Despite confessing to police that he participated in the robbery and fatal shooting of Jose I. Escobar Menendez, Gavin Christopher Collins decided to take his chances with a jury.

The director of the FBI has strong words for supporters of former President Donald Trump who have been using violent rhetoric in the wake of his agency’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. Christopher Wray says threats circulating online against federal agents and the Justice Department are “deplorable and dangerous.” He says, “Violence against law enforcement is not the answer, no matter who you’re upset with.” Wray made the remarks Wednesday following a news conference during a long-planned visit to the agency’s field office in Omaha, Nebraska. He declined to answer questions about the hours-long search Monday of Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, resort.

Leesburg attorney Peter Burnett unveiled his plans for the redevelopment of the Liberty Street Lot Monday night.

Three local Democrats have sent messages of complaint to the Loudoun County Office of Elections after Leesburg Town Council candidate Patrick Wilt was found to own a Lovettsville residence with his wife, in addition to an apartment adjacent to his Leesburg business.

The owners of a popular restaurant in Brambleton Town Center have added a new wine bar called AhSo Cellars which is located a few doors down from the restaurant.

Officials at Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg say they are in need of donations for Type O blood, according to an announcement from Inova Loudoun.

Continuing the effort to support its workforce housing initiative in Loudoun County, the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties and its donor-advised fund, the Loudoun Community Cabinet, on Monday announced a new grant opportunity by offering up to $350,000 to nonpro…

President Joe Biden has signed a $280 billion bipartisan bill to boost domestic high-tech manufacturing. The measure is part of his administration’s push to boost U.S. competitiveness over China. The Tuesday morning signing ceremony in the Rose Garden ceremony comes as Biden looks to highlight a new law that will incentivize investments in the American semiconductor industry. The aim is to ease U.S. reliance on overseas supply chains for critical, cutting-edge goods. The White House says Micron is announcing a $40 billion plan to boost domestic manufacturing of memory chips. Qualcomm and GlobalFoundries are announcing a $4.2 billion expansion of an upstate New York chip plant.

The former Westpark Golf Course in Leesburg has a new purpose, after the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors closed on the purchase of three parcels of land which made up the golf course, according to a release from the county.

After a pandemic-related loss of about 90% of the job opportunities for participants at Leesburg-based ECHO Works, a nonprofit which has a mission of providing life-long support for individuals with disabilities, the leaders of the organization realized they would need to pivot in order to c…

The annual motorcycle ride organized by America’s 9/11 Foundation is slated to roll through Leesburg on Aug. 19, according to an announcement from the town of Leesburg.

Jury selection in the trial of a homeless man police said admitted to participating in the robbery and murder of a Winchester resident began in Loudoun Circuit Court on Monday.

The white man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing the 25-year-old Black man in a Georgia neighborhood has been sentenced to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime. Travis McMichael was sentenced Monday by a U.S. District Court judge in the port city of Brunswick. His punishment is largely symbolic, as McMichael was previously sentenced to life without parole in a Georgia state court for Arbery’s murder. McMichael and his father armed themselves with guns and used a pickup truck to chase Arbery after he ran past their home on Feb. 23, 2020. Neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan joined the pursuit and recorded cellphone video of McMichael blasting Arbery with a shotgun.

Researchers are seeking thousands of volunteers in the U.S. and Europe to test the first potential vaccine against Lyme disease in 20 years. The shot developed by Pfizer and French biotech Valneva aims to block Lyme spread while a tick is biting. The new study will test three initial doses between now and next spring, and then a booster dose a year later. The only prior Lyme vaccine for people, made by another company, was pulled off the U.S. market in 2002. Pfizer and Valneva say with Lyme a growing threat, it's time to try again.

The Senate has approved Democrats' big election-year economic package. The legislation is less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic goals. But it embodies deep-rooted party dreams of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing big corporations. Debate began Saturday and went around the clock into Sunday afternoon. Democrats had swatted down some three dozen Republican efforts to torpedo the legislation. Biden is urging swift House passage, and the House seems on track to provide final congressional approval when it returns briefly from summer recess on Friday.

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Calling 911 is no guarantee of surviving an active attack, two experts told a “Civilian Response and Casualty Care” class in Purcellville last Friday.

The Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties recently announced $35,000 in 2022 scholarship awards.