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By Valerie Cury The Loudoun County School Board held a public meeting on June 22 to discuss the issue of transgender student rights and new policies being proposed. The meeting was packed. The Board cut off public comment after a third interruption. More than 250 speakers had signed up to speak, but by the time…
The Loudoun County Department of Animal Services took custody of 367 animals following an animal hoarding investigation in Aldie. Cynthia L. Peer, 39, has been charged with 51 Class 1 misdemeanors and 67 Class 4 misdemeanors, totaling 118 charges, after a search of her residence revealed hundreds of animals in squalid, unlawful conditions. Loudoun County…
On Saturday June 12, a rally was held at the Loudoun County Government Center in Leesburg to bring attention to and stop the teaching of Critical Race Theory in Loudoun County Public Schools and across the country—and instead support unity. The rally “Education not Indoctrination” was attended by over 200 people. The event organizers oppose…
A march coordinated by the NAACP and Loudoun Freedom Center will be held in downtown Leesburg on Saturday, June 19, in observation of Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the United States. Marchers will gather on the Loudoun County Courthouse lawn in downtown Leesburg at 9 a.m. and will proceed from the courthouse…
On July 11, Loudoun County Public Schools announced it will file an appeal of a June 8 decision in Loudoun County Circuit Court regarding the reinstatement of Leesburg Elementary physical education teacher Byron Tanner Cross. Judge James E. Plowman’s decision here. The statement read: “LCPS respectfully disagrees with the Circuit Court’s decision to issue the injunction,…
Land acquisition with JKLH will deliver 500MW of critical IT capacity when fully developed Yondr Group, a global leader, developer, owner operator and service provider of hyperscale data centers in partnership with JK Land Holdings, LLC, has announced they have closed on the acquisition of 270 acres of prime real estate in Loudoun (near Rt.…
JK Land Holdings, LLC has purchased famed golfer and entrepreneur Greg Norman’s Seven Lakes Ranch, a nearly 12,000-acre property on the scenic White River in Meeker, Colorado. In keeping with Norman’s stewardship, the entire property—which encompasses a diversity of terrain and vegetation and shares 15 miles of boundary with state and federal lands—will be placed into…
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting outside a restaurant in Sterling. Around 11:15 p.m. on May 29, LCSO Deputies responded to Tommy’s Place II, located in the 150 block of Enterprise Street, where a subject had fired a round towards an employee at the restaurant and struck a window. An armed security…
The Town of Hillsboro has reopened to two-way traffic on its “reclaimed Main Street,” Charles Town Pike, with the substantial completion of a $30-million multi-faceted road and infrastructure project, ReThink9. Hillsboro Mayor and ReThink9 Project Manager Roger Vance called it the Town’s greatest transformation in its 269-year history. “We are delighted to have met our commitment to fully reopen…
In observance of Memorial Day, Magnolias at the Mill, at 198 N. 21st Street in Purcellville, is offering complimentary lunch between the hours of 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. to veterans and active-duty military on Monday, May 31. “We’re pleased to honor our military personnel and to remember those who have sacrificed their lives for…