Alexandria Police Officer Involved in Criminal Pursuit Served Summons for Reckless Driving
Alexandria Police Officer Involved in Criminal Pursuit Served Summons for Reckless Driving

Make Raptors Welcome in Your Backyard
Simple tips from to help and protect our avian treasures
Tweety bird beware!

House Fires in Fairfax County Displace Many
Luckily no fatalities; total price tag is up near $1.5 million in damages.
Fires
Raul Pedroso: Fairfax City’s New Police Chief
He was formerly assistant chief for Alexandria City.
He was formerly assistant chief for Alexandria City.

Happy Birthday Alexandria!
Thousands turn out for 276th birthday celebration.
Thousands turn out for 276th birthday celebration.

‘Freedom House, Morrison House and Spite House’
One of a kind event on Sunday, July 20
A special free event benefiting the Freedom House Museum Rehabilitation Project will take place at the Morrison House Hotel on Sunday, July 20, from 1-3 p.m., featuring historical discussions about Freedom House and readings from ‘Spite House,’ a modern day mystery set in Old Town Alexandria.

H.R. 1: One ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Act is Law
VA Gov.says H.R. 1 is ‘Rocket fuel for our economy.’
Virginia’s two Democratic U.S.Senators, Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, released a statement after they voted against the Republican budget megabill.

H.R. 1’s Key Components and Impacts
What lawmakers representing Fairfax are saying.
Eight key aspects of the bill, accompanied by comments and impact statements leaning toward Fairfax County.

The Background: Drugs, Money, Murder, Misconduct
Prosecutors, police coerced shooter to implicate another.
When 21-year-old, Centreville High grad Danny Petrole was slain in his car in front of his Bristow townhouse, March 15, 2001, it stunned the community and devastated his family. It also led police to discover a drug ring of major proportions operating in the Centreville/Chantilly area.

‘It’s about Radical Kindness and Standing Up to Oppression’
Local man performing in ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame.’
Calling this show both crucial and challenging to put on in the context of current ICE raids in Northern Virginia, Moffett said it demonstrates how “absolute power corrupts people absolutely – especially when the person wielding that power is motivated by hatred, prejudice and fear.

Pathway to Freedom for Justin Wolfe?
After decades of ‘vindictive prosecution,’ court orders new hearing.
Chantilly High grad Justin Wolfe has spent the past 24 years in prison – 13 of them on death row – for a crime he always said he didn’t do.