lorton
Suspect was out on a warrant and in a van parked on a Newington area street; police say he pointed a gun at them.
Shooting in Lorton
Arlington County Police Respond to Threat at Yorktown High School
Lockdown lasted more than three hours
Yorktown HS Threat
No Online Shopping This Year? No Worries, the Shelves Are Stocked.
Mount Vernon Gift Guide Part II
Mount Vernon Gift Guide 2
Red Flags, Confiscated Guns
Police across Virginia use new law to disarm people courts determine to be dangerous.
Since Virginia's new red-flag law was signed by the Gov. Ralph Northam last year, according to data from the Virginia State Police, law enforcement officials across Virginia have issued 170 emergency substantial risk orders to temporarily confiscate firearms from people courts have determined could be dangerous. That includes 32 in Fairfax County, six in Arlington and five in Alexandria. Police officers and sheriffs deputies have also used the law in so-called "Second Amendment sanctuaries," including 13 risk orders in Virginia Beach and seven in Hanover County.
Teen Film Makes It to the Alexandria Film Festival
A story about friendship, schoolwork and assumptions was shot in Old Town.
Teen Film in Festival
A Tale of Two Claras in the Nutcracker
Juggling the roles makes for a whirlwind weekend at Metropolitan Arts School.
Nutcracker at Metropolitan
Column: Racial Injustice Is Violence
Develop evidence-based actions to protect dignity and humanity of Black and brown lives.
Racial justice
Needed: Tasers and De-escalation in Fairfax County
Needed: Tasers and De-escalation
Murder Investigation
Murder Investigation
Murder Investigation
Murder Investigation
Snakeheads Are Thriving in Area Waters
Snakeheads taste like a tender pork chop, some say.
They lurk in the murky, sluggish shallows, their elongated bodies and splotchy, brown skin camouflaged in the shoreline’s woody detritus and dense vegetation.
Opinion: Commentary: Biden Can Do More to Keep Guns Out of Unsafe Hands
How badly do we want to reduce gun violence in America, whether from suicides, mass shootings, domestic violence or some combination of the above?
Man Found Dead in Alexandria Apartment; Apparent Shooting
Detectives from Fairfax County Police Department Major Crimes Bureau continue to investigate after a 19-year-old man was found deceased Tuesday night, July 27, inside an apartment in the 3100 block of Southgate Drive in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County. Officers responded at 7:12 p.m. after a family member found Ronald Worthy Jr., of Alexandria, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds to the upper body.
Shots Strike Parked Vehicle in Clarendon
Arlington County Police Department’s Homicide/Robbery Unit is investigating a shots fired incident which occurred in the Clarendon neighborhood in the early morning hours of July 19, 2021.
Historic Herndon Oak Tree Removed
Nearly 200-year-old witness tree 'struggled' and obstructed sight triangle quadrant to the intersection.
In 1823, an acorn from an Overcup Oak tree sent up a shoot at what is now the corner of Elden and Center Streets in the Town of Herndon.