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BREAKING: Two people killed by trees falling on cars in Fairfax County

Published May 16, 2025 at 7:30PM | Updated May 16, 2025 at 7:51PM

Fairfax County police car lights flashing (file photo)

The storms passing through the D.C. area this evening (Friday) have claimed two lives as a result of trees falling on cars, police say.

Frye Road has been closed between Manor Drive and Pole Road in Woodlawn after a tree fell on a car, killing a woman, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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NEW: Speed cameras coming to Fairfax County Parkway work zone

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 16, 2025 at 2:10PM

Fairfax County Parkway at Burke Centre Parkway (via VDOT)

The speed limit on Fairfax County Parkway has been reduced and will soon be enforced by speed cameras, as construction to widen the major thoroughfare continues.

A speed limit of 45 mph — down from 50 mph — took effect today (Friday), with workers unveiling new signage throughout the work zone from I-66 near Fair Lakes to Route 123 (Ox Road) in Fairfax Station, according to Fairfax County.

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JUST IN: Virginia Wine Festival in Tysons has been canceled

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 16, 2025 at 12:30PM | Updated May 16, 2025 at 1:15PM

Virginia Wine Festival attendees (photo courtesy the Virginia Wine Festival)

The Virginia Wine Festival is no longer coming to Tysons.

The festival informed ticket-holders overnight that its upcoming stay at Lerner Town Square (8025 Galleria Drive) on May 31 has been canceled due to “unforeseen circumstances,” one prospective attendee told FFXnow.

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Bridge construction to affect traffic on Great Falls road this weekend

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 16, 2025 at 10:00AM

The one-lane Walker Road bridge over Piney Run in Great Falls (via VDOT)

Traffic will be limited to one lane on a portion of Walker Road in Great Falls this weekend.

Flaggers will direct traffic on the 0.2-mile stretch of road between Park Royal Drive and Walker Mill Road from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday) and Sunday (May 18), the Virginia Department of Transportation announced.

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Reston-based child care research library faces risk of losing federal funding

By Angela Woolsey and Associated Press

Published May 15, 2025 at 1:45PM

The office buildings at 1900 and 1902 Reston Metro Plaza at Reston Station (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

As the Trump administration continues to gut the federal workforce and budget, a Reston contractor recently got an inadvertent head’s up that one of its research projects could be next on the chopping block.

A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spreadsheet mistakenly emailed to grant recipients on April 30 listed over 150 projects to support child welfare that are apparently being considered for termination, including Child Care and Early Education Research Connections, the Associated Press reported.

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Herndon house fire caused by ‘malfunctioning’ lawn mower battery

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 15, 2025 at 8:30AM

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue logo (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department (FCFRD) is advising residents to be careful when storing lithium-ion batteries in the wake of a recent house fire.

Firefighters were dispatched to the 1500 block of Millikens Bend Road in the Dranesville area north of Herndon on Saturday, May 3 just before 7:30 p.m. for the reported fire, the FCFRD says.

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Police charge 80-year-old Herndon man with inappropriately touching child

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 14, 2025 at 3:45PM | Updated May 15, 2025 at 12:43AM

A Fairfax County police car (file photo)

A Herndon man is facing multiple criminal charges after allegedly grabbing and kissing a child.

The victim reported on Monday (May 12) at 8:40 a.m. that she had been walking in the 13300 block of Hungerford Place in the Hutchison neighborhood near Herndon when a man approached her, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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Police: Fairfax man tied to several indecent exposure incidents over 10 years

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 14, 2025 at 3:15PM

Police shared a photo in April that they said shows a man who allegedly exposed himself in Chantilly (via FCPD)

A Fairfax man who allegedly exposed himself multiple times in Oakton and Chantilly over the past decade has been arrested.

The Fairfax County Police Department shared last month that detectives were investigating a series of indecent exposure incidents after receiving a report of an unidentified man exposing himself “to multiple victims” near the 4600 block of Stonecroft Road in Chantilly between 5 and 6 p.m. on March 30.

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State Police: Driver pulled over for using phone on I-495, crashes into vehicles

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 14, 2025 at 2:30PM

I-495 North at the off-ramp to Braddock Road in North Springfield (via Google Maps)

A high-speed chase on the Capital Beltway (I-495) this morning started with a driver getting pulled over for using their cell phone, police say.

After allegedly seeing a violation of Virginia’s “hands-free” law banning the use of cell phones while driving, a trooper attempted a traffic stop on northbound I-495 near Braddock Road in the North Springfield area around 8:54 a.m. today (Wednesday), according to the Virginia State Police (VSP).

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Popular brunch spot First Watch to open in Reston next week

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 14, 2025 at 11:45AM

First Watch's beverage menu includes juices, coffee and brunch cocktails (courtesy First Watch)

First Watch will soon start serving up its signature avocado toast and million dollar bacon to Reston diners.

The daytime cafe chain is set to open in the former Carrabba’s Italian Grill at 12192 Sunset Hills Road near RTC West next Monday, May 19, a First Watch spokesperson told FFXnow, confirming a report by The Burn.