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Dominion HS teen charged with felonies after fight with officer
A Loudoun County teenager is facing felony charges after he threw punches at a school resource officer at his high school, authorities said.
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Loudoun Co. School Board adds gender identity to protected-status list
The Loudoun County School Board voted Tuesday night to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of classes of students protected by the system’s anti-discrimination policy.
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After insensitive history lesson, apology and discussion on racism in Loudoun Co. schools
An insensitive black history lesson at an Ashburn, Virginia, school, led to discussion before and during a Loudoun County School Board meeting.
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Son who sought ‘human sacrifice’ pleads guilty in Loudoun Co. murder
A 21-year-old Loudoun County, Virginia, man who told his high school friend he “needed a human sacrifice” two days before shooting his father and setting their home on fire in 2017 has pleaded guilty and could face two life sentences.
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Police investigate traffic ‘altercation’ in Leesburg
According to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, the two victims — a driver and one passenger — were traveling on Evergreen Mills Road Saturday evening when a dark-colored truck began tailgating them.
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Loudoun Co. superintendent, NAACP address school’s black history exercise
The Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent and the county’s NAACP chapter are speaking out after elementary students were asked to make their way through an obstacle course, meant to portray the underground railroad
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Loudoun principal apologizes for ‘culturally insensitive’ lesson on slavery
A Loudoun County elementary school principal is apologizing for trivializing slavery during a Black History Month exercise.
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Border officers seize hashish hidden in chocolates at Dulles Airport
U.S. Customs and Border Protection took almost 6 pounds of hashish-laced chocolate from a woman returning to Virginia after a flight from Turkey.
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Principal apologizes for Black History Month gym lesson
A Loudoun County school principal is apologizing for a lesson that used the Underground Railroad as the basis for gym class activities.
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Loudoun United hosts first scrimmage, in what owner calls ‘soccer country’
“Twenty years ago, did you ever think a professional sports team would be in Loudoun County?”
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After 16 years, Loudoun Co. prosecutor Jim Plowman to become judge
Loudoun County prosecutor Jim Plowman will step down in November, and become a judge in the 20th Judicial District.
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Usage drops, but more money collected in 1st month of Dulles Toll Road rate hike
The first Dulles Toll Road rate hike since 2014 meant that even with fewer toll transactions, revenue rose 25.6 percent to $15.3 million for the month of January. That is roughly in line with some forecasts.
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New town homes leasing at Dulles Town Center (with shuttles to Metro)
The City Center Townes development is still under construction, but owner and developer Lerner Enterprises expects the first people to move into the two- and three-bedroom town houses this summer.
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1 dead after car drives off road in Loudoun Co.
Police say the crash took place on Route 671/Harpers Ferry Road near Route 340 when a car ran off the road, hit several trees and went down an embankment. The driver did not survive.
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After harsh words, Leesburg plans to donate African-American cemetery
After heated rhetoric, the town of Leesburg, Virginia, plans to donate a historic cemetery to a group that preserves African-American burial grounds.
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