Fairfax County News

For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape.

For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape.

To help schools meet the new requirement to evaluate teachers based on student achievement, Virginia officials created a method for calculating how much students learned in a year compared with others.

According to officials, starting on Monday, July 1, passengers transferring from the VRE system to a Fairfax Connector bus will be allowed a free, one-way transfer when boarding at a VRE station in Fairfax County.

Anita Lynch, principal of Bren Mar Park Elementary School , has been named a Principal of the Year by the Fairfax County Federation of Teachers.

A Fairfax County juvenile court has found two students from West Springfield High School guilty of recording cellphone video of themselves performing sexual acts with teenage girls.

A scary thing happened at the McLean Central park last Friday. The account has been sent to dozens of McLean and Arlington through neighborhood listserves.

A 29-year-old Lorton man has been arrested and charged with forcible sodomy and abduction with intent to defile.

The man accused of slashing women's buttocks in Northern Virginia malls has pleaded guilty in a Fairfax County court.

Newly appointed Fairfax County Fire Chief Richard Bowers shakes hands with Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova June 7 during the kickoff of the fire department's 'Safety In Our Community” door-knocking initiative.

A new report released by the Northern Virginia Health Foundation finds that nearly 60 percent of adult residents and 26 percent of youth in Fairfax County are overweight or obese, and that a quarter of all Fairfax youth aged 14-21 reported feeling hopeless or sad for more than two weeks in a row, an indication of potentially deeper issues.

Two people were killed in a possible murder-suicide Monday in the Bailey's Crossroads area of Fairfax County, police said.

Fairfax County police say two people were found dead after a shooting in the 5500 block of Seminary Road in the Bailey's Crossroads area of the county on Monday morning.

A onetime day laborer admitted in court Monday that he would creep up behind young women at Fairfax County shopping malls, slash their buttocks with a razor blade or box cutter and then disappear into the crowd.

The following items are from the recent daily activity reports from the West Springfield, Franconia, and Fair Oaks Police District Stations of the Fairfax County Police Department.

A 19-year-old Lorton man living in the 9500 block of Burnt Oak Dr. was arrested for driving while intoxicated, entering a building to commit larceny, intentionally damaging a monument and misdemeanor assault on June 12, 2013.

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.

A team of sleep specialists is partnering with the Fairfax County public school system to develop a plan to delay the start time for high schools.

A team of sleep specialists is partnering with the Fairfax County public school system to develop a plan to delay the start time for high schools.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will vote to proclaim June 18 as U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship Day at its next meeting that same day.