Lorton News

Charlietta Jeffries is the type of person who always votes, no matter how small the election, and the political campaigns know it.

A Woodbridge man was killed at 2:42 a.m. Thursday when he crashed his car into the back of a tractor-trailer in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 just north of the Lorton exit.

Sharon Kees works on technique in the new addition to Turner Farm Park in Great Falls.

Mike DeLoose is chair of the Springfield District Council, a collective of community associations and homeowners groups across southern Fairfax County from Centreville to Lorton.

In addition to choosing elected officials, voters will be asked to sign off on new debt in the amount of $232,580,000 for Fairfax County Public Schoolsa construction projects Nov 3. Residents are able to check a oeyesa or a oenoa on the election ballot regarding whether the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors should borrow money and issue capital ...

Each year more and more "Baby Boomers" are reaching retirement age. If they are anything like my husband and me, they will want to spend at least part of the winter in a warm climate.

Investigators say Milan Boda attacked a 52-year-old woman who was walking on a trail near Furnace Road and Lorton Road about 11 a.m. Boda approached the victim from behind, forced her to the ground and punched her, police said.

LORTON, Va. - An intense ground and air search unfolded Monday afternoon for a suspect authorities say attacked a woman in a rural area of Lorton.

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Police were out in force Wednesday morning cracking down on those who use the High Occupancy Vehicle lanes illegally.

A significant gap lies between consumersa attitudes towards a oegreena initiatives in the hospitality industry and their actual behavior, according to a study by two hospitality and tourism management graduate students at Virginia Techa s Pamplin College of Business.

"Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." - Emerson Falmouth Academy Summer Programs at Falmouth Academy for students of all ages and skill levels run through the summer, mostly one week in length.

The female soldier who was photographed at Abu Ghraib prison giving a smiling "thumbs-up" beside a pyramid of naked detainees is appealing her convictions to the U.S. military's highest court.Former Army Reserve Specialist Sabrina Harman, of Lorton, Va., was sentenced to six months behind bars for her role in the abuses that occurred six years ago ...

The military is conducting a joint exercise this week with local emergency responders in the Washington area.

Friday, 6 to 7 p.m.: Family Zumba for ages 3 at older will be at the Chinn Aquatics and Fitness Center.

A Virginia company has been awarded the contract to repair the roof on the Lebanon County Correctional Facility.

One person was taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after a trailer, being pulled by a pickup, flipped over and spread debris on Interstate 95 near Dumfries.

Three Fairfax County employees have been charged with embezzlement. On Monday, Gurinder Singh, 62, of Chantilly; Bir Bhogal, 47, of Herndon; and Segundo Ramon Beltran, 52, of Stafford, were each charged with one count each of felony embezzlement.

Starting in November, the American Red Cross will begin auctioning off items squirreled away over many years in a warehouse in Lorton, Va., outside Washington.

The following events and exhibits are open at the Workhouse Arts Center, which is located at 9601 Ox Road, Lorton.