Ashburn VA

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an overnight armed robbery of a 7-Eleven store in Cascades. At 1:50 a.m. Oct 20, deputies responded to the store on Woodshire Drive for reports of a robbery and determined two suspects armed with knives held up the store. The suspects fled the scene after obtaining...

Burnie the Beaver is the mascot of the new Ashburn Recreation & Community Center that opened in late July. Kraig Troxell with the Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services, answered our questions. WHY A BEAVER?. “A beaver feature in the center’s leisure pool was designed by the architects of...

Two men on opposite ends of the age spectrum pleaded guilty yesterday (Monday) to manslaughter for separate fatal shootings, the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano announced this morning. Herndon resident Ismael Cruz Delcid, now 20, was arrested in March 2024 and charged with second-degree murder...

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A decorated firefighter and former Marine is being remembered across Maryland following his death. Funeral arrangements have been set for Montgomery County Firefighter Chris Kindel, who died after a battle with cancer. A viewing has been scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 29, at Our Lady of the Presentation Catholic...

Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Keylijah Love Paulet Holt, a missing 15-year-old. Name: Keylijah Love Paulet Holt was last seen on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at approximately 6:30 p.m., in the 8600...

SILVER SPRING, Md. (7News) — The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is searching for a man wanted in connection with attempted first-degree murder. Deondray Darnell Osborne, 33, is accused of firing shots at a person who was parked in their car in a lot on 16th street in Silver Spring Sunday.

The new Wawa gas station and convenience store on Route 50 in southern Loudoun County is ready for its big debut. The grand opening is scheduled for this Friday, October 24. It’s been more than two years since The Burn first reported that a Wawa was planned for a parcel of land at the Loudoun Crossroads development.

A new restaurant specializing in Indian and Pakistani cuisine will open its doors this week in Ashburn. We’re talking about the new eatery called Spice Circle. Spice Circle has taken over the building that used to be the Good Fortune Chinese restaurant on Truro Parish Drive in the Broadlands neighborhood. The address...

A gang member in custody in the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center has been charged after a stabbing happened in the jail on October 11. The incident, which LCSO spokesperson Chad Quinn called “a physical altercation involving a makeshift weapon,” was part of a fight that happened around 1:50 p.m., leading...