Fairfax County News

Tips reported to Fairfax County Crime Solvers led to the arrests of two men for several unsolved crimes.

Sasha Gong, who is running for the 46th House District, above left, talks with former first lady Susan Allen.

Fairfax County, Virginia is contemplating making the switch. Officials say the goal is to have control over local funding decisions, particularly in regards to road maintenance.

Some Fairfax County leaders think it's time for the Washington suburb to become a city.

The final member of a conspiracy that held employees of a Fairfax County gaming company at gunpoint while stealing thousands of dollars of iPods, Xbox 360s, PlayStation 3s and other gaming equipment was convicted by a jury in Alexandria federal court June 24th.

Fairfax County will absorb the Metrobus 2W, 12 and 20 lines into the Fairfax Connector bus system starting Monday.

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to a structure fire at approximately 5:40 p.m., Thursday, June 25, 2009, at Chantilly High School, located at 4201 Stringfellow Road.

The Fairfax County Police Department reminded drivers this week that a new law goes into effect July 1 prohibiting drivers from sending or reading text messages while driving.

Department spokesman Capt. Oscar Garcia says authorities responded to a 4:40 p.m. call from a hiker who said she saw people in the river near Purple Horse Beach yelling for help.

RICHMOND, Va. - Democrat Kristen Amundsen is retiring from the House of Delegates.

Police in Fairfax County are on the scene of a barricade situation in Burke this Tuesday morning.

Fairfax County supervisors are trying to close a loophole that allows for the construction of unusually tall homes referred to as McMansions.

An underground transformer has exploded and about 250 mostly elderly residents are evacuating their apartments in suburban Washington, D.C. Lt.

By next spring the construction of High Occupancy Toll lanes could spread from the Dulles Toll Road Interchange to Dumfries along the Capital Beltway/Interstate 95 corridor.

BAILEY'S CROSSROADS, Va. - A woman told police she was attacked by a man late Monday night while walking in the 6000 block of Leesburg Pike, near Bailey's Crossroads.

A man and a woman returned to their home in the 2600 block of Logan Wood Drive at about 12:30 p.m. to find a man attempting to break in.

Nearly 30 years after planning began, construction on the Fairfax County Parkway is nearing completion.

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to a house fire at approximately 7:50 p.m., Tuesday, June 9, 2009, in the Annandale area.

Deputy Police Chief Suzanne Devlin is no stranger to battles. During her 33 years with the Fairfax County Police Department, she has traveled difficult paths toward success.

Authorities have arrested a teenager in Maryland for a slaying in northern Virginia.