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Celebrate Fairfax festival starts Friday

The 35th annual Celebrate Fairfax festival begins Friday at the Fairfax County Government Center complex. Celebrate Fairfax features a slew of entertainment options each day aimed at visitors of

Fairhaven Avenue 7-Eleven robbed

The 7-Eleven at 2405 Fairhaven Avenue was robbed early this morning, the second time in less than a year the store has been held up and the latest

Video shows lifeguard at Riverside Apartments pool trying to drown himself (updated)

Update 3:49 p.m. Friday: The Fairfax Police released a statement this afternoon adding more details to their version of the May 30 incident at the Riverside Apartments pool. The statement also

EZ Title Loans on Richmond Highway closes

EZ Title Loans, one of the many car title loan lenders that have sprung up on Richmond Highway in the last few years, is no longer open. The location at

Family displaced after fire near South Kings Highway

A two-alarm fire on Memorial Day caused an estimated $60,000 in damage to a house in the Vantage neighborhood off of South Kings Highway, the Fairfax Fire and Rescue Department

Yearbook headshots of some of those killed in Vietnam

Memorial Day: Remembering the Richmond Highway area’s Vietnam casualties

For Memorial Day 2016, we tried to recognize service members from the Richmond Highway area who were killed in the Vietnam War. Eventually we may add lists of local casualties from other

Police release sketch in murder of teacher’s aide in Huntington area

The Fairfax County Police have released a sketch of a person they believe may have information about the murder of Tarreece Sampson on May 20. Sampson, 24, was

Police report three assaults on officers in corridor area

Three people have been arrested since Saturday for assaulting police officers in separate incidents in the Richmond Highway area, including one case where a man allegedly approached officers with a

New lane configuration among changes coming to Lockheed Boulevard and Richmond Highway intersection

Anyone traveling on Richmond Highway over the past month has seen construction work at the Lockheed Boulevard intersection, particularly in the median and southbound curb area. The project is part

Fort Hunt teacher remembered for his dedication to special needs students

Tarreece Sampson had interviewed for a full-time job as a special education teacher just three days before he was shot and killed in front of his Huntington-area home,