LONG-TIME FALLS CHURCH residents Steve and Annette Spector are responsible for this photograph of President and Mrs. Obama walking a portion of the Inaugural Parade route Tuesday afternoon. The Spectors also attended the “Busboys and Poets Inaugural Peace Ball,” where Falls Church florist Carol Beales of the Gallaria Florist provided the flower arrangements. Falls Church’s Joseph Martinez and Bianca White marched in the parade. (Photo: Steve Spector)
The annual Otakon Convention held this past weekend was overwhelmingly magnificent! Indeed, the four-day-long event broke the convention’s prior attendance record, surpassing the 46,000 who attended the 2024 celebration of
Falls Church-raised author and longtime News-Press copy editor Theodore Edwin “Ted” White died May 24, 2026, at age 88. Born Feb. 4, 1938, in Washington, D.C., White was a prominent
The biggest news out of this week’s primary elections in five states across the U.S., including Virginia, came from Falls Church’s own rep, Don Beyer, who told the News-Press in
Affordability was the theme of the 2026 legislative session. The investments Virginia made in healthcare, housing, and energy were all designed to help you navigate today’s high cost of living.