Good Friday evening, Fairfax County. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
🕗 News recap
The following articles were published earlier today — Dec 20, 2024.
- 7:30 am: Morning Notes for December 20, 2024 | 🗣️ Comments
- 8:15 am: Driver in fatal Fairfax County Parkway crash was drunk, police charge | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:00 am: Charleys Cheesesteaks opening in Bailey’s Crossroads imminent | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:45 am: 2025 housing forecast projects more sales, higher prices in Fairfax | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:15 am: Gov. Youngkin cites Fairfax cases in bid to pressure localities to assist ICE | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:15 pm: Bonchon reopens in Herndon under new owner, Annandale restaurant coming | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:30 pm: New GMU grads urged to take chances at winter commencement ceremony | 🗣️ Comments
- 6:15 pm: Madison football team begins filling the holes for next season | 🗣️ Comments
- 7:00 pm: Senior field-hockey players participate in one final salute | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- Fairfax County to convert vacant hotel into emergency family shelter (30587 views)
- Fatal crash shuts down I-95 North near Lorton (12845 views)
- JUST IN: Herndon man accused of killing wife now charged with child abuse (8433 views)
- FCPD: Two men arrested at Reston Target, charged with forgery (5651 views)
- Driver killed in second fatal one-vehicle crash on Georgetown Pike of 2024 (5558 views)
- N. Va. leaders criticize possible return-to-work edict for federal employees (5202 views)
- Proposal to redevelop Commons of McLean apartments wins Planning Commission support (5143 views)
- Driver in fatal Fairfax County Parkway crash was drunk, police charge (5695 views)
- Comstock redevelopment deal collapse leaves former Herndon mayor ‘devastated’ (4290 views)
- Construction to begin next year on Virginia Tech’s West Falls Church campus redevelopment (3037 views)
- GMU basketball team defrauded out of Bahamas trip, prosecutors say (2260 views)
- Fairfax County tax reduces plastic bag circulation, raises $6 million (2220 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
- 10:00 am: Flight Adventure Park Jingle Jump
- 7:30 pm: ‘Whispers of the Solstice’ by 9th Street Quartet and Lifescape Visionary
☀️ Saturday’s forecast
Expect sunshine and a high of around 35 degrees during the day, with northwest winds at 11 to 16 mph and gusts reaching up to 30 mph. As for Saturday night, it will be mostly clear with temperatures dropping to around 20 degrees, and northwest winds calming down to 7 to 9 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
🌅 Tonight’s sunset
The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.
We hope you have a great weekend! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋
