Newsweek magazine has ranked the top school districts for each state in the U.S. published this week, and for 2021 the data placed the Falls Church City Public Schools as No. 1 in all of Virginia.
The rankings developed from U.S. Department of Education statistics, and for the Falls Church schools and their 2,620 students, it noted the 14:1 student to teacher ratio and 97 percent graduation rate as among the key factors.
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.