Fairfax County News

Fairfax County police are investigating at least three burglaries in Oakton that appeared to occur in the early hours of Monday morning at a number of local businesses.

The draft master plan for McLean Central Park is undergoing revisions, and Fairfax County Park Authority officials are interested in hearing your thoughts.

On the above map, the addresses are block numbers, not specific home or business addresses.

Summer vacation is right around the corner, and it's time to get your kids registered in summer camp.

Centreville neighbors plan to celebrate Memorial Day, May 27, with an old-fashioned ice cream social in the heart of historic Centreville.

Parents in northern Fairfax County will have an opportunity to weigh in on "digital learning" in Fairfax County Public Schools in June.

Kristin Cottrell Haynes is delighted to chauffer her daughter and five of her Falls Church High School classmates to their senior prom Saturday night in her Honda Odyssey.

A man taking his toddler out of his vehicle was robbed at gunpoint Friday in the Annandale area of Fairfax County, police say.

The following list of arrests was provided by the Fairfax County Police Department.

Mount Vernon Nights Summer is around the corner, and you know what that means... The Mount Vernon Nights Concert series returns to Lorton's Workhouse Arts Center on June 1! The weekly concerts, which are also held at Grist Mill Park, feature local musicians, groups and orchestras.

Virginia's unemployment rate dropped to 5.2 percent in April, the lowest it's been in more than four years.

Lillian Hill's Head Start classroom at Camelot Elementary School is bustling and filled with kids the Friday before Mother's Day.

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.

Fairfax County Police and several organizations will be showing off their "old school" police cruisers, paddy wagons and other vehicles from 1 - 4 p.m. Saturday, May 18.

Fairfax County police officers are saying farewell to their old cruisers as the department purchases 127 Ford Police Interceptor sedans and utility vehicles in FY2013.

With summer fast approaching, Patch checked in with Mason District Supervisor Penelope Gross to briefly discuss the major issues currently happening within the district and the initiatives her office is currently pursuing.

After Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II formally accepted his party's nomination for governor and Virginia GOP scion Mark Obenshain secured the same for attorney general, it was a political neophyte who stole the show Saturday with multiple helpings of 11th-hour drama.

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 13-54 Date: May 16, 2013 Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to a house fire, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at ... (more)

Council is expected to consider a legislative proposal in June that would bring food trucks to the City of Alexandria.

FCPS held the third annual Global Awareness Technology Fair at Lee High School on May 14 where four students from West Potomac High School participated in the events.