The Loudoun Times-Mirror on June 7 awarded 28 high school students with Athletes of the Year awards during the inaugural banquet.

On Feb. 21, Wayne and Carolyn Reynolds celebrated 60 years of marriage. They share their secret to a lifetime of love and happiness together with the Loudoun Times-Mirror

The Chorus of the Old Dominion, a group of 15 to 22 men, have sung together for nearly a decade. On Feb. 7, the group was rehearsing for its annual Singing Valentine ritual, where the serenade residents on the big day. The event is the staple of the group’s fundraising.

Willy, a 7-year-old labradoodle, survived days caught in a fence in freezing temperatures.

The U.S. Department of Agricultural worked from Jan. 7-11, 2013, to scare off a roost of at least 200 black and turkey vultures from a Leesburg neighborhood. The vultures were stripping bark from trees and tearing apart the rubber on roofs and cars, as well as causing a health hazard.

Abby Wohlhueter, 7, of Culpeper, won the Loudoun County Fair’s cupcake contest judged by TLC’s DC Cupcake ladies July 27.

President Barack Obama makes a stop in Leesburg at Loudoun County High School Aug. 2.

Each year, the Loudoun Times-Mirror celebrates some of the county’s most outstanding senior students, chosen from a spectrum of scholastic pursuits, such as civil outreach, sports, arts, science and leadership. For details on the future leaders, click here.

This year, a Times-Mirror community panel selected 15 Future Leaders from more than 80 nominations.

Eric Penka, history teacher at Harper Park Middle transforms his classroom into the trenches of World War I.

Shannon Freeman, an art teacher at Dominion High School proposed a challenge of growing their hair out then donating it. Part of the Beautiful Lengths Event with Pantene and the American Cancer Society, more than 50 students partook in the challenge to cut their hair March 30.

On Aug. 16, the crew of the B-17 Aluminum Overcast Flying Fortress took the media and two World War II veterans up for a ride in the historic aircraft. The aircraft is open for tours and rides from Aug. 17-19 at Leesburg Executive Airport.

The month of March has officially been designated by the National Association for Music Education as Music in Our Schools Month - when music education becomes the focus of schools nationwide. This year’s theme is “Music Lasts a Lifetime.”

Performing in honor of Music In Our Schools Month during the March 27 School Board meeting were the Stone Bridge High School Jazz Choir and Loudoun County High School’s Guitar Quartet.

Purcellville’s Carver Center for seniors has launched 10-week class for adults aged 50 and over called Technology for Baby Boomers.

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.