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Trump administration to withhold magnet school funding from FCPS

Published September 25, 2025 at 9:15AM | Updated September 25, 2025 at 10:03AM

A Fairfax County Public Schools bus (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The Trump administration is moving forward with a threat to withhold over $3 million in grant funding for Fairfax County’s public magnet schools.

The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights gave Fairfax County Public Schools and districts in Chicago and New York City until Tuesday (Sept. 23) to agree to stop giving students access to locker rooms and restrooms corresponding with their gender identity or risk losing funding for specialty magnet schools.

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AMC Theatres to be reborn in Tysons with planned renovation

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 25, 2025 at 8:30AM | Updated September 25, 2025 at 9:56AM

AMC Theatres in Tysons at night (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

After two decades at Tysons Corner Center, AMC Theatres has decided it could make movies even better with some upgrades.

The exhibitor submitted plans to Fairfax County on Monday (Sept. 22) for an interior renovation of the 16-screen movie theater, which has been operating on the mall’s third floor since 2005.

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JUST IN: Pedestrian dies after being struck by hit-and-run driver, police on Route 1

By Jared Serre and Angela Woolsey

Published September 24, 2025 at 3:45PM | Updated September 24, 2025 at 4:07PM

The intersection of Richmond Highway and Belford Drive in Hybla Valley (via Google Maps)

A woman was killed in Hybla Valley last night (Tuesday) after being struck by both a hit-and-run driver and a responding police officer, the Fairfax County Police Department says.

Trina Jones, a 62-year-old Alexandria resident, was crossing Richmond Highway at Belford Drive, just outside the Mount Vernon Crossroads shopping center, when a southbound sedan driver hit her, police say.

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Herndon names new town manager after year-long search

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 24, 2025 at 1:45PM

The Herndon Town Council at its Sept. 23, 2025 meeting (via Town of Herndon)

The Town of Herndon has identified a new town manager, more than a year after the office’s last permanent occupant stepped down.

The Herndon Town Council voted unanimously last night (Tuesday) to appoint Daniel Hoffman as town manager, starting Nov. 10. The vote came as part of a larger consent package, so there was no discussion during the meeting.

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Motorcyclist dies in crash on I-495 after skidding on wet road, police say

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 24, 2025 at 10:15AM

The exit ramp from I-495 North to eastbound Route 50 in West Falls Church (via Google Maps)

Drizzly overnight weather contributed to a fatal motorcycle crash on the Capital Beltway near West Falls Church, police say.

Troopers responded to the ramp from I-495 North to eastbound Route 50 (Arlington Blvd) around 5:38 a.m. for the crash, according to the Virginia State Police.

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Springfield townhouses heavily damaged in two-alarm fire

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 23, 2025 at 3:45PM

Firefighters battle a townhouse fire in the Greenwood neighborhood of Springfield (via Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department)

Fairfax County fire investigators have identified the cause of a two-alarm fire that damaged three townhouses in Springfield yesterday (Monday).

The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department was called to the 6200 block of Levi Court in the Greenwood neighborhood around 2:30 p.m. for the blaze.

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Bakery known for handmade croissants now open in Tysons

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 23, 2025 at 1:45PM

Inside Sunday Morning Bakehouse in Tysons (photo by Marj Suarez)

Sunday Morning Bakehouse is now serving its signature croissants and donuts in Tysons.

After giving local residents a preview with occasional pop-ups earlier this year, the bakery officially opened its doors on Sunday (Sept. 21) at 1796 Chain Bridge Road in Heming, the 28-story apartment and retail building in the Scotts Run neighborhood near the McLean Metro station.

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Fairfax supervisors see trouble in reported White House pressuring of U.S. attorneys

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 23, 2025 at 9:15AM | Updated February 5, 2026 at 7:31PM

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria (via Google Maps)

Both of the top federal prosecutors in Virginia resigning within a month of each other, reportedly after facing pressure from the Trump administration, is cause for alarm, Fairfax County’s Democratic supervisors say.

Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay and his Democratic colleagues urged Congress and judges in the Eastern District of Virginia to intervene after interim U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert resigned on Friday (Sept. 19) under circumstances they argued “appear politically motivated, and malicious.”

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Work to address ‘hazardous’ trees along southern GW Parkway begins

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 23, 2025 at 8:30AM

GW Parkway is closed at Belle View Blvd in Belle Haven for tree removals (staff photo by James Cullum)

Drivers may notice an abundance of tree trimming along the George Washington Memorial Parkway over the next couple of months.

The National Park Service announced yesterday (Monday) that crews will spend the next eight weeks maintaining and evaluating trees along the southern section of the parkway between Mount Vernon and the Belle Haven area just south of Alexandria.

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JUST IN: Lorton man convicted of murdering girlfriend

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 22, 2025 at 4:15PM

Fairfax County Courthouse (staff photo by James Jarvis)

A Lorton man has been convicted of murder after he shot his girlfriend last year, though he claimed to police that she had died by suicide.

Huy Tien Nguyen, 48, was convicted of second-degree murder by a Fairfax County Circuit Court jury today (Monday), a charge that could result in up to 40 years in prison, Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano announced.