Northern Virginia

A 52-year-old woman was arrested and charged with killing a man Saturday morning in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, authorities say. Deputies went to the 5900 block of Marye Road about 10:45 a.m. for the report of a shooting and found 58-year-old Gregory Rosnett suffering from a gunshot wound in the yard, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Offi...

A big gun show that would typically take place in Chantilly, Virginia, is not happening this year due to new COVID-19 restrictions. News4’s Darcy Spencer spoke to the event promoter about the impact, and what the shutdown could mean for future events.

“She’s a real sweet lady, and she was scared. It’s just the right thing to do.” Maria Edgar is adding two Good Samaritans to her Christmas list this year, after the pair brought her safely to shore last week along a flooded southern Stafford County road. “These men bent over backwards to help me,” said Edgar. “I’m getting them...

The driver of a stolen car suffered life-threatening injuries Friday after speeding 90 mph on an exit ramp then crashing during a police chase, Virginia State Police say. The driver, a 29-year-old Connecticut man, is expected to be charged, police say. Virginia State Police say a trooper tried to pull over a stolen Audi Q5 SUV about 10:05 p.m. on&#...

A high school teacher in Northern Virginia has been relieved of his teaching duties after he cited the death of George Floyd as part of a chemistry assignment.

Airbags were stolen from 21 cars in an apartment building’s garage in Arlington, Virginia. Someone smashed the windows of the cars at the apartment building then removed the airbags between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, when the crimes were reported, police said. The garage in the 4400 block of 4th Road North in the Ballston neighborhood ...

An enslaved person auction block removed from downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia, will be displayed at the Fredericksburg Area Museum. For almost two centuries, the 1,600-pound sandstone auction block was the lynchpin of a bustling marketplace where enslaved people were bought, bartered and sold. As the museum puts it, in a town full of historic pla...

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on a Virginia attorney general report demanding changes in policies at Loudoun County Schools to address discrimination.

The producers of one of the nation’s largest gun shows have canceled the event after losing a legal challenge to newly imposed pandemic restrictions in Virginia

A man attacked a woman Tuesday morning inside a business on Wilson Boulevard in Ballston. Hours later, someone attacked another woman as she walked her dog near the Courthouse Metro. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A former naval officer is going to prison for 42 years for killing his wife. His daughters gave powerful testimony in a Loudoun County courtroom about why they wanted a life sentence. Frank Price killed his wife, Winsome, just hours after learning she was trying to take their three children and leave him and his abuse.  Celina Gleason was just&#823...

One person was found dead Wednesday in a West Falls Church, Virginia, home that caught fire, firefighters said. Firefighters arrived at the single-family home on the 3200 block of Alice Court in West Falls Church about 3:30 a.m., Fairfax County Fire and Rescue said. Flames were shooting through the home’s top floor and through the roof, firef...

Some residents of a Gainesville, Virginia, subdivision displaying signs that read “Hate Has No Home Here” are worried they might have to remove the signs. Late last summer, a Hispanic family was the target of a profane rant in which a woman told them to “go back to your country.” The victim of the verbal attack — a mom —&#82...