Banks Auto Parts. It all started in about 1940 when Olander Banks Sr. started emerging as a business entrepreneur in Alexandria, selling ice at 4 a.m., dabbling in real estate, and opening the ...

While families across the county celebrated Father’s Day with hearty brunches and family get-togethers, 43 police officers from the Fairfax County Police Department McLean District Station were ...

The number of people experiencing homelessness increased in Fairfax County by 3 percent to 1,322 (increase of 44 individuals) on Jan. 22, 2025, compared to 1,278 on Jan. 24, 2024, according to the ...

“Hanson’s mode of making chicken broth, the best in the world,” wrote Nelly Lewis in her housekeeping book at Woodlawn between 1828 and 1830.

This story first appeared on the Points of Light website. It takes a certain kind of patience and persistence to be an advocate for systemic change.

Fairfax County is 391 square miles, and has only four co-responder program teams to cover the entire area, and they do not work 24/7. The program will be expanding.

Herndon Town Councilmember Naila Alam stands outside the Herndon Community Center, where DMV Connect will offer limited services inside by appointment, March 22-25.

Before the approximately 449 students walked across the stage, speakers celebrated the Thomas A. Edison High School’s diversity and urged graduates to achieve their dreams by making a difference ...

It is a journey. The squash grown on Lopez Farm in Warsaw, Va., the cheese curds from Coulter Farms in Pennsylvania or the corn from Ashton Farms in West Virginia to the Old Town Farmers’ Market.

Because of her dad’s career in the Marines, Jane Russell grew up a “military brat,” moving every two years. But when she went to college at JMU, she stayed in one place long enough to get a ...

Following Fairfax City’s Memorial Day ceremony, May 26, American Legion Post 177 Commander Eric Parkhurst laid a wreath on Amos Chilcott’s grave in the Fairfax Cemetery.

The construction of the Masonic Temple on Shooter Hill began on June 5, 1922, and it took 10 years to complete. There was a cornerstone ceremony that took place on Nov. 5, 1923.