Police responded to a CPR in progress in the 7500 block of Parkwood Court in the Falls Church area on Saturday, Dec. 10, around 4 p.m. A two-month old baby girl was subsequently transported to a local hospital.
On Monday, Dec. 12, police charged the father, Francis Reed, 21, of Red Rock Court in Vienna, with child abuse and he was taken into custody. Later that day, the two-month old, Amber Reed, died.
This is the tenth homicide in Fairfax County for 2011.
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.