She is a household name. Across the globe, girls who play soccer strive to be her, while female athletes who play other sports look up to her. Mia Hamm is the face of women's soccer and an advocate of ...

“We are not the sum total of the worst thing we ever did, nor is Justin Wolfe.” Except for the prosecutors, no one involved in Justin Wolfe’s murder sentencing last week left the courtroom happy. The ...

The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia has announced the following 2012 Scholarship Awardees: Erin Fischer of Lovettsville and Camila Moscoso of Falls Church, the Elizabeth Koury Scholarship ...

Joseph McHugh has lived at the Northern Virginia Training Center for 35 years, moving in when he was a teenager. McHugh has cerebral palsy and colostomy and severe spasticity issues. At the training ...

Erin Allen, Bishop Ireton High School Julian Hassi, McLean High School Alden Walcott, South Lakes High School Bonna Koo, Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology Iris Cooper, Westfield ...

in two men and one woman dead at a home on Wicklow Drive in Burke. Police identified the victims of the shooting as Patricia Marie Bounds, 67, and Sean Patrick Bailes, 19. The deceased suspect has ...

On the warm morning of June 10, Lake Braddock Secondary School seniors and their friends and families gathered at Jiffy Lube Live to celebrate their commencement—the first time they all gathered ...

Local nonprofits serve critical roles in the community, and they need your help. A September, 2024 survey by No Kid Hungry Virginia showed that more than three-quarters of Virginians (78%) say ...

The Town of Herndon and Comstock Venture LC are entering mediation in June, a spokesperson for the town told The Connection in an email. “The Town is not party to any litigation concerning this ...

Thomas G. Arnold is the new Deputy County Executive for Safety and Security overseeing the Police and Fire & Rescue departments, Department of Emergency Management and Security, Department of Public ...

A 54-year-old Chantilly man who hoped to have sex with a 13-year-old Centreville girl has been sentenced to six months in jail. He is Michael A. Proseus of 13458 Stream Valley Drive. He had met the ...

Fairfax County Public Schools plans to update the school boundary change scenarios this summer. The division offers an interactive “FCPS Boundary Review Scenario ...