April Burbank

Published: Thu, Mar 14, 2013

The Alexandria police officer who was shot in the head during a traffic stop in late February was moved across town to a rehabilitation hospital Thursday to continue his recovery. Officer Peter Laboy, 45, could talk and recognize people and has done some walking, said MedStar Washington...

Matt Connolly

Published: Thu, Mar 14, 2013

The District's population grew nearly 2.2 percent to 632,323 residents last year as young workers flocked to the city, while its suburbs swelled because of increased immigration, according to census data released Thursday. D.C.'s population is the largest it has been since 1980, when the...

Taylor Holland

Published: Sat, Mar 9, 2013

Opponents of Alexandria's plan to redevelop its historic waterfront say they have no intention of withdrawing a lawsuit aimed at stopping the project despite the city's most recent attempt to appease them. The group's decision comes just days after the city's Planning Commission unanimously...

Taylor Holland

Updated: Fri, Mar 8, 2013

Alexandria may reconsider a current city law that makes it nearly impossible for residents to get in-home massages. City Councilman Justin Wilson asked City Manager Rashad Young to look into rewriting the ordinance, which currently requires licensed massage therapists to pay $75 in fees and...

Taylor Holland

Published: Fri, Mar 8, 2013

The Alexandria Planning Commission this week endorsed the city's attempt at a do-over of its waterfront redevelopment vote. Commissioners voted unanimously to send the plan back to the City Council for a second vote, intended to appease naysayers whose lawsuits stalled the project since its...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Wed, Mar 6, 2013

A fundraiser is being held on Sunday for the Alexandria police officer who was critically injured in the line of duty last week. Peter Laboy, a 17-year-veteran of the department, was shot in the head during a traffic stop in Old Town on Feb. 27, officials said. The suspected shooter has been...

Taylor Holland

Published: Tue, Mar 5, 2013

Fairfax County is considering bringing red-light cameras back to the county just eight years after officials scrapped a similar program because it was losing money. The county lost more than $1.3 million during its first experiment with the cameras because of high operating costs and too few...

Scott McCabe

Published: Tue, Mar 5, 2013

A federal judge has ordered a Northern Virginia landlord to pay back a U.S. servicemember for illegally penalizing him for moving to a new post. According to court documents, Occoquan Forest Drive and its registered agent, John E. Williams, of Alexandria, leased a residential property in...

Scott McCabe

Updated: Sun, Mar 3, 2013

The mastermind of a $40 million bank fraud scam that was uncovered after prosecutors said he tried to swindle the chief of staff of a powerful U.S. senator has been captured overseas and brought to federal court in Alexandria to face charges. Tobechi Onwuhara, 33, one of the FBI's Top 10 Most...

Taylor Holland

Updated: Fri, Mar 1, 2013

Tax revenue is down, operating costs are up and uncertainty abounds about $85 billion in federal spending cuts that could devastate the government-dependent local economy. And it's all going to translate into lighter pocketbooks and thinner wallets for nearly 1.5 million people who call Northern...