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The Loudoun Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office announced that Judge Brooks of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court entered a finding of delinquency (guilty) in the sexual assault cases having occurred in Loudoun County last year. The juvenile was found guilty of sexual battery, abduction and two counts of sodomy. The Honorable Judge Brooks received the testimony…
Planning Commissioners weigh traffic calming US 15 vs. building ‘de facto Outer Beltway’ By Laura Longley ‘It’s not perfunctory,” said Forest Hayes, chair of the Loudoun County Planning Commission, at its Nov. 30, 2021, meeting. “It’s a monumental responsibility to consider making changes to the body of work known as the Comprehensive Plan of 2019.”…
By Laura Longley It’s no surprise that when residents in western Loudoun get wind of a new winery or brewery coming to their residential neighborhood, they get concerned. Traffic, trespassing, and inebriated patrons getting behind the wheel as they try to navigate their way home through country roads are all realities. What also makes the…
Hot mic reveals the inner workings of Purcellville politics By Valerie Cury It is a cardinal rule of politics: Always assume the mic is on. An influential Town of Purcellville staff member and a well-known local developer must have missed that memo. In the hour and 27 minutes that followed a lengthy fall 2021 Planning…
On Dec. 28, at approximately 4:30 p.m., the Leesburg Police Department’s Emergency Communications Center received a report that a 27-year-old female had been stabbed at the Leesburg Premium Outlets near suite 1173. The caller advised that the adult male suspect fled on foot, armed with a knife, towards the Sycamore Hill subdivision behind the Outlets.…
Loudoun County will hold another COVID-19 testing event this week, on Thursday, Dec. 30. The Thursday event is intended to help address recent demand for testing stemming from holiday travel and gatherings, as well as increased interest in testing due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the virus, as the county continues…
At 9:28 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 26, Loudoun County fire and rescue units from Cascades, Kincora, Sterling Park, along with units from Fairfax County, were dispatched to a reported structure fire at N. Watford Court in Sterling. Firefighters arrived to find a two-story, single-family home with fire and smoke showing from the carport area and roof.…
In response to the current increase in COVID-19 cases, due to the omicron variant, the Purcellville Town Hall will be temporarily closed to visitors. The health and wellness of the citizens and staff is the Town of Purcellville’s first priority. As such, the Purcellville Town Hall will be closed to visitors, effective tomorrow Tuesday, December…
On Dec. 27, crews found a second 1887 time capsule, located in the base of the former statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond. The capsule was opened on Dec. 28 at 1 p.m. at the Department of Historic Resources lab, located at 2801 Kensington Avenue, Richmond, 23221. The discovery…
Crews may have located the 1887 time capsule of Confederate artifacts on Monument Avenue in Richmond. It was discovered by crew members disassembling the pedestal that formerly held the Robert E. Lee statue. Workers noticed something that looked “different,” so they chiseled down with a hammer and found the top of what appears to be…