Author: Angela Woolsey

Angela Woolsey is the site editor for FFXnow. A graduate of George Mason University, she worked as a general assignment reporter for the Fairfax County Times before joining Local News Now as the Tysons Reporter editor in 2020.

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Fairfax County supports response to deadly plane and helicopter crash at DCA

By Angela Woolsey
Response to airplane and helicopter crash in the Potomac near National Airport, as seen from Gravelly Point (staff photo by James Cullum from ARLnow)

The D.C. region is reeling in the aftermath of a crash involving an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter near Reagan National Airport that officials say left no survivors.

Arriving from Witchita, Kansas, the airplane was making its descent when it collided with the helicopter over the Potomac River around 8:50 p.m. yesterday (Wednesday). The crash drew a massive emergency response that included personnel from Fairfax County’s police and fire departments.

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BREAKING: Pedestrians injured in hit-and-run on Richmond Highway

By Angela Woolsey
Richmond Highway at Buckman Road in Mount Vernon (via Google Maps)

A woman and a child were critically injured in a crash this evening (Wednesday) on Richmond Highway in Mount Vernon, police say.

According to scanner traffic, officers and emergency medical responders were dispatched to Richmond Highway (Route 1) at Mount Vernon Highway around 8:35 p.m. for the crash, which was described by police as a hit-and-run.

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UPDATED: Teen charged in shooting near Worldgate Shopping Center in Herndon

By Angela Woolsey
The Worldgate Drive and Centreville Road intersection in Herndon (via Google Maps)

Police are investigating a shooting in the area near the Worldgate Shopping Center in Herndon.

Officers with the Town of Herndon and Fairfax County police departments were dispatched to the 2100 block of Centreville Road around 2:40 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 29), though there was some confusion about where exactly the reported shooting occurred.

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Reston Hospital expands cancer services, possible surgical center in the works

By Angela Woolsey
Reston Hospital Center staff cut a ribbon to celebrate the opening of a new inpatient cancer treatment unit (courtesy HCA Virginia)

The future will bring new services and, potentially, a brand-new facility to Reston Hospital Center.

The hospital opened a new, 8-room unit for patients receiving cancer treatment on Dec. 20, 2024, completing the first phase of an expansion of its oncology program, HCA Virginia Health System announced last Thursday (Jan. 23).

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Vote on meals tax increase to fund Vienna aquatics facility deferred

By Angela Woolsey
The vacant Vienna Annex site in fall 2024 (photo by Amy Woolsey)

When Vienna Town Manager Mercury Payton shares his proposed new budget in early March, it won’t include any meals tax increase.

The Vienna Town Council agreed on Monday (Jan. 27) to defer voting on a proposal to temporarily raise the tax on meals sold at restaurants from 3% to 4% in order to fund an aquatics and fitness center at the Annex, a 3-acre site at 301 Center Street South that was previously occupied by the Faith Baptist Church.

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Fort Belvoir woman pleads guilty to assaulting son

By Angela Woolsey
The Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse in Alexandria (file photo)

A Fort Belvoir woman who allegedly beat her son for not cleaning his bedroom pleaded guilty to assault charges on Monday (Jan. 27), the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced yesterday.

According to court documents, China Ashley Charles, a 38-year-old woman who lived in military housing on the Army installation, called police on Oct. 8, 2024 to report that her son had run away after she “disciplined him for not cleaning” his bedroom.

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Fairfax officials scramble to assess impact of Trump’s federal funding freeze

By James Jarvis and Angela Woolsey
The White House (via René DeAnda on Unsplash)

Update: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s order freezing federal grants and loans minutes before it was set to take effect at 5 p.m.

Earlier: Fairfax County officials are scrambling to assess how a new federal directive halting financial aid programs might impact local services and capital projects.

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NEW: Fairfax County casino bill advances to full Senate for first time

By Angela Woolsey
The Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee votes 9-6 to report S.B. 982 to the full bill to the full Senate (via Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn/Bluesky)

The push to allow a casino in Fairfax County has officially entered new territory.

After tabling similar legislation proposed by state Sen. Dave Marsden (D-35) last year, the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee voted 9-6 this morning (Tuesday) to report Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell’s (D-34) bill to add the county to Virginia’s list of eligible casino hosts to the full chamber.

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JUST IN: Man charged with soliciting teen he met through TikTok, police say

By Angela Woolsey
Fairfax County police vehicle with blue lights on (file photo)

A man traveled from Minnesota to Virginia this past weekend to engage in illicit sexual acts with a teenager, Fairfax County police say.

Officers were called to a house in the 2000 block of Blue Ridge Court near Herndon at 3:05 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25 after a resident reported finding his 15-year-old child with an adult man, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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Tysons apartment building gets new name and owner

By Angela Woolsey
Hanover Tysons is being rebranded as The Jones at Tysons by new owner Mesirow (courtesy Berkadia)

A pair of apartment buildings in north central Tysons recently changed hands, resulting in a name change for one of the properties.

Hanover Tysons, a 412-unit residential building at 1500 Westbranch Drive, has been rebranded as The Jones at Tysons after its original developer, The Hanover Company, sold the property to the financial services firm Mesirow Financial late last year.

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