Dump truck hits overpass beam along I-66 in Virginia

Startling video shows the moment a dump truck struck an overpass support beam along Interstate 66 in Virginia.

Fire badly damages Fairfax County home

Fire investigators are still searching for the cause of a blaze that badly damaged a home Thursday night in northern Virginia.

Fairfax County weighs delaying middle school start times

Some Virginia middle school students may get to sleep a little later each morning. Fairfax County Public Schools are considering later start times after new data revealed the benefits. 

Fairfax County school bus catches on fire

Fairfax County officials are on the scene of a school bus fire on Fairfax County Parkway.

Armed robbery under investigation in Fairfax County

Fairfax County police are searching for two suspects who they say robbed a man at gunpoint Wednesday evening. 

FCPS may change what time middle schoolers start school

Fairfax County Public Schools is considering changing middle school start times to a “more reasonable” hour. 

Fairfax County Public Schools cleared of wrongdoing in middle school rape case

The woman who sued Fairfax County Public Schools for millions of dollars after accusing a classmate of raping her in middle school lost the case.

Fairfax Co. Sheriff's Office released Honduran charged with sex crimes, ignored ICE detainer request: feds

Fairfax County, Virginia, ignored a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer request for a Honduran national charged with sex crimes against a child in Virginia, ICE said Wednesday.

'Extraordinary find': Archeologists begin studying bottles of 18th-century cherries discovered at Mt. Vernon

Archaeologists at George Washington’s Mount Vernon made a major discovery last month: Two glass bottles from the 18th century, filled with what are believed to be cherries, possibly belonging to George Washington.

Driver in crash that left 2 Oakton High School students dead found guilty

Deliberations in the case against 18-year-old Usman Shahid who struck and killed two Oakton High School girls in 2022 as they were walking home from school in Fairfax County concluded with a guilty verdict Wednesday. 

Centuries-old bottles found at Mount Vernon may have held George Washington’s cherry brandy drink

The centuries-old bottles recently unearthed by archaeologists at George Washington’s Mount Vernon may have held a brandy-based cherry flavored drink popular in the eighteenth century – and a favorite of the nation’s first president.