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 — Jan 31, 2025.
- 7:30 am: Morning Notes for January 31, 2025 | 🗣️ Comments
- 8:15 am: FCPD: Woman struck in hit-and-run crash on Richmond Highway has died | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:00 am: Toll breaks for Virginia drivers? Lawmakers weigh costly proposal | 🗣️ Comments
- 9:45 am: Fairfax County board questions cost of sliding-fee plan for park services | 🗣️ Comments
- 11:15 am: FCPD makes arrests in two burglary sprees, investigates another | 🗣️ Comments
- 1:15 pm: Planning commission, residents concerned by density of housing proposed for Lorton site | 🗣️ Comments
- 2:30 pm: Fairfax County might ask voters to approve funding for early childhood education facilities | 🗣️ Comments
- 3:55 pm: JUST IN: Army identifies soldiers on Fort Belvoir helicopter in DCA crash | 🗣️ Comments
- 6:15 pm: Flint Hill School football players aim to make impact at college level | 🗣️ Comments
- 7:00 pm: Local players making big impacts for two college basketball teams | 🗣️ Comments
Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on Saturday throughout the county, from our event calendar.
- 9:00 am: 🍦🎉 National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day 🎉🍦
- 10:30 am: Saturday Morning Cartoons
- 👉 12:00 pm: First Baby? Find Your New Mom Tribe!
- 👉 12:30 pm: Kiwanis Polar Dip
- 2:00 pm: South Lakes High School Choral Program Presents – Broadway Night
- 7:00 pm: South Lakes High School Choral Program Presents – Broadway Night
- 7:30 pm: Dark Horse Theatre presents “Art” at St. Francis Episcopal Church
🌤️ Saturday’s forecast
The weather will transition from mostly cloudy to sunny, with temperatures reaching a high of around 45 degrees. There will be a north wind blowing at a speed of 10 to 16 mph and gusts climbing up to 28 mph. During Saturday night, expect partly cloudy skies and a low temperature of approximately 25 degrees, accompanied by a northeast wind blowing at 3 to 7 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. 👋
