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 27, 2024.
- 7:30 am: Morning Notes for December 27, 2024 | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:00 am: Two options on table for safety improvements on Lee Chapel Road | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:45 am: County seeks housing developers for Columbia Pike, Innovation Metro station sites | 🗣️ Comments
- 10:30 am: NOW: Crash shuts down Route 7 in Great Falls, driver injured | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:15 am: Tysons developers now have to pay a bit more to support public facilities | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:15 pm: Public input sought on Royal Lake Park trail improvements | 🗣️ Comments
- 6:15 pm: Langley senior scores 1,000th career point in girls basketball | 🗣️ Comments
- 7:00 pm: Justice wrestlers win Saxon Invitational tournament | 🗣️ Comments
- 7:40 pm: JUST IN: Motorcyclist killed in crash near Fairfax Costco | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
- New food options open at Tysons Corner Center, with more to come in 2025 (16155 views)
- Police identify pedestrian killed in truck crash on Route 28 (15442 views)
- Wintry weather could disrupt holiday travel in Fairfax County (13157 views)
- Developer will still pursue indoor ski resort in Lorton after losing exclusive rights (11363 views)
- NOW: Crash shuts down Route 7 in Great Falls, driver injured (9804 views)
- Pedestrian killed in Route 28 crash involving a truck (4874 views)
- Reston neighborhood is first to get EV chargers under county program (4677 views)
- Superintendent lays out timeline for revising FCPS athletic policies (4380 views)
- School board approves policy to standardize grading across FCPS (3125 views)
- Football players from multiple Fairfax schools chosen all-state (2828 views)
- Driver charged for Franconia Road crash that killed pedestrian (2734 views)
- Smallest and largest homes sold in Fairfax County (November 2024) (2704 views)
- Man who killed Mount Vernon woman has death sentence commuted (2443 views)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
- No events today. Have one to promote? Submit it to the calendar.
🌧️ Saturday’s forecast
Expect rain and patchy fog with a high near 49 and a light south wind at 3 to 6 mph. There’s a 90% chance of precipitation, with potential accumulations ranging from a quarter to half an inch. Saturday night, anticipate more rain, a low around 49, and a south wind at 5 to 7 mph. The probability of precipitation is 80%, with new amounts possibly reaching between a tenth and a quarter of an inch. 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. 👋
