Fairfax County News

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Western Fairfax County effective until 10:30 p.m. At 7:36 p.m. NWS doppler radar indicated thunderstorms capable of producing flash flooding along a line from South Riding to eight miles south of Haymarket, according to an alert from Fairfax County.

Are you 18 or older and still looking for a summer job? Fairfax County Park Authority may have one for you.

Fairfax City, Fairfax County and Northern Virginia are under a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 p.m. this evening.

McLean, Fairfax County and Northern Virginia are under a severe thunderstorm watch until 10pm this evening.

The U.S. Attorney's office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Tuesday the unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment charging Christopher Julich, 31 of Fairfax County with producing child pornography.

A man allegedly stole money from an occupied home in the 13200 block of Memory Lane in Chantilly around 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to Lucy H. Caldwell, a Fairfax County Police spokesperson.

Firefighters in the Fairfax County Fire and rescue Department extinguished a fire in Rose Hill late Sunday night.

Drones in the skies over Northern Virginia makes sense, though they likely won't be monitoring the District in the near future, says the D.C. chief of police, also a homeland security expert.

The following items came from recent police updates from the West Springfield, Franconia and Mason District stations of the Fairfax County Police Department.

Interested in the future of Reston's streams? Reston Association will host several events that take a look at conservation in the wake of development.

A Lorton man was arrested Saturday after police said he ignored a Prince William County Police officer that attempted to pull him over.

A single-vehicle crash Tuesday morning has blocked both lanes of Fort Hunt Road.

Linda Gorham is a storyteller whose stories come alive through sounds, rhythms and the repetition of words.

Firefighters in Alexandria are at the scene of a two-alarm fire that broke out a commercial building near the Van Dorn Street Metro station.

Firefighters in Alexandria are at the scene of a two-alarm blaze that broke out a commercial building near the Van Dorn Street Metro station.

The Fairfax County Police Department could be getting a full-time detective whose sole focus is combating human trafficking in the area.

Ken Wilson gave up farming long ago for a career in education. But with that behind him, the 78-year-old retiree has taken on a few rows of romaine lettuce at Henley Farms for fun.

The Virginia board of education on Thursday approved the establishment of three science, technology, engineering and mathematics academies in the state, including one in Roanoke County.

Mosquitoes could be bugging and biting Fairfax County residents earlier this year after a warm winter and a rain-heavy spring.

Fairfax Police shot and wounded a man when, they say, he pulled a knife as they were trying to arrest him.