Fairfax County

The family of Kate Laporta is raising money for college funds for her two children, processing their grief and helping fulfill the greatest wish of a woman fatally shot in Fairfax County.

The family of a Fairfax County mother who was shot and killed earlier this month is sharing new details about their loved ones. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

A speed camera in Fairfax County has been installed blocks away from the site of a deadly 2022 pedestrian crash. Three Oakton High School students were on Blake Lane on June 7, 2022, when a teen driving 81 mph in a 35 mph zone struck and killed two girls in ninth grade. The third student was seriously injured. This month,…

Police are investigating whether two crimes at a Fairfax County jewelry store are related. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains.

Residents say they had safety concerns before two teenagers were struck and killed in Oakton. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

Family and friends gathered to honor the two little boys who died days after being pulled from a house fire in Fairfax County. The Brice family held a memorial for Zachariah and William at the World of Life Church. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

A jury recommended a total of four years in prison for the 20-year-old man convicted in a crash that killed two teenage girls walking home from school in Fairfax County, Virginia.

A jury recommended a total of four years in prison for the 20-year-old man convicted in a crash that killed two teenage girls walking home from school in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey was in the courtroom when a Fairfax County teen was convicted for a high-speed crash that killed two teen girls. She reports live moments after the verdict.

A driver was convicted for a 2022 crash that killed two teen girls who were walking home from Oakton High School in Fairfax County, Virginia. Usman Shahid, who was 18 at the time of the crash, was found guilty Wednesday of two counts of involuntary manslaughter. Victims’ family members burst into tears as the verdict came down, while Shahid showed…

A 6-year-old boy who died of smoke inhalation days after a house fire earlier this month in Virginia could have escaped but chose to protect his 3-year-old brother, their father told Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder.

A Northern Virginia man pleaded guilty on Monday to hitting and killing a father while driving drunk and running away from the crash–but the moment did not bring as much closure as it could have to the victim’s family.

Pantry items such as granola and olive oil, plus household essentials like soap and detergent: You’ll find it all at the zero-waste store in Vienna, Virginia — but what you won’t find is disposable plastic packaging.

A Northern Virginia man pleaded guilty to causing a drunken driving crash that killed another man. The victim’s family told Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder this day comes after years of painful and aggravating legal missteps.

Pantry items such as granola and olive oil, plus household essentials like soap and detergent: You’ll find it all at the zero-waste store in Vienna, Virginia — but what you won’t find is disposable plastic packaging. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.

Police arrested the boyfriend of a woman who died after she was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound late Wednesday in Fairfax County, Virginia. It was a tense moment at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital when 47-year-old Huy Tien Nguyen drove up to the emergency room asking them to help his girlfriend, 38-year-old Alison “Kate” Laporta, who had an…

The boyfriend of a woman taken to a Northern Virginia hospital Wednesday night with a fatal gunshot wound has been arrested. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

Officials in Virginia say a school bus struck a Department of Motor Vehicles building after swerving to avoid hitting a car, injuring two students and the bus driver. The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department says three people were taken to a hospital Thursday morning with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening. County police say the car also swerved and went...

Emotional testimony came in court Thursday from a key witness in the June 2022 crash that killed two Oakton high school students who were walking home from school.

Emotional testimony came in court Thursday from a key witness in the June 2022 crash that killed two Oakton High School students who were walking home from school in Fairfax County, Virginia. News4’s Julie Carey reports.