Metrorail local funding talks begin in earnest
Wed., May. 23 | 12:30 PM - The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors heard from county staff Tuesday the options before them to pay for the most substantial transportation and economic development project in Loudoun County's 255 year history.
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DUI crash leaves thousands without power
Wed., May. 23 | 12:02 PM - A Sterling man was charged Tuesday with driving under the influence after he struck a utility pole on Potomac View Road and left thousands without power for several hours.
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School Board pushes Valley renovations to bid
Wed., May. 23 | 11:14 AM - The debate over artificial versus grass turf at Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville seemed to be growing at the Loudoun County School Board's May 22 meeting. The board passed 7-2 to put the Valley’s original renovation plans, including artificial turf, into bid and the motion will now move forward to the county and the town of Purcellville.
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Marine Staff Sgt. Timothy Brown claps by tapping his prosthetic arm against a chair during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Boulder Crest Retreat for Wounded Warriors in Bluemont May 18. Brown lost both legs and an arm in an IED blast in Afghanistan in February 2011. He says he is looking forward to taking a vacation from his rehab at Walter Reed at the retreat after its opening, which is scheduled for May 2013.
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Wounded Warrior retreat offers solace after war
Wed., May. 23 | 09:14 AM - Ken Faulke asked those who have served or currently serving in the audience to stand.
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Dulles Town Center gets state-of-the-art theater
Wed., May. 23 | 08:00 AM - Dulles Town Center is about to get a massive new tenant to add to its complex.
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Accused serial stabber convicted of first-degree murder in Michigan
Tue., May. 22 | 08:58 PM - A former Leesburg resident accused of a stabbing spree through three states was convicted May 22 of first-degree murder in Genesee County, Mich. where he’s accused of killing three people.
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Loudoun County Fire and Rescue use emergency boats to search the drainage pond for the victim. Courtesy Photo/Theresa Crowder
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UPDATE: Missing Leesburg man drowns in drainage pond
Tue., May. 22 | 03:00 PM - The Leesburg Police Department found the body of a missing Leesburg man May 22 in a drainage pond off the Leesburg Bypass and Battlefield Parkway near the Exeter neighborhood.
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Decision on courthouse holiday displays coming in June
Tue., May. 22 | 01:41 PM - If Supervisor Shawn Williams' (R-Broad Run) late-night closing remarks May 15 are any indication, he won't be voting in favor of the Courthouse Grounds and Facility Committee's recommendation regarding the holiday displays on the courthouse lawn.
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Metro to Loudoun public sessions begin May 24
Tue., May. 22 | 09:18 AM - The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has scheduled four public outreach sessions regarding the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project -- the first of which is May 24 -- providing the public an opportunity to comment on the approximately $5.5. billion Metro extension.
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A Loudoun County senior looks confused at her new Heritage High School senior classmates, as Dwight Pendleton dashes to his new assigned seat in his new school for the class period. Times-Mirror Staff Photo/ Laura Peters
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Leesburg high schools switch things around
Mon., May. 21 | 12:00 PM - It took about three weeks to make the spreadsheet, collect the students, switch the parking passes and hand out the school maps.
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Wine tasting and silent auction to benefit Loudoun Museum
Mon., May. 21 | 05:49 AM - If you're looking for a way to spend a Saturday afternoon in style, the Loudoun Museum is pulling community members together to offer the “Best of Loudoun” Wine Tasting and Silent Auction on Saturday, June 9, at the Historic Glenfiddich House in Leesburg.
McDonnell signs into law voter ID legislation
Sun., May. 20 | 12:07 PM - Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell has signed off on hotly-debated voter identification bills.
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Whitbeck to chair 10th District GOP Committee
Sun., May. 20 | 06:05 AM - Leesburg attorney John Whitbeck was elected chairman of the 10th Congressional District Republicans during the committee's convention Saturday.
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As of 10:30 p.m. Route 7 was still closed as emergency crews were on scene near CountrySide and Dulles Town Center where a pedestrian was struck while attempting to cross the intersection.
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Updated: Thirteen-year-old pedestrian hit crossing Route 7 near Dulles Town Center
Sat., May. 19 | 09:57 PM - A section of eastbound Route 7 near CountrySide and Dulles Town Center was still closed at 10:30 p.m. after a 13-year-old girl was struck while attempting to cross the intersection. Multiple cruisers were still on scene.
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Local artist Dave White painted a series of murals for the Mobile Hope Donation Center, which will soon be opened at the Village of Leesburg and will accept donations for underprivileged children.
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In darkness, there is hope
Sat., May. 19 | 08:00 AM - Leesburg artist creates mural to benefit Loudoun's homeless children
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Welsh to serve in General District Court
Fri., May. 18 | 03:06 PM - Loudoun County attorney Deborah C. Welsh will replace retiring judge Julia Cannon on the 20th Judicial District of the General District Court.
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Two Loudoun County residents involved in $1.5 million mortgage scheme
Fri., May. 18 | 12:37 PM - Five individuals, including two Loudoun County residents, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court this week to conspiring to secure more than $1.5 million in a mortgage fraud scheme involving a home in Gainesville.
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