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BREAKING: Democrat-endorsed Tom Dannan wins Braddock seat on school board

Published March 3, 2026 at 8:55PM | Updated March 4, 2026 at 10:21AM

Tom Dannan (courtesy Dannan for School Board)

Local business owner Tom Dannan will be the Braddock District’s next representative on the Fairfax County School Board.

Endorsed by local Democrats in a caucus on Jan. 10, the 41-year-old Terra Centre resident bested GOP-supported Saundra Davis in a special election today (Tuesday), securing the seat with approximately 65% of the vote, according to unofficial results.

Countywide

Fairfax County police report early success with ‘Drone as First Responder’ program

By Jared Serre

Published March 3, 2026 at 11:45AM

A Fairfax Police officer pilots a drone (photo via FCPD)

A Fairfax County police pilot program that uses drones to gather initial information in emergencies continues to grow after receiving overwhelmingly positive returns.

Launched in fall 2025, the “Drone as First Responder” program features specially-outfitted drones that are deployed and remotely piloted to the location where an emergency is reported.

Countywide

More federal funds coming to Fairfax for police, W&OD Trail visitor center

By Jared Serre

Published March 3, 2026 at 9:30AM | Updated March 3, 2026 at 8:10PM

Rep. James Walkinshaw (staff photo by Jared Serre)

An additional $9.2 million in federal funds is coming to Fairfax County, raising the county’s total earmarks to nearly $17 million for this fiscal year.

Rep. James Walkinshaw announced today (Tuesday) that he had helped procure approximately $13.4 million for the county in the minibus appropriations package that passed last month.

Around Town

Anytime Fitness in Twinbrooke Shopping Center will close amid landlord conflict

By Jared Serre

Published March 2, 2026 at 9:15AM

Twinbrooke Shopping Center (staff photo by Jared Serre)

A gym in Kings Park West will close later this spring, but apparently not by choice.

Operating since 2017, Anytime Fitness will shutter at the Twinbrooke Shopping Center in April as the result of a conflict with Federal Realty, which owns the property, gym owner Brian Samuel told FFXnow.

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UPDATED: Man shot by police on I-495 after allegedly stabbing multiple people

By Jared Serre

Published March 1, 2026 at 3:40PM | Updated March 3, 2026 at 8:26PM

Traffic on I-495 south after a stabbing and shooting incident on March 1 (screenshot via VDOT)

A man was shot by the Virginia State Police today (Sunday) after allegedly stabbing multiple people on I-495.

The incident is believed to have begun with a traffic collision that then led to a man exiting his vehicle and stabbing at least three people, according to scanner traffic.

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McLean man pleads guilty to threatening Kennedy Center leader

By Jared Serre

Published February 27, 2026 at 8:30AM

President Donald Trump discusses improvements to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with Kennedy Center Executive Director Richard Grenell in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 13, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

A McLean man admitted yesterday (Thursday) to threatening the life of a government official and longtime ally of President Donald Trump.

Scott Allen Bolger, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of making an interstate threat after sending a message on Dec. 23 to special presidential envoy Richard Grenell threatening to shoot him in the head.

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Fairfax County lands federal funds for Springfield road safety initiative, crisis facility and more

By Jared Serre

Published February 26, 2026 at 2:45PM

Commerce Street at Amherst Avenue facing Old Keene Mill Road in Springfield (staff photo by James Cullum)

Millions of dollars in federal funds are coming to Fairfax County after a minibus funding package was signed into law earlier this month.

Approximately $7.7 million has been allocated for six different projects, including $3.1 million for a traffic safety initiative focused on Springfield.

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FCPD identifies man killed by police after triple stabbing in Mantua

By Jared Serre

Published February 25, 2026 at 11:55AM

Fairfax County police car close-up (file photo)

Law enforcement has identified the man who was shot and killed by police earlier this week after stabbing three family members inside a Mantua apartment.

The assailant, who allegedly killed both his wife and daughter, was publicly identified today (Wednesday) by the Fairfax County Police Department as 54-year-old Chhatra Thapa of Fairfax.

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Workers at Springfield Plaza store prevent robbery by disarming suspect

By Jared Serre

Published February 24, 2026 at 2:30PM

Springfield Plaza (staff photo by James Cullum)

Employees of a Springfield Plaza store stifled an attempted armed robbery last night (Monday) after disarming a would-be perpetrator of his gun, police said.

Officers responded to the Cricket Wireless store, located at 6330 Springfield Plaza in the northeast corner of the shopping center, around 8 p.m. after receiving a report of the attempted heist, according to scanner traffic.

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UPDATED: Man charged with murder for stabbing at Hybla Valley bus stop

By Jared Serre

Published February 24, 2026 at 10:15AM | Updated February 25, 2026 at 5:44PM

Fairfax County police Capt. Chris Cosgriff briefs media on a suspicious death in Hybla Valley (via FCPD/Facebook)

A man identified earlier as a person of interest in a woman’s suspicious death in Hybla Valley on Monday (Feb. 23) has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, Fairfax County police announced on Wednesday (Feb. 25).

Police had pegged Abdul Jalloh, 32, as the last person to see Stephanie Minter, a 41-year-old woman from Fredericksburg who was found dead with “upper body trauma” at a bus stop in the 7400 block of Richmond Highway.