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Patrick Henry Library staff readies for move ahead of new facility’s construction

Published February 4, 2025 at 9:00AM

Inside Patrick Henry Library in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

After years of planning, the start of construction on a new library for the Town of Vienna is almost within sight.

Staff at Patrick Henry Library have started preparing to relocate to a temporary site in the Cedar Park Shopping Center, where some services will be offered while the new facility is being built, Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) announced in an alert to patrons on Friday (Jan. 31).

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NOW: Fairfax County police officer stabbed in Fair Lakes area

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 3, 2025 at 4:50PM

Fairfax County police car with lights flashing (file photo)

A man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a Fairfax County police officer.

Officers responded to the 12800 block of Fair Lakes Pkwy at around 2:47 p.m. for a “suspicious person” after 911 received “several calls” from someone who was rambling, according to scanner traffic.

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Developer proposes ‘reimagining’ of Reston’s Lake Fairfax Business Center

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 3, 2025 at 1:15PM

EYA is seeking to redevelop the Lake Fairfax Business Center in Reston with housing, including townhomes (via Poole & Poole Architecture/Fairfax County)

Fairfax County has received an official plan for the proposed redevelopment of the Lake Fairfax Business Center in Reston.

EYA Development hopes to “revitalize” the suburban commercial campus by replacing several mostly vacant office buildings with housing that it anticipates will encourage more around-the-clock activity, taking advantage of the property’s proximity to the Wiehle Metro station, according to a rezoning application submitted on Friday, Jan. 31.

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Relief fund launches to support DCA crash victims’ families, recovery efforts

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 3, 2025 at 11:15AM

Police and fire boats search the Potomac River after the Jan. 29 mid-air airplane and helicopter collision near Reagan National Airport with the crash site visible in the background (staff photo by James Jarvis)

A new relief fund has emerged to supplement the patchwork of GoFundMe pages and meal trains created to support the families of those who died in last week’s airplane and helicopter crash into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport.

The Capital Area Community Foundations, a partnership of D.C.-area nonprofits that includes the Oakton-based Community Foundation for Northern Virginia, launched a DCA Together Relief Fund on Friday (Jan. 31) to raise money for the families, first responders and organizations providing mental health services and other recovery resources.

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Substitute teacher charged with assaulting student at Reston school

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 3, 2025 at 9:00AM

Dogwood Elementary School sign (via Google Maps)

A Fairfax County Public Schools substitute teacher has been arrested and dismissed from her job for allegedly assaulting a student at Dogwood Elementary School (12300 Glade Drive).

The county’s Child Protective Services received a referral on Sept. 25, 2024 indicating that a substitute teacher had assaulted a student at the Reston school, the Fairfax County Police Department said in a press release on Saturday (Feb. 1).

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JUST IN: Army identifies soldiers on Fort Belvoir helicopter in DCA crash

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 31, 2025 at 3:55PM | Updated January 31, 2025 at 5:21PM

An American Airlines flight passes over nearly two dozen crosses near Gravelly Point, a tribute to the 67 victims of the mid-air collision over the Potomac River (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Two of the three soldiers on the Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines passenger jet over the Potomac River on Wednesday (Jan. 29) have been identified.

One of the bodies that has been recovered so far appears to be that of Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, a 28-year-old Lilburn, Georgia, native who had served in the Army as a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter pilot since 2017, the Department of the Army announced today (Friday).

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FCPD: Woman struck in hit-and-run crash on Richmond Highway has died

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 31, 2025 at 8:15AM

The Richmond Highway and Buckman Road intersection in Hybla Valley (via Google Maps)

One of the pedestrians struck in a hit-and-run crash on Richmond Highway earlier this week has died, police say.

Erica Tibbs, 33, of Alexandria and her 5-year-old child were crossing Richmond Highway (Route 1) near the Buckman Road intersection in Hybla Valley around 8:34 p.m. on Wednesday (Jan. 29) when an SUV driver hit them, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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BREAKING: FCPS students, parents among National Airport crash victims

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 30, 2025 at 3:45PM | Updated January 30, 2025 at 7:33PM

A D.C. fire boat searches the Potomac River the morning after the mid-air airplane and helicopter crash outside Reagan National Airport (staff photo by James Jarvis)

The victims of last night’s deadly airplane and helicopter crash outside Reagan National Airport included multiple Fairfax County Public Schools students and their parents, Superintendent Michelle Reid says.

All 64 people on American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, and three soldiers on the military helicopter — a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk that was on a training mission from Fort Belvoir — are believed to have perished in the crash.

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MS-13 gang member gets life in prison for Reston murders

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 30, 2025 at 2:45PM

The Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse in Alexandria (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A man who was convicted last year for his role in a series of murders in Reston will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Elmer De Jesus Alas Candray, 27, was sentenced by a federal judge today (Thursday) to six concurrent life prison sentences for multiple racketeering, murder and gun charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

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Herndon adopts new branding but stops short of changing up logo

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 30, 2025 at 1:15PM

The Town of Herndon's logo on a trash bin (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The Town of Herndon is taking on a new identity that it hopes will distinguish it from the rest of Northern Virginia.

The town’s years-long rebranding push reached a milestone on Tuesday (Jan. 28) when the Herndon Town Council voted unanimously to adopt “Live Differently” as the concept and tagline that will guide future marketing efforts.