U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 1.0 percent more workers in February 2011 than they did in February 2010, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. This is the third consecutive increase in full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year. [...]
City of Fairfax Police are reminding residents and commuters that the inaugural Fairfax CASA Run for the Children sponsored by Fairfax Court Appointed Special Advocates will be held on Saturday April 30, 2011. The run which consists of a 10K beginning at 8:30 AM and a 3K starting at 9:00 AM will start and [...]
County Board of Supervisors has taken final action on the 2011 Redistricting Plan, which establishes district boundaries, voting precincts and polling places for eight election districts: Algonkian, Ashburn, Blue Ridge, Broad Run, Catoctin, Dulles, Leesburg, and Sterling. On Tuesday, the Board adopted proposed amendments to Chapter 207 and Chapter 209 of the county’s codified ordinances [...]
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 17-year-old and her two-year-old daughter. The teen’s mother notified the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office on April 26, 2011 that her 17-year-old daughter, Glenda Ester Reyes-Hernandez, reportedly left their home on Sanderson Drive in Sterling on Saturday, April 23rd. Glenda [...]
Luisa Rodrigues Afonso of Ashburn has something in common with the Virginia Lottery. She helps school children in her job as a school bus attendant for special needs students. The Lottery benefits students by raising money for Virginia’s K-12 public schools. Now they have something else in common: Ms. Rodrigues Afonso won $250,000 in the [...]
Loudoun County is gearing up for Bike to Work Day, set for Friday, May 20, 2011. Both new and experienced cyclists are encouraged to register for this free event at www.waba.org or by calling 202-518-0524. Free T-shirts are available for the first 9,000 registrants in the region. The Loudoun County Office of Transportation Services will [...]
At 6:00 p.m., on Friday, May 6, 2011, Town of Leesburg officials will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of Bachrach Photography’s portrait exhibit honoring the Town’s current and historical leaders. The event will be held at 14 South King Street in historic downtown Leesburg. One of the oldest and most prestigious [...]
Loudoun County has implemented the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s new National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS). The new system is designed to provide timely information to the public about credible terrorist threats and is replacing the former color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System. NTAS alerts will include a clear statement on the nature of the threat, [...]
Around 2 p.m. Loudoun Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the area of Harper’s Ferry Road just north of Butts Lane for a report of a serious motor vehicle crash involving two vehicles and a possible intoxicated driver. Investigation into the incident revealed that Michael Allen Rollison, 43, of Leesburg was driving northbound in a 1990 Ford [...]
Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 24. Around 1:50 a.m. police were called to the Fairfax County Parkway near West Ox Road for a reported crash. Officers located a 1988 Oldsmobile Bravada in the backyard of a home in the 13100 block of Lou Alice [...]