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Thompson Restaurants says the changes align with its business strategy to convert underperforming locations into stronger ones. On Monday, February 16, two South Riding restaurants will close their doors. Six weeks later, they’ll reopen as entirely different Thompson Restaurants brands. Both restaurants are located...

An independent bookstore in Vienna will relocate within the next year after its owner purchased a building nearby. After 10 years of leasing its current storefront at 110 Church Street NW, it was time to find a permanent home for Bards Alley Bookshop, owner Jennifer Morrow announced today (Wednesday). Morrow...

FAIRFAX, Va. (Court TV/AP) — The Brazilian au pair at the center of a double murder plot faces sentencing Friday. Juliana Magalhães faces up to 10 years in prison for the death of Joseph Ryan. Magalhães’s sentencing comes a week after Brendan Banfield was found guilty of all charges, including two counts of...

One person was hospitalized Wednesday after a car crashed onto the Metro track near Dunn Loring-Merrifield station, shutting down the Orange Line between West Falls Church and Vienna. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue units responded to the crash at 11:24 a.m. in the area of Interstate 66 westbound, just before...

Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy refused to answer when asked at a Tuesday press conference whether the 16-year-old student accused of shooting a classmate inside Thomas S. Wootton High School was wearing an ankle monitor at the time of the shooting. When a reporter asked, “Was he wearing...

RESTON, Va. - A local Sephora was the scene of eight thefts over the course of two months, and police say the man responsible is now in custody. Police were called when a suspect was seen stealing merchandise from a Sephora on 11960 Market Street in Reston last month. He...

The new Shake Shack coming to Sterling – the first outlet for the brand in Loudoun County – has gone vertical – meaning the walls are starting to go up. As regular readers know, Shake Shack is coming to the Cascades Marketplace shopping center. It’s being built...

A dramatic snowfall map from the European model showing 7 to 19 inches north of DC made the rounds this week, but forecasters say it is far from a lock. NBC4’s Doug Kammerer recently shared a run of the European model snowfall output for Sunday, calling the setup “a tough one.” Earlier runs showed mostly rain, and...

A 16-year-old boy who was shot inside Wootton High School earlier this week is in the fight for his life and will have to undergo several surgeries, his mother said. During an interview with News4 Tuesday night, the boy's mother described him as "very outgoing and very social." She requested for News4 not to name her...

Maryland’s legal cannabis map could look a lot busier by autumn. The state’s top cannabis regulator says roughly 60 new licensed cannabis businesses could be open by this fall as conditional license winners work through zoning, financing and inspection hurdles. Most of that growth would stem from last year’s...