Dozens of wrestlers suited up with pink shirts, socks and shoelaces for the first Battle of Ashburn charity event, held Jan. 25 at Broad Run High School. Freedom High School pinned down three victories in the round-robin style event, and proceeds benefitted the Chris Cooley Foundation.

Sixth graders at J. Michael Lunsford Middle School received a special treat Jan. 5-6, when a famous president visited to teach them about our nation’s War on Independence.

For sixth graders at Blue Ridge Middle School in Purcellville, Nov. 16 was just another day at their school – until they received a special visit from a well known book and movie franchise.

The Ashburn-based Silver Eagle Group, or SEG, is dusting off the cobwebs just in time for Halloween, unveiling its newly renovated facility to members of the media on Oct. 27.  The public will have a chance to start honing their firearm, martial arts and even pool skills at the facility’s grand opening event on Oct. 29.

The circus, with its colorfully vibrant costumes, performances and music, naturally lends itself as a vehicle to stimulate the senses. For children with hearing or sight impairments, that experience may never happen.

Andy Catsakis got the most out of his hobby for collecting vehicles — he helped save his neighbor’s life using a 2.5-ton truck.

Del Cowsette had the good fortune of playing his entire football career in the D.C. Metro area. Now, he’s giving back to it.

Aurelio Kamosso wanted his 5-year-old daughter, Amber, to put her best foot forward when she started to learn to play soccer.

Teachers from Loudoun County Public Schools fly fighter jet simulators at Lockheed Martin July 22 as part of annual George Washington University Teachers in Industry Project.

The streets of Leesburg were alive the night of June 14 with the magic of Harry Potter fans eagerly awaiting the final segment of the Potter films to be released.

Talk about population control ... Hillsboro Elementary School Principal Dave Michener rewards his students for reaching their reading goal by eating stink bug tacos.

Catoctin Elementary School students make an ice cream sundae out of their principal as a reward for collecting 18,478 BoxTops for Education, far surpassing their goal. Each BoxTop earns the school ten cents, which will go toward student planners.

From the first pitch, something felt different. Perhaps it was the play that ensued — a swing of the bat put the stitched ball into the air with a sharp tailspin, landing the ball in fair territory near the first base line before it careened backwards with a vengeance and worked its way into foul grounds. Foul ball? Not in 1864. No player hesitated, as the pitcher for the Potomac Nine sprinted, slid towards the ball, scooped it cleanly with his bare hand and made the throw to first. Now this was base ball.

Loudoun County’s new roller derby team, the Backwoods Rollers, formed in April and are ready to push, shove and skate their way past the opposition.

An 8-year-old Ashburn boy died Monday after he and his mother were struck by a vehicle while crossing a busy Ashburn intersection.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D) spoke to members of the Loudoun, Reston and Dulles Chambers May 9 regarding national deficit reduction and some relief from the red tape that’s ran politics of late.

Storm coverage on the morning of April 28.

The Loudoun Times-Mirror on April 9 was honored by the Virginia Press Association with its top recognition for a nondaily publication, the 2010 “sweepstakes” award for best newspaper in the state.

On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. while standing with a group of striking sanitation workers. Yesterday, 43 years after King’s passing, his spirit was very much still alive in a small group of workers in Leesburg.

Units from Leesburg, Lansdowne, Hamilton and Purcellville swarmed to a March 30 house fire and saved it from further damage.