Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
🌥️ Today’s weather: Expect a mostly cloudy day with temperatures reaching around 42 degrees accompanied by light, variable winds. Moving into Tuesday night, there will be a 30% chance for rain primarily after 1am, while the skies remain mostly cloudy and low temperatures hover around 32 degrees. Winds will be light from the east.
🚨 You need to know
A man was allegedly shot in the face by a coworker at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center (5000 Seminary Road) around 11:20 p.m. last night (Monday), according to the police scanner.
The Alexandria Police Department said the victim was transported to a hospital with serious injuries.
The victim called the police and said he’d been shot in the face by a coworker in the hotel and that the suspect was still on the scene, according to the scanner.
A suspect was taken into custody and a weapon was recovered, police said.
There is a moderate police presence in the 5000 block of Seminary Rd. for a weapon violation. Suspect is in custody and the weapon was recovered. The victim was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries.
There is no threat to the public stemming from this incident.
— Alexandria Police (@AlexandriaVAPD) January 23, 2024
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📈 Monday’s most read
The following are the most-read ALXnow articles for Jan 22, 2024.
- Alexandria police investigating two Sunday night shootings (4817 views)
- Alexandria is developing a public safety and event services plan for new arena at Potomac Yard (1757 views)
- Notes: Zoning for Housing opponents sue City of Alexandria over single-family zoning change (1460 views)
🗞 Other local coverage
- Potomac Yard Arena Legislation Introduced In VA House, Senate
Patch (Monday @ 2:37 pm)
- Monumental Arena Expected to Pay for Itself, City Officials Say
Alexandria Living (Monday @ 12:36 pm)
- Several Housing Developments Approved By Alexandria City Council
Patch (Monday @ 11:09 am)
📅 Upcoming events
Here is what’s going on today in Alexandria, from our event calendar.
Recent Stories
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Potomac Harmony is Back! Following a gap year of competing, then virtual rehearsals during the pandemic, followed by the well-earned retirement of our long-term director, a year of a director search, Potomac Harmony hit the regional contest stage in Concord, North Carolina in March for the first time since 2018! It was exhilarating, reaffirming, and rewarding!
The chorus hit all of its goals, the biggest of which was to have fun and sing our best on contest stage — we did both! Because we earned a score over 400 points, our new Director, Allison Lynskey, was awarded the Novice Director award, photo above. Additionally, one of our charter members, Jackie Bottash, was nominated for and honored with the Leadership Excellence award. It was a celebratory weekend!
What’s next? So much! We now look forward to upcoming performances, growing our membership, and expanding our musical product with new arrangements and an education component each week. It’s an exciting time to be part of this ever-growing ensemble!
Alexandria NAACP, Shiloh Baptist Church, DPC to hold City Council…
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