Lorton News

The act of speaking well can determine the fate of the world, and Jessica Schwab is making it a better place - one child at a time.

You may want to know how area restaurants performed in their last Virginia Department of Health inspection.

Mosquitoes could be bugging and biting Fairfax County residents earlier this year after a warm winter and a rain-heavy spring.

City of Falls Church police are investigating a report of trespassing in the 7100 block of Leesburg Pike on May 21.

A Lorton man was arrested Saturday after police said he ignored a Prince William County Police officer that attempted to pull him over.

Mosquitoes could be bugging and biting Fairfax County residents earlier this year after a warm winter and a rain-heavy spring.

Mathew Jude Cheswick, 22, of Cooksville, was attempting to walk across Coastal Highway from west to east when he was hit by an Isuzu Rodeo driven by Diogo Miller Facchini, 30.

Here's the forecast for this week in and around Lorton, courtesy of the National Weather Service :A Memorial Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.A Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69.

Here's a round-up of homes on the market and open for viewing this weekend in the Lorton area.A Homes are open Sunday afternoon except where otherwise noted.

Distinguished guests; soldiers and officers, friends and family of those graduating today, academy faculty and staff and, most of all, cadets on the cusp of being commissioned in the United States Army, it is an honor -- it is an honor -- to be here on this magnificent campus whose graduates for more than two centuries have played a leading role in ... (more)

Mosquitoes could be bugging and biting Fairfax County residents earlier this year after a warm winter and a rain-heavy spring.

We went down to Lorton, VA a couple of Saturdays ago to check out the Workhouse Arts Center open house, but left earlier in the day to drop by Gunston Hall and Mason Neck .

Eight months after heavy rain and flooding across the Commonwealth, a large white tarp-what most would consider a temporary solution-to combat soil erosion remains on a hill along Silverbrook Road in Lorton.

Editor's Note: Incident information was obtained from the Activity Report provided by Fairfax County Police Department's Public Information Office.

Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerald Hyland has requested that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors recognize Lorton's Bill and Faith Kim A for helping save a neighboring family from a burning home on Easter weekend.

It's Sunday ... it must be the day to peruse the classifieds! But drop the red pen; we'll bring the list of new jobs open in Fairfax County government to you.

Firefighters were called out to a Lorton business park at 10440 Furnace Road for a fire reported at about 11 a.m. today, according to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue.

LORTON, Va. -- The Fairfax County Fire Department has brought a fire under control that injured three people at a business in the Lorton area of the county.

Rapunzel Studio 3 Theatre for Young Audiences Workhouse Arts Center , Lorton, VA Through June 30th 1:30 with intermission $12/$8 Children under 12 Reviewed May 12th, 2012 Friends we are fat! Fatty fat.we collectively carry around enough avoirdupois to fill the Burj Dubai.

Did Loudoun overreact on Lyme disease? A detailed analysis. Mike Farris and the Lyme Disease quacks behind Loudoun's 'initiative' - Real Loudoun Will the new Silver Line go past Dulles? Loudoun County in hot seat on approving Metro's Silver Line decision - Washington Post Sure, there are a lot of blogs and a lot of blah-blah-blah out there.