Alexandria VA

A new pet store opened over the weekend at the former Pampered Pet Boutique & Barkery (1612-A Belle View Blvd) in the Belle View Shopping Center. The Dog Store in Belle View represents an expansion of a popular business with the same name that owner Paul Haire opened in Alexandria City’s Del Ray neighborhood (2301...

First responders transported a man to the hospital early Sunday morning after he accidentally shot himself in the leg in Seminary Hill, according to the Alexandria Police Department. The 23-year-old man sustained a non-life threatening injury and was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital from an apartment parking lot...

The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said the stop happened in the northbound lanes of I-95 near mile marker 145 on Friday, Nov. 29, shortly before 11:45 p.m. A first sergeant spotted a driver flying down the highway at 105 mph in a 65, and even passing another car on the right shoulder, officials said. A deputy...

WOODBRIDGE, Va.(WOWO) — Police discovered the body of a 49-year-old man in the backseat of his car after it had been towed twice over 15 days. The man was reported missing on November 1, and the car was initially removed from the PS Business Park parking lot on November 3. It was later transferred to another tow lot...

WASHINGTON (7News) — On a rainy and cold Sunday in the Nation's Capital, at the end of a holiday weekend, you'd expect city streets to be empty. But at 17th and I streets Northwest, where two National Guard members were gunned down, crowds grew alongside the makeshift memorial. "It...

This case underscores the urgent need to strengthen accountability measures for developers. Developer forced to pay whopping $200K in fines after authorities uncover illegal scheme: 'We will not ... permit them' first appeared on The Cool Down .

WASHINGTON (7News) — December is starting where November ended, with below-average temperatures. Our next weather maker will tap into those cold temperatures and bring a chance of wintry mix and snow on Tuesday morning. The First Alert Weather Team is on WINTER ALERT for Tuesday morning as a wintry...

ALEXANDRIA, VA – When Alexandria native Hadi Kamara learned that he had been selected as one of only 32 Rhodes Scholars in the United States, the first call he made was to his mother. According to Princeton University, Hadi yelled into the phone, “Mom, I won! I’m a Rhodes Scholar!” Her response was steady, emotional,...

Cory Booker and real estate maven Alexis Lewis said 'I Do' not once, but twice - in Washington and Newark.

They say necessity is the mother of invention—and that certainly holds true for Emily Sprague of Alexandria. Emily grew up in Fairfax Station but spent much of her time in Alexandria, especially during her years at Bishop Ireton High School. After graduating, she attended Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia and...