Fairfax County

An informal NBC Washington survey asked: Have you noticed more people using their cellphones while driving? 85% of people said yes and that it’s out of control.

Fairfax County police said it’s stepping up its enforcement of distracted driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also put out an advertisement warning of its dangers. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss reports.

One man died and a second man has life-threatening injuries after they argued and opened fire at each other in the Woodlawn area of Fairfax County, off Route 1, police say. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Fairfax County officials say all along the plan was to close it April 1, which is the end of the season for hypothermia shelters. But advocated say they had a different expectation. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

Three teenagers broke into a gun store in Fairfax County, Virginia, early Monday. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder has surveillance video of the brazen burglary.

Two teenagers were arrested after a burglary left a gun store in Fairfax County with the front doors blown off its hinges and glass on the ground, according to police.

At 1 a.m. on Monday, a burglary took place at Dominion Defense in Fairfax County in Virginia, according to police. Video shows the door shattered on the ground and off its hinges inside the store. Two people are now in custody, according to police. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports. 

A Northern Virginia community is coming together after being hit by hate. Over the weekend, members of a youth group at Burke Presbyterian Church made a sign that reads, “You are loved” days after racist graffiti appeared on fencing feet from the house of worship. “You can’t just let silence or a shrug be your only response…” said Becca...

A 16-year-old was arrested after being suspected accused of going on a rampage destroying property and spray painting racist and antisemitic graffiti. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

A Fairfax County, Virginia, contractor faces criminal charges for allegedly taking money from clients but never doing any work. Dr. Stephanie Waggel, whose allegations are not part of the criminal charges, said she hired Scott Tripp of Capital Pro Services to remodel her Ashburn psychiatric practice. But he didn’t do a minute of construction work on a $100,000 project even…

A Fairfax County, Virginia, contractor faces criminal charges for allegedly taking money from clients but never doing any work. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

Fairfax County police are investigating racist and antisemitic graffiti spray painted near a school bus stop in Burke, Virginia. The graffiti was discovered Wednesday morning on utility boxes and neighborhood signs at the corner of Burke Centre Parkway and Wheaton Drive. “It’s just sad that people think that’s okay,” neighbor Taylor Dixon said. Workers were out early covering up...

Fairfax County police are investigating racist and antisemitic graffiti spray painted near a school bus stop in Burke, Virginia. News4’s Jessica Albert reports.

More than three decades after a young mother was stabbed to death in her Springfield, Virginia, home with her toddler nearby in her crib, her killer was sentenced to the maximum 70 years in prison. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports. 

A petition drive may have saved a beaver who made its home at a Northern Virginia lake. Wally the Beaver took up residence at Kingstowne Lake in Fairfax County in September. “I was excited, yeah,” said Andrew Berman of Friends of Kingstown Lake. “I love coming to the lake and seeing all the wildlife.”  While Wally is seldom seen, its...

A petition drive may have saved a beaver who made its home at a Northern Virginia lake. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin commuted the prison sentence of a former Fairfax County officer who shot and killed an unarmed man suspected of shoplifting at a mall in Tysons in 2023.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin commuted the prison sentence of a former Fairfax County officer who shot and killed an unarmed man suspected of shoplifting at a mall in Tysons in 2023. He called the sentence “unjust,” as the ex-officer’s lawyer told News4 the commutation is “a tremendous relief.”

A former Fairfax County police sergeant who shot and killed an unarmed shoplifting suspect outside a mall in Northern Virginia in 2023 was sentenced to three years in prison. News4’s Julie Carey tells what happened in court.

A former Fairfax County police sergeant who shot and killed an unarmed shoplifting suspect outside a mall in Northern Virginia in 2023 was sentenced to three years imprisonment.