A call to address an apparent race on the Capital Beltway (I-495) turned into a lifesaving operation for the Virginia State Police last night (Sunday).
According to the VSP, its troopers were dispatched around 10:52 p.m. for a report of “multiple vehicles driving recklessly” near southbound I-495 and Braddock Road in the Springfield area.
Springfield is now home to one of the largest car dealerships in the D.C. area.
Sheehy Subaru, which celebrated its grand opening on Sept. 18 at 7501 Loisdale Road, sits at nearly 51,000 square feet, making it the largest Subaru dealership in the region, according to a company spokesperson.
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.
The U.S. Army’s annual Ten-Miler Expo is relocating from D.C. to Springfield this year as a result of the National Guard’s continued presence in the nation’s capital.
The Army Ten-Miler announced earlier this week that its 2025 expo will be held at The St. James (6805 Industrial Road) in Springfield on Oct. 10-11 “due to the unavailability of the DC Armory” — the event’s traditional location.
Fairfax County is developing a “Slow Streets” pilot project to slow traffic and scale back cut-through traffic on a residential street in Springfield.
Supported by a federal grant accepted by the Board of Supervisors last week, the project will drop speeds at Cumberland Avenue and Dinwiddie Street to 15 mph from the current 25 mph and make changes to the street in an effort to calm traffic.
Checkers & Rally’s is circling Fairfax County, searching for a spot that one of its drive-thru restaurants can pull into.
No specific locations have been identified yet, but the fast-food chain is actively recruiting franchisees who could introduce it to the county, according to a public relations representative, citing Springfield specifically as one possible area of interest.
Fairfax County officials on Aug. 5 formally opened the Burke-Springfield Center for Active Adults, featuring more than 8,000 square feet of accessible space for a variety of programs.
Located in a renovated former retail space, the facility at 7541 Huntsman Blvd in Springfield aims to support older adults (ages 50+) through wellness, connection and lifelong learning, said Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay.
Despite a full-court press from the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), the future of its plan to extend express lanes on the south side of the Capital Beltway (I-495) remains up in the air as the deadline for a decision looms.
The project to add 11 miles of toll roads connecting Springfield with Prince George’s County over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge is a “critical” piece of transportation planning, a top VDOT official told members of the D.C. region’s Transportation Planning Board (TPB) on July 16.
A 25-year-old man has been arrested after police allege that he forced his way into two Fairfax County hotel rooms earlier this week.
Arlington resident Eric Isler was taken into custody yesterday (Tuesday), hours after the second of two incidents, the Fairfax County Police Department says.
Significant responses were needed this morning (Wednesday) to address two-alarm fires reported almost simultaneously at townhouses in Kingstowne and a shopping center in Springfield.
Firefighters were first dispatched at 4:44 a.m. to the Coventry townhomes in the 5000 block of Dunstable Lane for a fire that consumed all three floors of one building, according to scanner traffic.
