Merrifield News

Fairfax County police hope there won't be a third person hit by a vehicle crossing near the intersection near the Dunn Loring Metro station this year.

Postal workers place trays onto a conveyor at the U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution center in Merrifield, Virginia.

Two men have been charged with rape and aggravated malicious wounding after county police say a 50-year-old woman was attacked in Merrifield early Friday morning.

MERRIFIELD, Va. -- Fairfax County Police say two men have been charged with a sexual assault from last Friday.

About 1:10 a.m., the woman was struck with a blunt object by two men and sexually assaulted behind a building in the 2400 block of Gallows Road in the Merrifield area, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

An employee loads flat trays onto a truck at the U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution center in Merrifield, Va.

Students are encouraged to strap on their helmets for national Bike to School Day on Wednesday.