Leesburg, VA

Ashburn, VA

Ana Quijano formally filed papers to be the Republican nominee for the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Ashburn District. Quijano, adopted from Colombia as a baby and raised in Leesburg, will be filing delegates to vote at the Loudoun Republican Convention at Broad Run High School, Ashburn on May 13.

Ana Quijano officially files for Republican nomination for Ashburn Supervisor

Maryland State

Montgomery County, MD

Gaithersburg, MD

A Montgomery County, Maryland, high school student is in the hospital, after suffering a suspected overdose inside a Gaithersburg McDonald’s. Montgomery County police got a call about a reported overdose just before noon Tuesday. The restaurant is across the street from Quince Orchard High School, which the student attended.

Montgomery Co. high school student suffers possible overdose in restaurant near school

Loudoun County, VA

Editor: Running through recent letters and articles is an unmentioned theme: our representative system of government no longer represents the public. Instead, leaders cater to personal interests, their party, and their ideology. Take the push in Loudoun for collective bargaining. Did the public ask for this? What possible benefits could there be for us?

Letter: Dominic Santini, Leesburg

Rockville, MD

Radio station Hot 99.5 (WIHT FM) is currently running it’s annual “Best High School in the DMV” contest on Instagram. The six Montgomery County high schools to make the “Sweet 16” are Montgomery Blair, Northwest, Richard Montgomery, Rockville, Walter Johnson, and Wheaton. The schools included in the tournament were selected after receiving the most nominations and the winning high school will be awarded with $1,000 (courtesy of Burn Bootcamp in Rockville.) Wheaton High School lost to Osbourn Park High School (Manassas, VA) in the final round of the 2021 tournament. Voting takes place in Hot 99.5’s Instagram page’s stories. Hot 99.5 (WIHT) broadcasts out of the IHeartMedia studios at 1801 Rockville Pike in Rockville.

Six MoCo High Schools Make the “Sweet 16” in Hot 99.5’s “Best High School in the DMV” Contest

Fairfax County, VA

Washington, DC

Many second-grade students struggled with reading skills at Brookfield Elementary in Fairfax County, Virginia, last year. As a result, the school appointed two separate teachers to lead sessions to help them get back on track. School leaders were particularly concerned about one student, Justin, who could only identify a few...

‘An impossible situation’: How the pandemic changed public education for DC-area parents, students and leaders

WUSA9

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — A high school student was rushed to an area hospital on Tuesday after being found unconscious inside a bathroom in a Gaithersburg McDonald's. Police claim Narcan was administered to the student during this incident. Around 11:56 a.m., officers located a Quince Orchard High School student unconscious...

Maryland high school student found unconscious in McDonalds bathroom, Narcan used

Washington State

Editor: What is “safe” and “affordable” housing? Does the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments know? The authors of the Metropolitan Washington Regional Fair Housing Plan Draft Executive Summary dated January 2023 clearly don’t. If they did, they would have included definitions for both in this summary.

Letter: Christopher Rohland, Leesburg

DC News Now

ASHBURN, Va. (DC News Now) — The president of the Loudoun County NAACP is demanding answers after her son’s grave was disturbed. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office was investigating this case of vandalism at the African American Burial Ground in Ashburn. Fitz Alexander Campbell Thomas died in 2020, but his family and friends have kept […]

Loudoun Co. Sheriff investigating vandalism at African American Burial Ground

Virginia State

Waterford, VA

Karen Lee Rollison, 65, of Waterford, Virginia passed on Friday, March 17, 2023, peacefully in her sleep. Born Friday, August 16, 1957 in Leesburg, Virginia; a daughter of the late Michael Hutchison and Katherine Elizabeth Connelly Fogle. She was also predeceased by her stepfather, Toby Atwell, and her brother, Michael Clinton Fogle.

Karen Rollison, 1957-2023

Reston, VA

Daily Voice


                
              
            
          
          A death investigation has been launched in Fairfax County after two people were found dead on a trail in Reston, according to police officials.Officers were called at approximately 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, to the 2300 block of Players Pond Lane in Reston, where there was a report of two pe…

Two Found Dead On Fairfax County Walking Trail, Police Say (DEVELOPING)

RESTON, Va. (7News) — Two people were found dead along a trail in Fairfax County, Virginia Wednesday afternoon, police said. Fairfax County Police officers are on the scene in the 2300 block of Players Pond Lane in Reston investigating the deaths. Preliminarily, police believe this was a domestic-related murder-suicide.

2 found dead along Reston, Virginia trail in alleged murder-suicide, police say

Herndon, VA

HERNDON, Va. (7News) — Surveillance video shows the moment a man opened fire at a Herndon bar packed with more than 100 people on a busy Saturday night in November 2021. The bullet went through the window and people inside sheltered for safety. Miraculously, no one was hurt or killed in the Nov. 6 shooting around 10 p.m. in the 700 block of Elden Street.

Virginia bar owner concerned CA Steve Descano will drop felony charges on alleged gunman

Five Guys — the fast-casual hamburger chain — has got a new Loudoun County location in the works. The latest store for the brand will be in Leesburg in an area popping with similar chain restaurants. The Burn has learned that Five Guys is taking the space next...

Five Guys planning another Loudoun County location

Falls Church, VA

A man accused of going on a days-long assault, vehicle theft and property destruction spree that extended into Arlington is in custody. City of Falls Church Police said the man, who is uncooperative and has not revealed his name, was arrested Sunday after leaving a multi-jurisdictional trail of injury and destruction in his wake.

Carjacking suspect in custody after vehicular mayhem in Falls Church spills over into Arlington

WRIC - ABC 8News

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Police were on a trail in the Reston area where someone found two people dead Wednesday. The Fairfax County Police Department tweeted at 3:31 p.m. that officers were in the 2300 block of Players Pond Ln. which is located near the trail where the bodies of the people […]

2 people found dead on Fairfax County trail

Haymarket, VA

PWLiving

At Leopold’s Preserve, you can hike the trails and see nature at its finest. You’ll see the ducks in the marsh as you stroll across a meadow. You’ll see the location of an old schoolhouse for African Americans that has been reclaimed by nature. As you hike the trails, you will need to be reminded that you are in Prince William County.

Leopold’s Preserve in Haymarket

Purcellville, VA

The Purcellville Town Council officially kicked off its fiscal year 2024 budget discussions on Wednesday with a special meeting to hear the budget proposal by Interim Town Manager John Anzivino. The presentation outlined an operating budget of $24.4 million, a $3 million increase over fiscal year 2023, and a total...

Purcellville Kicks Off Budget Season

LEESBURG, Va. - Authorities have arrested three people in connection with an arson fire that happened earlier this year in Leesburg. Marco Alexander Mendoza Monjaras, Elizabeth Caudill, and Adrian Mario Larrazabal - all of Loudoun County – were arrested last Thursday. Officials say the charges are related to an...

3 arrested in connection with Leesburg arson fire

NewsBreak

Parents Speak Out on Loudoun School Superintendent Search

About two dozen parents showed up Thursday night at Heritage High School for a sometimes-contentious meeting to provide input on the selection of the next Loudoun...

Parents Speak Out on Loudoun School Superintendent Search

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