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Sully Police Station Plans Open House

Sully Police Station Plans Open House

Shoplifting Case Goes To the Grand Jury

Shoplifting Case Goes To the Grand Jury

Wellspring Will Offer Jazz Vesper Services

Wellspring Will Offer Jazz Vesper Services

Latest 411 on Cell-Phone Bandit

Latest 411 on Cell-Phone Bandit

Chevy Chase Bank Gets 1st Approval

Chevy Chase Bank Gets 1st Approval

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Opportunities

Guilty Pleas Entered in Two Teen Rapes

Guilty Pleas Entered in Two Teen Rapes

Man Shot, Killed at Fair Oaks Apartments

Shots fired at apartment complex.

Man Shot, Killed at Fair Oaks Apartments

Choi's Robbery Cases To Go to Grand Jury

Choi's Robbery Cases To Go to Grand Jury

Suspended Sentences for Sports Betting Operation

Suspended Sentences for Sports Betting Operation

Patient Care

Over 100 volunteers help give more than 100 future students free physicals.

Patient Care

Bicycle Master Plan Meeting March 6

Area residents can help set the course to make Fairfax County a bicycle-friendly community by attending a public meeting on the countywide Bicycle Transportation Master Plan. It’s slated for Tuesday, March 6, from 6:30-9 p.m., at the Sully District Governmental Center, 4900 Stonecroft Blvd. in Chantilly. People may drop in anytime, and there’ll be a presentation at 7:30 p.m.

Two Choral Events at Centreville High

The sounds of music will fill the air at two upcoming choral events at Centreville High. One features four a cappella groups and the other spotlights the school’s choir students.

Local Man Pleads Guilty to Murder

He killed his father in Centreville.

Gbassay “Omar” Koroma was slated to stand trial for murder, May 7, in Fairfax County Circuit Court. Instead, he pleaded guilty in March and will be sentenced next month.

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Mount Vernon Yacht Club Launches Season

Mount Vernon Supervisor Gerry Hyland knows where he will likely spend the first Sunday in May each year, and plans to drop by the Mount Vernon Yacht Club at the end of Tarpon Lane to meet and greet members and guests at the launch of the annual boating season gala.

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Happy 30th Birthday to Walney Visitor Center

In a nod to yesteryear, children were churning butter and hand-cranking ice cream, Saturday morning, in Ellanor C. Lawrence Park in Chantilly. But it wasn’t because the electricity was out — these activities were part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Walney Visitor Center.

Grill Causes Townhouse Fire in Fair Oaks

Fire officials say a fire Monday night at a Fair Oaks townhouse was accidental, but damage is estimated at more than $10,000.

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Warner Named Officer of Month

PFC Jared Warner is the Sully District Police Station’s Officer of the Month. He was honored at the April 10 meeting of the station’s Citizens Advisory committee.

Telford Receives Weinberg Triumph of Spirit Award

The annual Race for Hope in Washington, D.C., raises money for brain tumor research and, for 10 years now, the Rabbi Joseph P. Weinberg Triumph of Spirit Award has been given at that event to a deserving recipient.

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Police Corral Wayward Cow in Centreville

Fairfax County Animal Control Officers are used to dealing with dogs, cats, skunks, raccoons and other critters. But it’s not every day they’re called upon to capture a cow on the run in the streets of Centreville.