Commander Frank Thomas, a 93-year-old retired member of the United States Navy, stopped by the Army Recruiting Office in Falls Church recently to salute the troops.
Thomas was a World War II naval aviator, a founding charter member and past post commander of the Catholic War Veterans Post 1652, and a lifelong resident of Falls Church and McLean. He is pictured above, from left to right, with sergeants Daniel Martin, Adam Rosenlund and Eric Fisher. (Photo: Courtesy Stephen Thomas)
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.