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Alexandria schools take lion’s share of planned tax rate increase, but it’s still less than School Board hoped
Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) is the biggest winner of a 2.5 cent tax rate increase being considered by City Council, but it still falls short of the budget voted on by the School Board. The School Board voted earlier this year to request $384.4 million from the City Council...
Man guilty of killing 2 Oakton High students in 2022 crash sentenced to 4 years
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — The man arrested for his actions in 2022 resulting in a crash that killed two Oakton High School students was convicted and sentenced in a Fairfax County courtroom this week, according to the Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office. A judge on Friday sentenced Usman...
Annandale Man Claims $1M Lottery Ticket Sold At 7-Eleven
Monna Islam was feeling lucky. That’s the reason the Falls Church resident bought a 20X the Money ticket from the Virginia Lottery, according to a release on the VA Lottery website. He told Lottery officials that as he scratched the ticket, it looked like he was going to win $10 or $20.Then he…
Career criminal convicted of federal firearms charge in West Virginia
MARTINSBURG, WV (LOOTPRESS) – One man has been convicted of illegally possessing a firearm in West Virginia. According to United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld, Mario Adonte Crawley, age 51, a Washington, D.C. man with three prior felony convictions, was convicted by a jury of the unlawful possession of a firearm. The evidence at trial established […]
Alexandria business owner encourages safety measures after high-end items stolen
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (DC News Now) — A small business in Old Town Alexandria has a warning for other shops in the area after a burglary. Alicia Valencia Erb, who owns Vida Style, a consignment shop on N Lee St., said early in the morning of February 29, about $50,000 worth of high-end handbags and jewelry […]
Just Listed in Alexandria
Just Listed highlights Alexandria City properties that came on the market within the past week. This feature is sponsored by the Jen Walker Team (Licensed in VA) of McEnearney Associates REALTORS®. Welcome Back!. Jen Walker here with The Jen Walker Team! We are a real estate group based out...
Day 23: School board tells jurors Kate was a “manipulative” liar since she was 12, as her lawyers ask jurors to believe a girl’s pleas for help
On Tuesday, the jury heard two very different portraits of a 12-year-old girl in courtroom 1000 of the federal district courthouse in Alexandria. In closing arguments, Sona Rewari, an attorney for the Fairfax County School Board, stepped forward, putting a folder with her speech on a heavy wood lectern that faced the jury box, the judge, Rossie D. Alston Jr., over her right shoulder and B.R., or “Kate,” a former student at Rachel Carson Middle School in Herndon, over her left shoulder, sitting at the plaintiff’s table just an arm’s length away, flanked by her attorneys, Alison Anderson, to her left, and Andrew Brenner, to her right.
Manheimer, fellow mayors to lobby for help on homelessness
(828newsNOW) — As issues surrounding homelessness vex local government leaders all across the country, Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer will join 51 other mayors in Washington, D.C., starting Sunday for three days of lobbying for federal solutions. Manheimer is part of a 52-member Homelessness Task Force for the U.S. Conference...
Police ID Motorcyclist, 50, Killed In Burke Crash
Police have identified the motorcyclist killed Wednesday night, April 24 in Fairfax County.Mohab Helmy, 50, of Burke, was heading west on Old Keene Mill Road in Burke on a 2007 Yamaha motorcycle when he struck a 2005 Toyota sedan making a left turn onto Old Keene Mill Road from a sho…
Suspects tried to carjack person delivering food in DC, police say
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) was looking for three suspects accused of carjacking a food delivery worker on Wednesday. MPD said that around 11:50 p.m., the victim was delivering food in the 1100 block of 4th St. SW. While he was returning to his car, the suspects approached him. One […]
Spring fever: Northeast cities chasing 90-degree highs
Get ready, get set, as much warmer days are on deck for the northeastern United States with some of the highest temperatures since early last autumn in store. A major flip of the weather pattern will allow temperatures to shoot through the roof in the Northeast as some locations may hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit during the last days of April, AccuWeather meteorologists say.
Mt. Pleasant man charged in connection with Jan. 6 riot in Washington, D.C.
A man arrested Thursday in Mt. Pleasant is accused of following a crowd into the U.S. Capitol during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. William Irvin Fuller, 31, was taken into custody on federal charges of entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and parading, picketing or demonstrating in a Capitol building. He’s free on $25,000 unsecured bond.
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