Fairfax County police are pursuing a manslaughter charge against the driver who allegedly crashed into an ambulance in Herndon last month, killing a passenger in his car.
Jose Lopez Martinez, a 23-year-old resident of Nokesville, was arrested on Tuesday (Dec. 2) after detectives brought the new charge, which comes on top of an initial charge of driving while intoxicated for the Nov. 25 crash.
With a recently awarded grant, Fairfax County can begin designing protected bicycle facilities along Sunrise Valley Drive near the Innovation Center Metro station, the latest effort to make the roadway more accessible for pedestrians and cyclists.
At its Nov. 19 meeting, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) unanimously approved $84,000 for the Sunrise Valley Drive Protected Bicycle Infrastructure project as part of its fiscal year 2026-2027 Transit Within Reach program.
Watch out, Herndon drivers: December will bring an expansion of the 25-mph speed limit zone on Herndon Parkway.
Starting Monday (Dec. 1), the speed limit will drop from 35 to 25 mph on the parkway between Campbell Way and Summerfield Drive, extending an existing 25-mph section that starts at Van Buren Street.
Like some businesses, local government offices and many services are set to close for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Administrative offices for Fairfax County as well as smaller jurisdictions like Vienna, Herndon and Fairfax City will all be closed on both Thursday and Friday (Nov. 27-28). However, some services will still be available or follow modified schedules.
One person is dead and three other people are injured after an apparently alcohol-fueled crash on Worldgate Drive in Herndon that involved an ambulance.
A worker on the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department’s ambulance 436 reported around 4:02 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 25) that they were “involved” in a collision at the intersection of Worldgate Drive and Alton Square outside WorldGate Plaza, according to scanner traffic.
A long-anticipated restaurant offering all-you-can-eat sushi has finally opened its doors in Herndon.
Sushi Oishii’s fourth D.C.-area location officially opened earlier this month at 13195 Parcher Avenue, replacing the long-departed Bar Louie mere miles from Dulles International Airport.
A 31-year-old Herndon woman has been arrested and charged with the stabbing death of her 79-year-old mother, the Fairfax County Police Department announced today.
Helena Little was taken into custody at 3 p.m. yesterday (Thursday), two days after her mother — Norma Little — was found unresponsive inside her apartment in the 2300 block of Dulles Station Blvd.
An urban forester and arborist who worked for Fairfax County was among the two people who died earlier this month in a house fire in the Herndon area.
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay identified Toni Woods and her husband as the victims of the Nov. 6 fire when the board convened on Tuesday (Nov. 18) for its only November meeting.
A 79-year-old woman was found fatally stabbed in an apartment near the Innovation Center Metro Station near Herndon yesterday (Tuesday).
Officers responded to the 2300 block of Dulles Station Blvd around 10 a.m. after a caretaker “reported that she arrived at her patient’s residence and found her unresponsive,” the Fairfax County Police Department said in a news release today.
A Herndon private school has settled a lawsuit with a Jewish family who claimed that the school discriminated against their children due to their religion, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced today (Tuesday).
The Nysmith School will provide just shy of $150,000 in monetary relief to the family, in addition to “implementing new policies and procedures” after allegedly expelling three students who complained of antisemitic harassment from their peers, the attorney general said.
