Leesburg

“I don’t care about the sign – I care about the booby trap.” Some feared a large political sign in Leesburg, Virginia, was connected to explosives

After an anti-Kamala Harris sign was vandalized, the owner installed alarms, prompting safety concerns from residents. News4 Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports. 

There is a growing hurricane relief effort underway in Northern Virginia, as volunteers and pilots at the Leesburg Executive Airport gather supplies and fly them to devastated towns in North Carolina after Helene.

It’s not every day that half a dozen or more pilots take off from the Leesburg Executive Airport. But the pilots leaving Thursday are on a special hurricane relief mission. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

A teenager in Leesburg, Virginia, has been charged with making a series of threatening texts to a crisis line, police say. Texts threatening to harm students came through on Wednesday, Sept. 11, prompting Leesburg police to investigate. Police charged the juvenile with making threats via electronic communications. The threats happened as several Loudoun County schools faced potential threats. Those threats…

A judge in Loudoun County, Virginia, was arrested over Labor Day weekend and charged with public intoxication, police say.

A 17-year-old boy was killed and six others were injured in a crash with an ambulance Friday night in Leesburg, Virginia. News4 Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports. 

Young gymnasts in Leesburg, Virginia took a break from their training to cheer on Team USA. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

A new project in Loudoun County, Virginia, is honoring the lives of enslaved workers and allowing future generations to trace their ancestors.

Morven Park in Leesburg was once a plantation, home to 80 enslaved men, women, and children. Now, it’s home to the 246 Years Project, which aims to help people trace their ancestry as future generations learn the stories. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

Police asked for the public’s help to identify the gunman. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Virginia State Police believe a child pornography suspect may have pretended to be a private cheerleading coach to lure young girls. Investigators arrested 38-year-old Jason Fragale in February at Orlando International Airport as he was about to leave the country, police said. He faces 10 felony charges related to child pornography following an investigation by the Florida Department of Law…

A man who had a cheer business targeted toward girls is facing child pornography charges, Virginia State Police said. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder has the story.

A Northern Virginia family with a history of giving is helping create a new park in Loudoun County by donating its old farmland. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports NOVA Parks just announced Cattail Regional Park will be its newest site just outside Leesburg.

Leesburg police said families may see extra officers near schools after weapons were recovered from students two days in a row at Smart’s Mill Middle School. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Volunteers helped rescue an eaglet that fell from its nest along the Dulles Greenway Monday. The eaglet is about a week away from leaving the nest.