Lorton News

Millions of dollars in federal stimulus funds will be used to keep the region's water supply clean.

Victoria Avila was 1 when her father went missing, snatched up by agents of Argentina's former military dictatorship in 1977.

FAIRFAX, Va. - A Lorton man is dead after he was ejected from a car on the Franconia-Springfield Parkway Thursday morning.

The final master plan for the reuse of the Laurel Hill property in Lorton calls for rehabilitating several historic guard towers for public access, allowing for tours.

During the first week of the Colvin Run park bow and arrow hunt, Diane Hopkins saw more than one deer tear through her backyard in a panic.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Curley of Spotsylvania County announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Curley, to Duane Ferguson Jr., son of Duane and Lisa Ferguson of Partlow, and Sheryll Jenkins of Woodbridge.

Fairfax County Police have charged a 22-year-old Lorton man with sexually assaulting a 7-year-old boy at Lee District Park in Alexandria on Saturday morning.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is delivering an early holiday gift to I-95 commuters this week.

Chex cereal sees about half its annual sales occur in the final three months of the year, when party throwers buy multiple boxes -- Corn, Rice, and Wheat -- to make Chex Mix.

Newington location...Zoned I-5...light industrial...7904 Hill Park Ct. has excellent warehouse and professional finished office space for mfg, R&D and/or sales.

Jessica Romano and Ronald Zacharias of Springfield were joined in Christian Marriage on Saturday, Oct.

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Several Jewish congregations around area are hosting community-wide Chanukah events.

UPDATE at 12:40 p.m. - Traffic is moving slowly on I-95 northbound and southbound in Northern Virginia -- According to the Virginia Department of Transportation, on I-95 southbound at the Stafford/Prince William county lines there is a 4-mile back-up from congestion, and on I-95 northbound, there is a 7-mile backup at Exit 163 at Lorton from ...

When Eileen Hanrahan discovered that Fairfax County was allowing bow and arrow deer hunts on local parkland, it did not sit well with her.

Virginia State Police were out in force early Thursday reminding drivers of the rules of the High Occupancy Vehicle lanes.

CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND -- Kathryn Andrews Hill, 87, of Chincoteague Island went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Nov.

Whether you've got kids, or are their really cool aunt or uncle, chances are they're already bugging you for gifts.

Daughters of the American Revolution unveil a historical marker at the Lorton Workhouse.

Japanese teacher Yayoi Bourne works with Frank Huston and Sydney Bui at Gunston Elementary School in Lorton.