The weekend is almost here. Before you start working on an elaborate drag costume or head to bed for some much-needed sleep after avoiding those pranksters, let’s revisit the past week of news in Fairfax County.

Here are the 10 most-read stories on FFXnow this week:

1. Google announces $300M investment in Virginia from Reston office
2. Two Tysons-based companies ranked among top 10 places to work in U.S.
3. JUST IN: Stakeout leads to arrest in overnight burglaries at Northpoint Village Shopping Center
4. Rise in cut-through traffic becomes dicey issue for Town of Herndon
5. Key Route 7 intersection to open this spring, as road widening continues
6. Person rescued from fire at 122-year-old Vienna home on Saturday
7. Fairfax County School Board chooses new superintendent, despite protests
8. Crews to raze office building, clearing way for more housing near Wiehle-Reston East
9. Herndon HS cracks down on ‘all-time high’ student cell phone use
10. ‘Take a Break’ summer concert series moves to Reston Station

Ideas for potential stories can be sent to news@ffxnow.com or submitted as an anonymous tip. Photos of scenes from around the county are welcome too, with credit always given to the photographer.

Feel free to discuss these topics, your weekend plans, or anything else that’s happening locally in the comments below. Have a great weekend Fairfax County!

The weekend is almost here. Before you get distracted by panda videos or head to bed for some much-needed sleep after avoiding those pranksters, let’s revisit the past week of news in Fairfax County.

Here are the 10 most-read stories on FFXnow this week:

1. Here’s a ‘LOOK’ at what’s replacing Bow Tie Cinemas in Reston
2. Herndon HS cracks down on ‘all-time high’ student cell phone use
3. Reston residents push back against proposed redevelopment of Fannie Mae property
4. Report: One of two finalists for FCPS superintendent withdraws candidacy
5. Reston Town Center shares preview of planned updates to public spaces
6. Construction is underway to expand The Boro in Tysons
7. Amazon Fresh opens in Fairfax, with more stores coming to the region
8. Plan to convert Reston police station parking into affordable housing moves forward
9. Fairfax County’s COVID-19 caseload has doubled since late March
10. County residents call for property taxes to be lowered with new budget

Ideas for potential stories can be sent to news@ffxnow.com or submitted as an anonymous tip. Photos of scenes from around the county are welcome too, with credit always given to the photographer.

Feel free to discuss these topics, your weekend plans, or anything else that’s happening locally in the comments below. Have a great weekend Fairfax County!

The weekend is almost here. Before you romp over to the nearest playground or head to bed for some much-needed sleep after avoiding those pranksters, let’s revisit the past week of news in Fairfax County.

Here are the 10 most-read stories on FFXnow this week:

1. BREAKING: Bow Tie Cinemas to leave Reston Town Center
2. BREAKING: Possible tornado touchdown in Tysons after warnings issued for Fairfax County
3. Overhaul could add housing, relocate Michaels at Merrifield strip mall
4. Construction on Reston JW Marriott, Virginia’s first, delayed
5. Reston Town Center shares preview of planned updates to public spaces
6. UPDATED: Driver charged with DWI after Route 7 crash that hospitalized four
7. BREAKING: National Weather Service confirms tornado touched down in Tysons
8. NEW: Mars, Inc. plans to expand headquarters in McLean
9. DEVELOPING: Police advise avoiding area after bank robbed in Reston
10. Celebrate Fairfax will split annual festival into smaller events across county

Ideas for potential stories can be sent to news@ffxnow.com or submitted as an anonymous tip. Photos of scenes from around the county are welcome too, with credit always given to the photographer.

Feel free to discuss these topics, your weekend plans, or anything else that’s happening locally in the comments below. Have a great weekend Fairfax County!

The weekend is almost here. Before you make one final April Fool’s Day joke or head to bed for some much-needed sleep after avoiding those pranksters, let’s revisit the past week of news in Fairfax County.

Here are the 10 most-read stories on FFXnow this week:

1. Fairfax County approves fines for running bamboo, starting next year
2. FCPS set to require recess in all middle schools for the first time
3. DEVELOPING: Police advise avoiding area after bank robbed in Reston
4. JUST IN: Fairfax County jail inmate dies
5. BREAKING: Possible tornado touchdown in Tysons after warnings issued for Fairfax County
6. Outdoor theater to spring to life in Reston Town Center
7. UPDATED: Man who died in jail was masseuse charged with sexual battery, FCPD says
8. Herndon man charged with fraud and embezzlement in Loudoun
9. Capital One Center food trucks and mini golf to open this spring
10. Annual resignations spike nearly 62% for Fairfax County government jobs

Ideas for potential stories can be sent to news@ffxnow.com or submitted as an anonymous tip. Photos of scenes from around the county are welcome too, with credit always given to the photographer.

Feel free to discuss these topics, your weekend plans, or anything else that’s happening locally in the comments below. Have a great weekend Fairfax County!

The weekend is almost here. Before you finalize predictions for your Oscars pool or head to bed for some much-needed sleep, let’s revisit the past week of news in Fairfax County.

Here are the 10 most-read stories on FFXnow this week:

1. Fairfax County approves fines for running bamboo, starting next year
2. Private trash hauler reduces pickups across Fairfax County
3. Reston-based taco spot expands to Chantilly
4. More homes could replace Reston office buildings on Sunset Hills Road
5. After alleged stabbings, Reston woman shot and killed by Loudoun County sheriff’s deputy
6. Vienna Police: School bus driver reports tailgating, assault by teens
7. Report: Reston Town Center pavilion, fountain to get major upgrades
8. Fast casual Indian restaurant coming to Mosaic District
9. FCPS expands ban on restraints, set to fully end student seclusions
10. Police seek help identifying persons of interest in Herndon assault

Ideas for potential stories can be sent to news@ffxnow.com or submitted as an anonymous tip. Photos of scenes from around the county are welcome too, with credit always given to the photographer.

Feel free to discuss these topics, your weekend plans, or anything else that’s happening locally in the comments below. Have a great weekend Fairfax County!

The weekend is almost here. Before you step outside to take in the cherry blossoms or head to bed for some much-needed sleep, let’s revisit the past week of news in Fairfax County.

Here are the 10 most-read stories on FFXnow this week:

1. Carnival to replace annual Herndon Festival this year
2. Woman dies after McLean crash on Georgetown Pike
3. Covid transmission returns to mid-November levels in Fairfax County
4. Major D.C. area construction firm to expand with Tysons office
5. County staff take issue with planned townhouses at former Fannie Mae campus
6. Proposed redesign for McLean Giant shopping center under review
7. Proposal to turn Herndon Residence Inn into housing advances
8. Mochi doughnut shop to open in Reston’s North Point Village Center
9. Subway in North Point Village Center in Reston appears to have closed
10. Police arrest suspect in Vienna Park apartment shooting

Ideas for potential stories can be sent to news@ffxnow.com or submitted as an anonymous tip. Photos of scenes from around the county are welcome too, with credit always given to the photographer.

Feel free to discuss these topics, your weekend plans, or anything else that’s happening locally in the comments below. Have a great weekend Fairfax County!

The weekend is almost here. Before you spring forward for daylight saving time or head to bed for some much-needed sleep, let’s revisit the past week of news in Fairfax County.

Here are the 10 most-read stories on FFXnow this week:

1. Steakhouse to take over Reston Town Center space vacated by Il Fornaio
2. Police: Tysons Nordstrom worker scammed into putting over $10K on gift cards
3. Person seriously injured, hospitalized in three-vehicle Reston crash
4. Report: D.C. Peruvian restaurant will expand to Reston Town Center
5. Poll: What should Fairfax County do about its property tax rate?
6. FCPD: George Mason University professor fatally stabbed by son
7. Jeff Bezos’s moon mission is landing in Reston
8. Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival returns in May with a new name
9. County approves Tysons drive-thru restaurant, possibly a Shake Shack
10. FCPD should address ‘swatting’ incidents, panel says

Ideas for potential stories can be sent to news@ffxnow.com or submitted as an anonymous tip. Photos of scenes from around the county are welcome too, with credit always given to the photographer.

Feel free to discuss these topics, your weekend plans, or anything else that’s happening locally in the comments below. Have a great weekend Fairfax County!

The weekend is almost here. Before truck convoys potentially disrupt traffic in the D.C. area or you head to bed for some much-needed sleep, let’s revisit the past week of news in Fairfax County.

Here are the 10 most-read stories on FFXnow this week:

1. FCPD: George Mason University professor fatally stabbed by son
2. Silver Line extension opening date pushed once again to summer 2022
3. Court ruling on Thomas Jefferson High School admissions changes draws mixed reactions
4. Demolition proposed for longtime Taco Bell in Reston
5. Walgreens permanently shutters its doors in Reston
6. Tysons West developer plans to turn former Sheraton hotel into housing
7. With Covid transmission now ‘low,’ Fairfax County drops mask mandate
8. Planned ‘The Maple Room’ restaurant in Vienna seeks outdoor dining permit
9. Crumbl Cookies to open in Reston’s Plaza America next month
10. Vienna house fire sends person to hospital with life-threatening injuries

Ideas for potential stories can be sent to news@ffxnow.com or submitted as an anonymous tip. Photos of scenes from around the county are welcome too, with credit always given to the photographer.

Feel free to discuss these topics, your weekend plans, or anything else that’s happening locally in the comments below. Have a great weekend Fairfax County!

The weekend is almost here, and with it, FFXnow’s launch week comes to a close. Before parents start fretting over whether their kids go to school without masks or you head to bed for some much-needed sleep, let’s revisit the past week of news in Fairfax County.

Here are the five most-read stories on FFXnow this week:

1. Presidents Day 2022: Here’s what’s open, closed for the holiday
2. Another big development is coming near the Wiehle-Reston East Metro station
3. Pedestrian injured in Reston vehicle crash dies
4. Fairfax County’s Covid transmission level drops to ‘substantial’
5. Thefts of car parts are on the rise in Reston, police say

Ideas for potential stories can be sent to news@ffxnow.com or submitted as an anonymous tip. Photos of scenes from around the county are welcome too, with credit always given to the photographer.

Feel free to discuss these topics, your weekend plans, or anything else that’s happening locally in the comments below.