CRIME & SAFETY
Motorcyclist killed in crash in Fairfax County after crash with vehicle
BURKE, Va. - A motorcyclist was killed Wednesday night after a crash with another vehicle in Fairfax County. The crash was reported around 10:30 p.m. near Keene Mill Road and Shiplett Boulevard in Burke. The motorcyclist died at the scene. Police closed the intersection for several hours to investigate the...
Home catches fire in Fairfax County
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Crews with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were on the scene of a two-alarm fire at a home in Burke, Va. on Wednesday morning. In a post made on X, formerly Twitter, just before 9:15 a.m., officials said the fire happened at a home in the […]
400 people evacuated during fire in Sterling, Virginia
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. — Crews are on the scene of a fire that caused a large plume of smoke in the sky in Loudoun County Monday afternoon. According to Loudoun County Fire, the flames sparked in the 110 block of Acacia Lane in Sterling. Crews called for a second alarm, which means the fire has reached a size requiring more firefighters to control it.
UPDATE: Missing Fairfax County woman has been found
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- A Senior Alert has been issued for a missing woman from Fairfax County. The Fairfax County Police Department reports 84-year-old Deloris “Dot” Hornberger was last seen around 1 p.m. Saturday on Lavender Lane in Springfield. She is a white woman who is...
Fairfax County Public Schools cleared of wrongdoing in middle school rape case
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The woman who sued Fairfax County Public Schools for millions of dollars after accusing a classmate of raping her in middle school didn’t win the case. On Wednesday afternoon, a federal jury ultimately rejected all of her allegations. The victim says when the verdict came down,...
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