Fairfax County News

Fairfax County is now part of a new system that automatically sends text messages to area phone users during the most dire of emergencies.

If you haven't seen a swarm of cicadas in your neighborhood already, you may not see very many-or any-of the bugs this summer.

It happened at around 5:48 a.m. at the 164 mile-marker, when a Honda sedan crashed, police said.

Fairfax County police have arrested a man they believe robbed more than a dozen spas, nail salons, dry cleaners and other businesses in the course of the past week - six of them in Oakton.

Editor's Note: Patch has 31 sites in Virginia and D.C., and not a day goes by that something weird isn't happening somewhere in the area.

Making Memorial Day weekend plans? If you're staying here in McLean, here's what you need to know about what's open and what's closed on Memorial Day 2013 and throughout the weekend.

A 25-year-old Kenyan woman told News4's Jackie Bensen that she was kept as a domestic slave for three months by Saudi Arabian diplomats living in Northern Virginia.

Fairfax County police are searching for Arria Washington, 16, of Fairfax, and two other juvenile residents of a group home in McLean who reportedly ran away on Monday.

After months of debate on i»¿ how to fairly compensate Fairfax teachers and i»¿ keep pace with salaries in other jurisdictions , the Fairfax County School board voted for a $2.5 billion budget Thursday that will give employees a 2 percent mid-year market-scale adjustment - making good on a commitment from school board members to provide some sort ... (more)

Thursday night, a fire caused by a barbecue grill sparked a Great Falls house fire, and caused approximately $75,000 worth of damage, say fire officials.

At first, there were one or two husks on a tree. Then there were several squashed bugs in the school parking lot.

The West Springfield District Station of the Fairfax County Police Department is sponsoring a version of the Citizen Police Academy as part of their new initiatives for 2013.

We tried having him go to preschool, and it was not a good fit for him,” said Wilson, the government affairs director for the Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers.

In a letter to parents, the district acknowledged "significant problems" while administering the online tests due to an outage with the school system's Internet service provider.

Coming soon to a theater near you: Fairfax area advocates and police on the big screen warning moviegoers not to drink and drive.

On the above map, the addresses are block numbers, not specific home or business addresses.

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department 4100 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Phone: 703-246-3801, TTY: 711 and Fax:703-385-1687 Duty PIO : 703-877-3702 fire-rescue.PA-LSE@fairfaxcounty.gov News Release 13-59 Date: May 22, 2013 Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to a house fire, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at ... (more)

Virginia's unemployment rate dropped to 5.2 percent in April, the lowest it's been in more than four years.

Fairfax County public school teachers pleaded for School Board members to include funding within the budget that could help rebalance workloads, increase pay and add to student resources.

Patch has 31 community sites in Virginia and D.C. Here are some of the top stories from around the region over the past week.