Local Students March in Northam’s Inaugural Parade

2026-08-13 10:11 AM

Local Students March in Northam’s Inaugural Parade

Two Falls Church residents participated in newly elected Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s inaugural parade in Richmond this past weekend. Jade Deatherage and Alexandra Stenseth were a part of James Madison University’s Marching Royal Dukes marching band that was one of the many entertainers at the parade for the governor, with Deatherage in the clarinet section and Stenseth as a member of the color guard.

1st F.C. Summer Restaurant Week Begins on Aug. 21

The City of Falls Church has announced its first-ever Summer Restaurant Week, running from Friday of next week, August 21, through August 30. This ten-day culinary celebration follows on from

ICE Assailed For Pulling Gun On Citizen In F.C. Area

Federal immigration enforcement activity reached the immediate Falls Church area this week when an encounter involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and a Northern Virginia woman escalated to

Otakon Convention, a Major Cultural Event in Washington

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

F.C. Native, Author Ted White Gained National Notoriety

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