Alexandria News

Mike Vest, supervisor of telecommunications for the Harvard Police Department, attended the Missing & Exploited Children Seminar for Chief Executives on July 22 and 23. The seminar was held at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Alexandria, Virginia.

People have many reasons to be anonymous online, from the political to the personal.

Arlington County Invasive Plant program needs volunteers to remove invasive plants: First Saturdays, Haley Park; second Sundays, Gulf Branch Nature Center; third Saturdays, Tuckahoe Park; third Sundays, Long Branch Nature Center; and fourth Saturdays, Benjamin Banneker Park.

These were among incidents reported by the Alexandria Police Department. For information, call 703-838-4636 or visit www.alexandriava.gov/police .

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department 4100 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Phone: 703-246-3801, TTY: 711 and Fax:703-385-1687 Duty PIO : 703-877-3702 fire-rescue.PA-LSE@fairfaxcounty.gov News Release 14-74 Date: July 30, 2014 Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to a house fire Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at ... (more)

Local nightlife entertainer Matt Strother, who performs as Matthew Jay Kelly, won the title "Entertainer of the Year" in one of three categories last weekend as part of the annual competition held by the SLS Pride Foundation, Inc., in Louisville, Ky.

This Tuesday, April 1, 2014 file photo shows a key in the ignition switch of a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt in Alexandria, Va.

Wegmans Food Markets says it plans to add 10 new stores in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions over the next year or two.

General Motors, Ford and others owe the Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies a lot of money for importing "in-vehicle CD-copying devices" that violate copyright law, the Alliance claims in a federal class action.

Some big-money backers have joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in its legal fight over the Siri voice-recognition system used in Apple's iPhone.

Wegmans is continuing its northeast and mid-Atlantic expansion, with plans to open more stores in the next year or two.

An animal doctor from Alexandria, Virginia's Belle Haven Animal Medical Centre is in the running to become "America's Favorite Veterinarian."

It is Sunday and while we started the day at the Westover Farmer's Market, we decided to have our daily hike in Alexandria .

In 2012, the Minnesota-based retail giant began selling a line of cards under the headings "For two special men" and "For two special women."

District of Columbia police say detectives have arrested a man after a woman reported an Uber car service driver had sexually assaulted her.

Baltimore County police Sunday identified 30-year-old Patrick McTague of Alexandria, Va.

My world has gone full circle in the past seven days: the cobblestone streets of old town Alexandria, Virginia; fashionable Georgetown and trendy Dupont Circle in the District of Columbia; National Harbor on the banks of the Potomac in Maryland.

Truland Group, the big Reston, Va.,-based electrical contractor, ceased operations July 21 and the next day units of the company filed for protection from creditors in federal bankruptcy court in Alexandria, Va.

Wegmans Food Markets Inc. is slated to begin construction on a store in Concord Township, Pa., this September with plans to open the 115,000-square-foot location in fall 2015.

A man was caught trying to have sex with minors after he solicited sex from a detective posing as a teen online.