Kimberly Shay Ruffner pleaded guilty last May to raping and murdering 9-year-old Dawn Hamilton in Essex, Md., in 1984. It was Kirk Bloodsworth, however, who served nine years in prison – two on death ...

The back of the building is visible from the Dulles Toll Road, but it does not look different from any other office building in the corridor. Its front is hidden from the traffic on Sunrise Valley ...

In an effort to prepare for a possible future water shortage, Fairfax Water is planning to add a reservoir in southern Fairfax County in a Vulcan Materials Company space currently in use. The ...

The Virginia State Police launched its "Critical Operation for a Disappeared Child Initiative," (CODI) Alert Program nearly a month ago, on Sept. 26. A CODI Alert differs from an AMBER Alert, which ...

Raksha and Dinesh Mehta of Great Falls have announced the marriage of their son, Neil Mehta, to Riddhima Gandhi, the daughter of Shabnam and Gaurang Gandhi of Mumbai, India. The couple was married on ...

Fairfax County Executive Bryan Hill presented his proposed FY 2026 Advertised Budget Plan on Tuesday. Hill suggested a 1.5-cent real estate tax rate increase to $1.14 per $100 assessed value. That ...

Ten local bands competed in a Battle of the Bands on two stages Sunday, July 16, at Lakeside Park/Royal Lake in Fairfax. Between 3 and 8 p.m., the audience members could vote for the best band winner ...

Following a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Volunteer Alexandria brought back the popular Old Town Arts and Crafts Fair held June 12 at Waterfront Park. The fair featured local and ...

that eventually runs into the main branch of Accotink Creek further downstream, but it’s the center of a controversy surrounding the Northfax West development plan, and extending the underground route ...

When Sam Nasafi received a call from Fairfax County Fire on Christmas Eve, he assumed that it was a fire in the dumpster on his property. In the past, youths had set fires in the dumpster. He was not ...

The Fairfax County Park Authority announced it is asking the public to submit comments in writing by Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, regarding the two applications under review for its Resident Curator Program ...

A former CIA analyst was sentenced June 11 to three years and one month in prison for unlawfully retaining and transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information to people who were not entitled to ...