Lorton News

Burke resident Corazon Foleya s efforts to bring a senior center to her area have paid off.

Laurel Hill Elementary makes progress on the way to its grand opening. As the September opening of Laurel Hill Elementary School draws near, Principal Suzie Montgomery knows that it is all about the details.

Starting July 11, the Workhouse Arts Center studio artists will keep their doors open after hours on the second Saturday of each month.

Last month I took Amtrak's AutoTrain from Sanford, Fla., to Lorton, Va., the train's only station stops.

Ask a Pro Feature A poolhouse is getting a new TV and the family wants to upgrade the audio equipment out there.

Those who missed the June 11 Virginia Railway Express summit can turn to local government channels to watch the event.

Police have charged a 23-year-old man in connection with a shooting outside a Woodbridge fire station last month.

Federal agents have seized 10 pounds of methamphetamine at a Lorton hotel. According to court records, agents arranged to buy the drug with the help of a jailhouse informant whose cellmate claimed to belong to a Mexican drug trafficking organization.

Anniversary exhibit a Faraway Nearbya TM opens June 18. The Greater Reston Arts Center is celebrating its 35th anniversary with an all-media, juried exhibition, "Faraway Nearby." The exhibition will run from June 18 to July 31, with an opening reception on Friday, June 19, from 6-8 p.m. The awards ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. during the ...

Thanks to a resourceful and quick-thinking security guard, three armored car robbers who stole $360,000 have been brought to justice.

Headed north on Interstate 95 tonight in the vicinity of Lorton? Or driving into work at 3 a.m. tomorrow? Leave extra travel time.

Today and Tuesday, the Virginia Department of Transportation will partially close the northbound lanes of I-95 in Lorton for one and a half miles as crews shift the northbound lanes five 5 feet to the left.

Carlic Darnell Brown, Christopher Blakeney and his cousin Michael Blakeney wore black-and-white masks resembling skulls when pointing firearms at Loomis employees who were filling ATM cash machines, according to federal court documents.

Ironically enough, the sun rises at the new Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, with a little moonlight.

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Fairfax County officials in northern Virginia have filed a $1.9 million lawsuit against Krispy Kreme, claiming that the fabled doughnut merchandiser's plant in Lorton poured "excessive quantities of highly corrosive wastes doughnut grease" down the drain, to such an extent that it clogged the pipes , caused raw sewage leaks, and shut down the ...

Hello everyone, was hoping someone knew about a place with good fresh Sushi. I usually go to a place in Woodbridge called Tokyo but the Sushi is inconsistent, AND the waitresses while well-meaning, are just too bothersome.

A Lorton man was found dead Thursday at the Franconia-Springfield Metro station.

Three men have pleaded guilty in federal court to a string of armored car robberies in Prince William and Fairfax counties.

AP reports: "Fairfax County says the company has damaged its sewer system by dumping yeast and grease from a plant in Lorton.