Boyd Walker, who’s running for the Alexandria City Council in the June 12 Democratic primary, just paid off $16,544.84 in overdue property taxes on his King Street residence. Walker said Wednesday that he had been trying to refinance the home he co-own... »
The Manassas city post office building may be worth more in sentiment than in dollars, but the U.S. Marshals Service thinks it’s definitely worth more than what it fetched at auction recently. The stately brick building on Church Street has been home t... »
Tyrone Lewis was a killer long before he was charged with shooting an Alexandria activist and tossing his body down a well, police said. On Monday, Prince George’s County police accused him of fatally shooting a Prince George’s cab driver who was givin... »
Alexandria Mayor William Euille said Monday in a video of his annual State of the City address that the city’s paucity of affordable housing is its biggest issue. “Since 2000, we’ve been facing multiple challenges to housing,” Euille said. “Dwindling r... »
The brutal crime gripped the District: a mother of six fatally beaten, robbed and sodomized with a pole as she walked in her Northeast neighborhood on Oct. 1, 1984. Authorities linked the attack to members of a street gang called the Eighth and H Crew.... »
At a store called the Christmas Attic in Old Town Alexandria, it’s beginning to look a lot like any day but Christmas. After 40 years of selling exclusively ornaments and other holiday decorations, the boutique officially rebranded this week to become ... »
There wasn’t much elbow room Wednesday night on the stage of the George Washington Masonic Memorial, as 14 of 16 candidates for Alexandria City Council politely jostled for two microphones. At this first mass forum of the campaign, there was little ver... »
A man was killed in Northeast D.C. in an overnight incident that police are investigating as a homicide. According to police, a 36-year-old man was found in an alley near the corner of Oates and 16th streets NE shortly before midnight. Read full article »
As Alexandrians begin to consider which of the 14 Democrats will be the party’s nominees for City Council after the June 12 primary, they have a lot of issues to weigh. First and foremost is the year-long controversy over the redevelopment of the Alexa... »
Tonight’s sold-out Glen Campbell show at the Birchmere has been canceled because his tour bus broke down in Ohio. Tomorrow’s also-sold-out show at the Birchmere will go on as scheduled. The “Rhinestone Cowboy”star, who released the album “Ghost on the ... »
Lake Braddock’s Hannah Christen cruised to victory in the 1,600 meters and Annandale’s Ahmed Bile dominated the 800 at the Northern Virginia Invitational Saturday in Alexandria, performances that gave their seasons a significant boost two weeks ahead o... »
A gunman shot and wounded a drug store employee Friday afternoon during a robbery in Northeast Washington, D.C. police said. The attack happened in the 1400 block of Rhode Island Avenue about 12:30 p.m., when a man believed to be in his late 40s or ear... »
Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, now a candidate for the U.S. Senate, will headline the Alexandria Democratic Committee’s annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner June 9 at Crowne Plaza in Old Town Alexandria. Kaine will give the dinner’s keynote speech. The hea... »
Two associates of a Fairfax County-based Crips gang pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of running a prostitution ring that recruited and trafficked local high school girls, authorities said. Michael Tavon Jeffries, 21, of Woodbridge and Christopher Syl... »
Two associates of a Fairfax County-based Crips gang pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of running a prostitution ring that recruited and trafficked local high school girls, authorities said. Michael Tavon Jeffries, 21, of Woodbridge and Christopher Syl... »
