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Mike Feiock and Megan Levi were planning to marry before Feiock lost his life in a sightseeing accident on July 11.--Photo courtesy Megan Levi | ›› more

Girlfriend of man killed in bus accident relates incident

7/22/2008

A co-worker and girlfriend of one of the two men who were killed during a July 11 sightseeing bus tour, calls the event a "horror movie" and remembers the man she planned to marry. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Recent News Stories

Sully's growth slowing

7/23/2008

 Economy puts brakes on development as area approaches build-out | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Past PTA president sentenced for embezzlement

7/23/2008

    Triantafilitsa Mattfeld, former president of the Navy Elementary Parent Teacher Association, will serve a year in jail after being sentenced July 18. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

County to consider stricter zoning penalties

7/22/2008

County board considers adopting state law changes | 0 comments - ›› more ...

County to study four-day work week

7/22/2008

Fairfax County staff will examine the potential cost savings of instituting a four-day work week for many county employees | 0 comments - ›› more ...

County may lose bus funding

7/23/2008

VDOT officials tell county staff Dulles Toll Road express bus service funding will be cut soon | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Bus accident witness says driver sold beer on board

7/22/2008

Following last week's news coverage of a D.C. double-decker bus accident that claimed the lives of two men on July 11, a witness to the accident is speaking out and is now saying that no verbal safety warnings were ever given and that the driver of the sightseeing bus was selling beer on board. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Green thumbs down

7/22/2008

Community gardeners upset by rules changes | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Purcellville toddler remembered

7/22/2008

Friends and family gathered in the sanctuary of Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Purcellville July 16 to celebrate the life of Chase Dmitry Harrison. Chase, 21 months, died July 8 in Herndon. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Grand jury indicts father in toddler manslaughter case

7/22/2008

On Monday, July 21, a Fairfax County grand jury indicted Miles Harrison, 49, of Purcellville, for manslaughter in the July 8 death of his 21-month-old adopted son, Chase Harrison. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

County crime up 22 percent

7/18/2008

Overall crime in Fairfax County increased by nearly 22 percent for the first quarter 2008 compared to first quarter figures from last year. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Herndon police search for sexual assault suspect

7/17/2008

Herndon police are searching for a Honduran man accused of sexually assaulting a Herndon woman after being released from jail, where he had been held since April on charges of assaulting the same woman. | 1 comment - ›› more ...

Code Red day predicted

7/17/2008

Fairfax Connector bus fares will be free. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Child care center to close

7/17/2008

After serving county residents for 25 years, the Salvation Army Fairfax Child Care Center will close at the end of next month, and parents and on-site administrators blame the downfall on mismanagement by upper-level administrators. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Report compares BRAC sites

7/17/2008

Fort Belvoir's preparation for the incoming throngs of defense department workers in 2011 is almost in full swing, and this week's public release of an environmental assessment puts the Army one step closer to making a decision on where the final piece of the puzzle will be placed. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Parkway work begins

7/17/2008

The first phase of construction to complete the Fairfax County Parkway extension started this week. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Companies going green

7/17/2008

More and more private businesses in the county are going green, selling services that promise customers that spending money now will make for greater returns in the long term. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

Missing man's body found in Fairfax

7/16/2008

The body of a Burke man missing since Sunday, July 6, was found by his friends this morning in a wooded area near Bonnie Brae Elementary School in Fairfax, according to Fairfax County Police. | 0 comments - ›› more ...

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