One of the temporary inconveniences of Monday’s heavy snow in the Washington, D.C. area is that many regular trash and recycling pickups have been delayed. Many regular trash and recycling pickups have been delayed after Monday’s heavy snow in the D.C. region. As jurisdictions and homeowners associations work to resume regularly scheduled pickups in the…
Almost 50 years after 12-year-old Sheila and 10-year-old Katherine Lyon were last seen at Wheaton Plaza, in Wheaton, Maryland, the man convicted of killing them has started serving prison time for their murders. FILE – Undated photos of Sheila and Katherine Lyon, released by the FBI. (AP Photo/FBI) FILE – Undated photos of Sheila and…
Alfred “Rick” Alessi was sentenced to life in prison plus 40 years in October 2016, after a Louisa County jury found him guilty of rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery of his daughter. Virginia’s Court of Appeals has ordered an evidentiary hearing to help determine the credibility of a 21-year-old woman who recently…
When school resumes after winter break, eight new speed safety cameras will be in place near school zones in Arlington County, Virginia. The new cameras will expand the county’s program to a total of 18 speed cameras, to increase transportation safety, as students arrive and depart school each day. A school zone speed limit sign…
School has been in session since fall, but Tuesday’s dedication of Henrietta Lacks Elementary School in Aldie, was a mix of pomp and recognition of a Black woman who unwittingly helped generations who benefited from the cancer cells that killed her in 1951. Henrietta Lacks Elementary is Loudoun County Public Schools’ first primary school.(WTOP/Neal Augenstein)…
The Arlington County School Board voted Thursday to implement an all-day ban on student phone use, with high school students being granted brief access at a time to be established by each principal. When Arlington County, Virginia, students return from winter break, a new bell-to-bell ban on cellphone use will be in place. The Arlington…
Entering hospice can be a difficult decision toward the end of a person’s serious illness, but the care can provide comfort to the patient and loved ones. Entering hospice can be a sad and difficult decision toward the end of a person’s serious illness, but the care can provide comfort to the patient, and his…
Prosecutors filed four certificate of analysis reports from the commonwealth’s Department of Forensic Science, which provides insight to evidence police believe they have in the case against a defendant. Recently filed court documents detail DNA and blood evidence were submitted to Virginia’s forensics lab in the case against the husband of Mamta Kafle Bhatt, a…
When a piece of art is also edible, it creates a dilemma — admire it, or eat it? Barbara Whettell, pastry chef at Surreal, in National Landing, has created completely edible hanging ornament croissants. A ornament croissant created by Barbara Whettel.(Courtesy Maritza Rondon) A ornament croissant created by Barbara Whettel.(Courtesy Maritza Rondon) When a piece…
Almost 50 years after the Lyon sisters were abducted, Lloyd Lee Welch, the man convicted of killing them, will begin serving time for their murder. Almost 50 years after 12-year-old Sheila and 10-year-old Katherine Lyon were abducted from Wheaton Plaza, in Wheaton, Maryland, the man convicted of killing them will soon begin serving prison time…
