Northern Virginia

Helen’s Law gives local governments the authority to clear overgrown vegetation that could become road hazards.

The woman was injured when she prevented him from getting inside, police said.

A new peanut butter store coming to Northern Virginia started when a mom from Reston built a booming business making peanut butter out of her house. She recently won a grant from the state to expand and open a storefront. News4’s Aimee Cho has more on the story behind OmMade Artisanal Peanut Butter.

A former naval officer has pleaded guilty in the stabbing death of his wife in Loudoun County, Virginia, but the couples’ teenage daughters are speaking out against the plea deal that would spare him a life sentence.

Yolanda Latimer, a Loudoun County mom to an immunocompromised 3-year-old, decided to cook only at home when the pandemic hit. Now she’s getting attention for elevating the cook-at-home game and rolling out a new business.

A proposal would alter the admissions process at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County.

Demonstrators showed their opposition Sunday to a plan that would swap an admissions test for a lottery of qualified students as proposed by the Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

Police are searching for a killer after a woman was found dead on a Northern Virginia road Thursday morning.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports on the search for a killer after a woman was found shot to death in a Reston neighborhood.

The pandemic isn’t slowing down job recruitment, an Amazon exec says. Wednesday’s virtual career day is an opportunity for job seekers who are looking to apply to Amazon or elsewhere.

Hackers have broken into Fairfax County Public Schools computer network and say they’re holding personal information for ransom.

Hackers have broken into Fairfax County Public Schools computer network and say they’re holding personal information for ransom.

Hackers have broken into Fairfax County Public Schools computer network and say they’re holding personal information for ransom.

Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia have confirmed the hack, but an association that represents FCPS teachers and staff says employees haven’t been informed that their personal information could have been stolen.o

Students in Fairfax County Schools may be encountering internet outages that are hampering virtual learning Friday morning, the school district said in a tweet shortly before 10:30 a.m.

The last two Metro stations closed for summer reconstruction work are set to reopen Tuesday.

One man’s comments were interrupted at the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors meeting, after he described a board member’s hypothetical death. News4’s Drew Wilder spoke to the man who made those comments and the board member he made them to.

Legally wearing a gun on his hip, an opponent of a proposed gun ordinance in Loudoun County, Virginia, described to the Board of Supervisors a hypothetical scenario where a Black Lives Matter supporter pulls a shotgun on a President Donald Trump supporter driving a Jeep. “When the Jeep is close and parallel to her, she fires — boom!” Rohland said…

Residents are stranded in their neighborhood after a sinkhole opened during heavy rain Wednesday morning. Crews are busy constructing a temporary road. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

A man wanted in the killing of a woman in Alexandria, Virginia, is in the hospital after officers pursuing him found him with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say.  Ibrahm Elkahlil Bouaichi is suspected of killing Karla Elizabeth Dominguez Gonzalez on July 29, the Alexandria Police Department said Tuesday. Police notified the public that Bouaichi was last seen in a…