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  • Pedestrian struck by police car in Fairfax County

    By Naomi Jagoda | 06/12/13 11:35 AM

    A 60-year-old Alexandria-area man was struck by a police car in Fairfax County, police said. About 2 p.m. Tuesday, the man was crossing Richmond Highway/Route 1 outside of a crosswalk, a substantial distance away from the intersection with Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. The man crossed two...

  • Fairfax County seeks state cash for Silver Line station

    By Liz Essley | 06/06/13 05:55 PM

    Fairfax County is seeking state funds to help pay for its share of Silver Line costs -- a move that has at least one other funding partner upset. The county agreed in 2011 to pay for one Metrorail station and two garages as part of an agreement to help cut costs for the second phase of the $6...

  • Montgomery County concedes nation's top graduation rate to rival Fairfax

    By Rachel Baye | 06/06/13 01:20 AM

    Fairfax County Public Schools beat out local rival Montgomery County for the highest graduation rate among the country's 50 largest school districts, according to a report released Thursday. After four consecutive years at the top of the list in Education Week's annual "Diplomas Count" report,...

  • Fairfax County considers later school day

    By Rachel Baye | 06/03/13 08:50 PM

    Starting the high school day later would be better for adolescents' health, according to a report that Fairfax County school leaders are expected to discuss Tuesday. A later start to the school day for teens would be "more reflective of adolescent biorhythms," according to the report by...

  • Man dead after Herndon fire, dozens of cats rescued

    By Naomi Jagoda | 05/30/13 10:00 AM

    A man was found dead after a fire in a home's garage in Herndon, and dozens of cats that lived at the home have been rescued, officials said. About 11 p.m. Wednesday, firefighters received a call from a woman who reported that her garage was on fire and her husband was inside it. When...

  • Fairfax school leaders look to create pathway for foreign language

    By Rachel Baye | 05/29/13 07:45 PM

    Fairfax County school leaders are considering changes that would bolster students' ability to study a foreign language from elementary school through high school without disruption. Fairfax County Public Schools offers some kind of foreign language instruction during the school day at 40...

  • Ex-principal arrested in sexual assault of boy

    By Naomi Jagoda | 05/28/13 05:00 PM

    A retired elementary school principal has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a young boy in 2009 during a church-sanctioned youth group camping trip in Fairfax County, authorities said. Thomas H. Clement, 62, of Clifton, was arrested Thursday on two counts of felony aggravated...

  • Woman sexually assaulted by man with knife in Fairfax County

    By Naomi Jagoda | 05/28/13 12:00 PM

    A 23-year-old woman told police that a man with a knife sexually assaulted her and attempted to rob her in Fairfax County, officials said. The incident took place at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the 7700 block of Richmond Highway, after the woman got a cup of coffee from a Starbucks. The woman...

  • Fairfax standardized tests rescheduled after Internet outage

    By Rachel Baye | 05/24/13 06:30 PM

    More than 6,600 Fairfax County students had their statewide Standards of Learning standardized tests rescheduled after an Internet outage on Thursday. The outage affected roughly 42,000 exams, according to Fairfax County Public Schools spokesman John Torre. About a third -- 59 -- of the...

  • Increase in adolescent suicides worries communities

    By Rachel Baye | 05/22/13 07:40 PM

    Students, teachers and parents at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac are mourning the loss of a 16-year-old basketball player who killed himself this week, joining a growing number of youths who commit suicide each year. Suicide accounts for roughly 16 percent of deaths among people...


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