It has been over three years since Fairfax County initiated its pilot co-responder program intended to help police respond to mental health emergency calls. Some county residents are raising ...

The Police Executive Research Foundation completed its April 2023 Fairfax County Police Department, Review of Issues Surrounding Recent Police Shooting Incidents. Released online last week to ...

Laughter filled the School Board chamber when Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt suggested that she was “committed to transparency.” For student journalists who packed the room, the punchline ...

Heads up, drivers in Fairfax City – photo speed cameras are headed your way. The Virginia General Assembly and Gov. Northam recently enacted legislation granting limited photo speed enforcement ...

On March 21, 2020, the Fairfax County Health Department reported its first death of a resident due to COVID-19. Four hundred and forty-six days later, on June 9, 2021, at the Fairfax County ...

Pumpkins are everywhere as the leaves fall and the cool air settles in. They loom large at farmers' markets and overflow down porch steps. Some display eerie features, illuminated and sculpted.

Members of Chantilly’s Pleasant Valley community did all they could last week to convince the Fairfax County Planning Commission that allowing construction of a huge data center near their homes ...

They are part of the Greatest Generation and survivors of one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history. As their numbers diminish with each passing year, eight veterans of the Battle of Iwo Jima ...

When Jim Paige was growing up in Robinson County, N.C., he had dreams of becoming a professional baseball player. The youngest of five siblings, he was a gifted athlete but realized the odds were ...

How best for everyone concerned to correct cellular coverage holes in the Vienna-Great Falls Route 7 area is one issue. A second rising issue that may dictate the means to enhance residents' and ...

On Sept. 15, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) held Community Meeting #5 to bring the public up to date and continue soliciting feedback on its studies to improve traffic ...

For high school seniors, the month of May is time for friends and beach week, but this year is different due to the pandemic, and for Lake Braddock senior McKenzie Shedd, it’s hard to believe ...