Fairfax County News
Child sex abuse reports rise, Fairfax Co. to host abuse Q&A
The child sex abuse scandal at Penn State is raising awareness of potential abuse in our area.
Drexel drops George Mason 60-53
Damion Lee scored 21 points and Drexel outscored George Mason 10-2 in the game's final 3 1/2 minutes to seal a comeback 60-53 win on Thursday night.
Random dance on agenda for Michelle Obama in Va.
First Lady Michelle Obama is planning to bust out some random dance moves at a Northern Virginia high school.
Proposed Fairfax school budget up 9 percent
When schools open in Fairfax County next fall, a projected 181,608 students will walk through the doors.
Classes before Labor Day likely in Va.'s largest school district
Fairfax County will likely open schools in August if the so called "Kings Dominion law" is eliminated.
Fairfax City superintendent to resign in June
Fairfax City's superintendent has announced that she is retiring this summer.
Fairfax students warned about college drinking
College-bound high school students in Fairfax County are getting a warning about the prevalence of binge drinking on campus.
Fairfax residents voice priorities as county searches for new exec
It's the largest jurisdiction in the region with more than a million people. The man who has run it for 11 years is leaving, and now Fairfax County residents have specific issues they want addressed as the search begins for a new county executive.
11 displaced, 1 injured after Falls Church home explosion
Eleven people have been displaced from two Falls Church townhouses after one of the homes exploded Sunday evening, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue officials say.
Gov. outlines caveats to $150M Dulles Rail funding
The head of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is confident that disagreements over the funding deal for the first phase of the Dulles Rail project will be worked out.
A fight over water bills in Fairfax County
Fairfax Water says it has the lowest rates in the region, but tens of thousands of people who live near the cities of Falls Church or Fairfax, or the Town of Vienna, get their water from those smaller, local utilities, and pay a higher rate.
Residents tell Fairfax leaders what they want done
Roads, taxes, money for families and the disabled -- just some of the things Fairfax County citizens say the General Assembly should tackle when they get back to work this week.
Fairfax seeks input as it hires new county exec
Fairfax County is seeking public input as it prepares to hire a new county executive to replace retiring Anthony Griffin.
Va. grandmother gets 35 years for killing toddler
A Virginia woman was sentenced Friday to 35 years for throwing her 2-year-old granddaughter off a sixth-level walkway at a busy shopping mall, a murder the judge called "almost beyond comprehension."
Va. residents get chance to chime in on spending $85B
How would you spend $85 billion? Here's your chance to put in your two cents.
Area schools guard against students' allergic reactions
The D.C.-area's two largest school systems say they tailor health plans to individual students who suffer from potentially deadly allergies.
Beltway HOT lanes getting a name change
WTOP has learned the new HOT lanes on the Capital Beltway will be formally designated as "Express Lanes" on highway signs, with an E-Z Pass logo positioned alongside.
Local chauffeur wins $1M in Va. lottery
What would you do with a million dollars? A Maryland man is facing that dilemma after winning big in a Virginia lottery.
Another treehouse dispute in Fairfax County
Another local Iraq war veteran finds himself in a dispute with a zoning board over a backyard treehouse.
Body found near Belle Haven Marina identified
A body found near the Belle Haven Marina in the Potomac River Monday morning is that of a 23-year-old Alexandria man, Fairfax County police say.
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