Northern Virginia

George Washington’s Mount Vernon is preparing to say goodbye to one of its institutions. For the past 55 years, Horticulture and Livestock Director Dean Norton has called Mount Vernon home. “When I walk across the bowling green, I go, ‘Golly, this is such an amazing place to be,’” Norton said. He manages the impressive grounds and the animals on th...

Four people are without a home and the Kids’ Choice Sports Center in Woodbridge is gone, after a fire quickly spread from one structure to another on Thursday afternoon, destroying them both.

Two men who are undocumented immigrants are accused of firing a gun during an apparent road rage incident in Sterling, Virginia, authorities say.

Animal Control is looking for the owner of a dog who was found badly emaciated and left out in the cold Wednesday night in Arlington, Virginia. The dog was in such bad condition, it had to be put down. The Animal Welfare League of Arlington (AWLA) named that dog “Walter” because he was found along Walter Reed Drive. “The most…...

Several parents sounded off to the Fairfax County School Board Thursday evening as the District looks at how it has handled the controversy over an alleged recruitment scheme at Hayfield Secondary School. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

A man suspected of burglarizing a Trump campaign office in Virginia was arrested in California over the weekend, authorities said.

A fire in a Manassas, Virginia, home that started on the outside and spread all through the house left behind charred wood and ashes. Everyone inside was able to make it out in time with no injuries, fire investigators said.  “The flames were coming at me, and I was terrified. It was terrifying,” said Laura Houston, daughter of homeowners Steve&#82...

Peanuts, Star Wars and Minions characters are among the decorations on the family’s yard. News4’s Doug Kammerer speaks to the family about how the community staple came about.

A police officer shot and killed a man who authorities say was armed with a knife outside a police station in Prince William County, Virginia, early Thursday morning.

Prince William County urges residents to donate to nonprofit organizations that serve unhoused people instead of giving money to panhandlers they may encounter. The Prince William County Board of Supervisors launched a campaign this week called “Give Where it Counts” with the message “handouts don’t help.” The campaign encourages people to donate t...

Parents of Hayfield Secondary School football players shared with News4’s Dominique Moody how the recruitment controversy has disrupted their lives.

A judge ruled that a Virginia man accused of killing his wife, whose body has still not been found, will go trial in September. Thirty-seven-year-old Naresh Bhatt of Manassas Park was indicted earlier this week on charges of murder and defiling the body of his wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt. The 28-year-old nurse who went missing inthe summer has been the...

The crash was caused by an SUV whose driver pulled in front of the truck on Gordon Boulevard. The tractor-trailer slammed into Grizz Chapman’s condo.