Alexandria News

Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust." The wife of a Canadian trucker whose rig caused the collapse of a Washington bridge says a special vehicle called a pole car had travelled the route to make sure the load would fit.

This undated handout photo provided by the Czech police shows 20-year-old US citizen Kevin Dahlgren.

If you haven't seen a swarm of cicadas in your neighborhood already, you may not see very many-or any-of the bugs this summer.

Alexandria officials broke ground on a new Jefferson-Houston School on Cameron Street on Tuesday, in what Alexandria City Public Schools Superintendent Morton Sherman believes will be "a new chapter" for the struggling school and its surrounding community.

A standout player at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park, MD, 13-year-old Pasquale Procaccino is looking to make a difference in the tennis community.

The death of Lynhaven resident Julian Dawkins has been ruled a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner following the results of an autopsy, Alexandria police said Thursday evening.

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Each Memorial Day, the Friends of Captain Rocky Versace presents a ceremony at the Capt.

This home at 2016 Fort Drive is for sale in the Belle Haven community. According to the listing , this six bedroom, five bathroom single family home is 6,100 sq.

Calif., have registered their firm to lobby on behalf of clients who have defense-related products.

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.

Jeremy Hoffman , an Eater Young Gun semi-finalist and the chef de cuisine at high-end Restaurant Eve in Alexandria, VA wasted no time in moving up the ladder.

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., explained the intricacies of the veterans employment bill they sponsored in their respective chambers.

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

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

The Del Ray Citizens Association is partnering with the City of Alexandria to fund some of the remaining elements of the pocket park at the corner of E. Del Ray and Commonwealth avenues.

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One Alexandria firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation Monday after battling a late-morning house fire in Beverely Hills.

Alexandria police are interviewing an Arlington County sheriff's deputy in regards to a suspicious death that occurred early Wednesday morning in the 100 block of Lynhaven Drive, just west of Potomac Yard.

Virginia's Democratic Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine Wednesday offered an amendment to an environmental bill that will promote efforts to restore Four Mile Run as a recreational resource.