Fairfax County school employed counselor convicted in sex crime with minor, superintendent says

Fairfax County School officials released a letter to staff Thursday notifying them that a counselor at a middle school in the county had previously been convicted of solicitation of prostitution from a minor.

19-year-old on trial for shooting death of 2 high school classmates

A Virginia teenager accused of murdering two local high school students took the stand this week in Fairfax County. His fate is now in the hands of a jury.

Northern Virginia to install speed cameras to make school zones safer

It's back-to-school season in the DMV, and more districts in Virginia are using speed cameras to try and make school zones safer.

Hospital caretaker accused of aggravated sexual battery in Fairfax

A 21-year old man, Hektor Fernando Alvarez of Falls Church, VA has been arrested and charged with sexual assault that occurred allegedly while working as a hospital caretaker at the Inova Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax. 

Virginia couple’s 2017 slaying may have been connected to suicide pact

The shooting death of a northern Virginia couple in 2017 may have been connected to a suicide pact between the couple’s daughter and her boyfriend, according to newly unsealed court papers.

Speeding fines raised near Oakton High School following deadly crash involving students

Nearly two months after a pair of Oakton High School students lost their lives as they were walking home from school, changes are coming to the Blake Lane area of Fairfax County. 

Virginia school districts scramble to fill hundreds of teacher vacancies

Parents are concerned because we are now less than a month away from the first day of school, and many districts in the area are scrambling to fill teacher vacancies. 

Alexandria creating guidelines to make restaurant streeteries permanent

The pandemic brought on several temporary changes to help make life easier, like outdoor dining and streeteries. The city of Alexandria now wants to create guidelines in order for businesses to make them permanent.