Fairfax County News

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 Fairfax Station woman has been charged with cruelty to an animal after turning her dog over to the Fairfax County Animal Shelter on Tuesday, May 21.

Update 3:50 p.m. Washington Gas is now on scene and crews hope to have the leaked gas line repaired within the hour, according to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department spokesman Dan Schmidt.

Rescue teams in our area want you to know that the Potomac River is not the place to take a dip on a hot summer day.

A 20-year-old Falls Church woman was charged with robbery following an incident in the 1600 block of Anderson Rd.

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

A man was caught reportedly staring into a home early Saturday morning, rattling the residents, on Marsden Court in Chantilly.

Fairfax County Police are looking for three men they say robbed two men in an Alexandria home Wednesday morning near the Skyline Mall.

Want to know more about future plans for Baron Cameron Park? The Fairfax County Park Authority now has a project website devoted to all things Baron Cameron.

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

Caitlin Acosta, 24, said her life spun out of control after she took a bottle of prescription drugs out of her parents' medicine cabinet when she was in seventh grade.

A man was robbed at gunpoint in Annandale last Friday near Commons Drive. According to a news release from the Fairfax County Police Department, the man was removing his toddler from his vehicle around 11:30 p.m. Friday in the parking lot in the 4500 block of Commons Drive when two men approached him.

The Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team is on standby waiting to hear if they might be called to help out in Moore, Okla., where first responders are helping victims of a massive tornado that struck Monday afternoon.

Based on earlier reports and comments by those involved, indications pointed to a summer Request for Proposal date for the General Services Administration for the new FBI headquarters.

Traffic is backed up along Route 123 northbound this morning due to a water main break.

Ken Cuccinelli's plan for winning the Virginia gubernatorial race is straightforward.

Editor's Note: Patch has 31 sites in Virginia and D.C., and not a day goes by that something weird isn't happening in at least one of them.

Fairfax County police are investigating at least three burglaries in Oakton that appeared to occur in the early hours of Monday morning at a number of local businesses.

The draft master plan for McLean Central Park is undergoing revisions, and Fairfax County Park Authority officials are interested in hearing your thoughts.

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