Fairfax News

Fairfax County police said yesterday that a Fredericksburg man who was shot and killed by an officer during a traffic incident Friday did not have a gun.

Loudoun lost out on the chance to bring more than 400 high-paying jobs to the county as a $200 million medical research institute chose to make Fairfax County its new home.

The man was arrested at a shopping center on Braddock Road in Fairfax after police say he tried meet with a 13-year-old for sex.

The ex-wife of a man who was fatally shot by Fairfax County police says he suffered from bipolar disorder.

A $200 million genetic research facility planned for Fairfax County could bring with it thousands of jobs over the next decade and spur spinoff businesses that would focus on the fast-growing field of personalized medicine, Virginia officials and researchers said Monday as they announced the move.

Loudoun County sheriff's investigators are working to see if three people arrested in Fairfax County last week are responsible for a series of daytime home burglaries in South Riding.

About 14 hours before he was shot to death following a traffic pursuit in Fairfax County, David Alan Masters was charged with eluding police in Fredericksburg.

FAIRFAX, Va. - A new nonprofit medical research institute will create 415 jobs in Fairfax County .

The long-rumored next installment of the UFC Fight Night series is set for the Patriot Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.

The following stories have been hand-selected by the Assignment Desk at News4: GAS TAX DEAD IN VIRGINIA Talk of a gas tax increase in Virginia appears to be dead.

David Alan Masters, 52, of Fredericksburg was shot and killed by police in Fairfax County on Friday after failing to follow orders to stop his car.

When Ron Boone won a Master Chef award for his homemade barbecue in the 1980s, he never thought about food as a career.

Video from Veteran's Day concert at the GMU Patriot Center, Fairfax, Virginia Bob Dylan and his band played the Wang Theatre in Boston last evening .

A small group of U.S. war veterans, the age difference among them as wide as 70 years, gathered last Saturday at American Legion Post 177 in Fairfax, Va., for a special event at the annual Veterans' Day Community Fair.

"Energizing Fairfax County - Climate Change and Energy Efficiency!" This will be an opportunity for you to learn about what is happening in our region and in Fairfax County to conserve our energy resources.

FAIRFAX, Va. - Three people have been charged for the gold burglaries in Fairfax County that targeted religious statues and other items for months.

New Hampshire's decision to guarantee a line of credit to a struggling newspaper likely won't be the last such effort despite the questions it raises about independent coverage.

Virginia leaders will announce Monday that a new personalized medicine research institute plans to make Fairfax County its new home, according to sources close to the deal.

Marianne Horinko , a Republican running for Ken Cuccinelli's vacant 37th District Senate seat, joined members of the Indian-American community in Chantilly on Sunday night to discuss a wave of burglaries that have plagued Fairfax in 2009.

FAIRFAX, Va. - A Virginia judge cleared the way yesterday for 17-year-old Lee Boyd Malvo, one of two suspects in the Washington-area sniper shootings last fall, to be tried as an adult for capital murder and possibly face the death penalty.