Fairfax County News

Carolyn Rill and her husband, Derick Rill, hold a photo of their son, Bennett Rill, at their home in Oak Hill, Va., on Wednesday.

A mall slasher in Virginia has pleaded guilty to a series of attacks on women. He could face years behind bars.

Police have identified the 14-year-old boy who was killed after climbing on top of a elementary school in Herndon on Tuesday night as Bennett Rill of Oak Hill, Va.

One teen died and three more were hospitalized on the last day of school after they were on the roof of a building at Fox Mill Elementary School Tuesday evening.

In 2009, when I watched the results from the Virginia gubernatorial election rolled in, I was concerned.

A 14-year-old youth died Tuesday night after coming into contact with an electrical wire at an elementary school in Fairfax County, police said.

Fairfax County police and rescue personnel said they were called to Fox Mill Elementary School in Herndon at about 8:45 p.m. for a medical emergency.

Tuesday, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of allowing supervision for up to 12 kids at home day cares with a permit.

On Monday June 17, former day laborer Johnny Pimentel, 42, pleaded guilty to cutting women's backsides with a box cutter in Fairfax County Circuit Court.

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.