Alexandria News

In the last decade, the percentage of Alexandria students who live in poverty has grown from 50 percent to 56 percent.

Traffic is bumper to bumper south-bound on I-395 headed out of Washington before the Thanksgiving holiday, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 in Alexandria, Va.

Charlie Williams, left, and Cindy Huss, right, both recount coordinators, work in the hallway outside of Shenandoah County's Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on Tuesday recounting election ballots for the state attorney general race.

Swing revival band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy got in the Christmas spirit a little early this year.

A jury recommended six years in prison Dec. 13 for a former Arlington County, Va.

Christian A. Klein: "As the first order of business, we look forward to Secretary Johnson finalizing the repair station security rule, which is now nine years overdue."

That the season is again upon us has generated further discussion of the idea that there is a war on Christmas.

Metro is trying to find long-term solutions for alleviating congestion in its 46-year-old rail system and the agency's planning staff argues that adding longer cars or building various streetcar, light rail and bus rapid transit systems that have been proposed for around the region aren't likely to address the problem sufficiently.

Alexandria police are investigating a robbery of a Virginia Commerce Bank branch on Duke Street that occurred Friday, Dec. 13. At around 10:41 a.m., a man entered the bank located at 5140 Duke St. near Cameron Station and handed the teller a note that implied a weapon and demanded money, according to police.

A Maryland man charged in the death of a Reston woman is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Dec. 13. Carlos Joel Alonso, 24, of Silver Spring has been charged with negligent homicide after U.S. Park Police say he left the scene of a fatal crash prior to the arrival of responding emergency personnel.

Three of the evacuated buildings - one a dorm, and two classroom buildings - border Harvard Yard, and the other is the science center at the Ivy League school in Cambridge.

On December 16, 2012 Vontisha Fludd, Retail Sales and Business Specialist, at Verizon Wireless located at 6198m Little River Turnpike in Alexandria, Virginia, made an intelligent observation as she explained to her gray haired senior customer the reason it was a good idea to upgrade from the Verizon Wireless flip phone that her customer had carried ... (more)

It's time to revisit the slimmest of slim results in November's Attorney General race in Virginia.

Just hours before GOP Consultant Ron Bonjean 's infamous Christmas Party Saturday night, word began leaking that the mystery party guest was from The Wonder Years .

Three University of Central Florida professors are being recognized by the National Academy of Inventors for their work in photonics and nanotechnology.

Activists who have been working, on both sides of Route 1 in Hybla Valley, to improve recreational facilities for kids, stand at the edge of a vast vacant lot they'd like to see converted to a soccer field or other athletic use.

Fairfax County and the cities of Alexandria and Chesapeake all start their recount on Monday, with the rest of the state joining in Tuesday and Wednesday.

Last week, the Korean Central News Agency released a 2700 word document that announced the execution of Jang Song Thaek, the 67-year-old uncle of supreme leader Kim Jong Un.

Shoppers look through holiday gift wrapping paper at a Wal-Mart store in Alexandria, Va.

In his 60-page book "I Forgive," written as a "long letter," Nathaniel B. Copeland reminds men to love and forgive like Christ did as well as embrace and accept God's primary purpose.