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Chuck E. Cheese in Sterling could be replaced with homes
The biggest guessing game going on in the local retail scene is what is going to happen to the Dulles Town Center shopping mall and surrounding property. Now we have an idea and it may impact the longtime Chuck E. Cheese restaurant. Regular readers of The Burn know there have...
Northern VA Woman Wins $1.6M Playing VA Lottery: 'I Just Kept Hitting'
"One of these days, I'm going to hit it big."That's what Marion Campbell would say to herself.Well, the Ashburn woman can stop saying it, because it finally happened: Campbell won $1,630,146 playing the Virginia Lottery’s Marvelous Money: Vegas Nights game.She started playing, and winning, one…
The Qui responds after getting locked out of South Riding location
The Qui Korean BBQ & Bar opened in the Gum Spring Village Center near South Riding last September. Suddenly, this March, there were chains on the door and the restaurant was closed. The restaurant said on social media that the closure was only temporary, but a representative for the landlord...
3 teen girls wanted for robbery, assault at Silver Spring beauty store: police
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Montgomery County police are searching for the teenage suspects they say robbed and assaulted the owner of a beauty store in Silver Spring. Police say on Friday, March 1 and Sunday, March 3, three suspects went into the Beauty Pro store at City Place Mall on Colesville Road and started to steal items.
Push to put officers in elementary schools in Loudoun County
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. — The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is pushing for police officers in elementary schools across the county. Sheriff Mike Chapman made the announcement on Wednesday saying there should be a discussion about expanding school security to their 62 elementary schools with the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and School Board.
Christopher Love Accused Of Attempted Rape, Assault In MD
Christopher Love, 27, who has no fixed address, was taken into custody this week after allegedly entering the home of a Silver Spring woman, assaulting her, and attempting to rape her. Shortly before 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, a woman was entering her home in the 9200 block of...
Record-breaking, record-tying heat in Virginia, Maryland, DC area
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — If you thought it felt crazy hot in the D.C. area for the beginning of May on Thursday, you’re kind of right. The temperature at each of the region’s airports either tied a record or broke it. At Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Va., the temperature hit […]
2 hurt when ambulance responding to call collides with vehicle in Woodbridge
WOODBRIDGE, Va. - Authorities say two people were injured after a crash involving an ambulance responding to a call Thursday night in Prince William County. The collision was reported around 10:30 p.m. near the intersection of Telegraph Road and Opitz Boulevard in Woodbridge. The ambulance was not transporting a patient...
Fatal McLean police shooting was ‘tragic’ but not ‘legally unreasonable,’ auditor says
An officer who fatally shot a McLean man in 2022 violated Fairfax County Police Department policies, but the shooting itself was within policy and legal bounds, a new report on the FCPD’s investigation says. In the report, which was released yesterday (Wednesday), Fairfax County Independent Police Auditor Richard Schott...
Cinco de Mayo events this weekend in DC, Maryland, Virginia
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner — and events around the DMV give residents a variety of ways to celebrate. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on May 5, marking the anniversary of Mexico’s victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Mexico does not celebrate […]
Maryland Weather: Cooler Friday; rain expected this weekend
BALTIMORE- This evening, a backdoor (moving from east to west) cold front will slowly move into the region, turning winds out of the north/northeast (from westerly earlier in the afternoon). Low temperatures will range from the upper 50s to mid 60s, with slightly warmer conditions inside the Beltway.Friday will be partly cloudy and cooler with an easterly wind through most of the day. The backdoor cold front will gradually move south and stall across Virginia by Friday afternoon.Any rain chances Friday will be to our west and south. With a dry day expected, expect highs in the mid 70s. Western...
Fairfax County police break up another car meetup weeks after violent ‘street takeover’
CHANTILLY, Va. (DC News Now) — Over the weekend, Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) officers and Virginia State Police troopers broke up a car meetup, which started elsewhere but ended in a Wegmans parking lot in Chantilly. The meetup, which ended without any arrests, comes just a few weeks after a “street takeover” left an […]
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