Lorton News

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.

Rose Percy has a long history with the American Red Cross. Complete with an extensive wardrobe and her own Tiffany jewelry, this 23-inch wax doll was first sold for $1,200 back in 1864 to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission - the precursor to one of best-known U.S. charities.

Little Forest Baptist Church will host the Northern Virginia Area Inspirational Gospel Music Awards today at 7 p.m. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church located at 13020 Telegraph Road, Woodbridge.

How do you remake a 2,000-acre former prison site a ' once a model for rehabilitating criminals a ' into a model of adaptive reuse? Very, very carefully.

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Students at Newington Forest Elementary took time out of their school day on Friday, Oct.

Charlietta Jeffries is the type of person who always votes, no matter how small the election, and the political campaigns know it.

A Woodbridge man was killed at 2:42 a.m. Thursday when he crashed his car into the back of a tractor-trailer in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 just north of the Lorton exit.