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ALXnow Daily Debrief for Dec 12, 2025

By ALXnow.com

Good Friday evening, Alexandria. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Dec 12, 2025.

Here are today’s most-read articles:

  1. JUST IN: Missing Alexandria man found dead in Joseph Hensley Park (2487 views)
  2. California-based autonomous food delivery robots launch service in Alexandria (826 views)
  3. Alexandria Fire Department extinguishes residential fire in North Ridge (737 views)

Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.

  1. UPDATE: Alexandria police union decries current officer pay as collective bargaining reaches impasse (5600 views)
  2. Alexandria City Council ends impasse, approving police union’s collective bargaining salary increase (5560 views)
  3. Alexandria traffic board to consider ‘no turn’ restrictions at intersection of October crash (3512 views)
  4. Ameratu Kamara appointed as Alexandria’s new Independent Policing Auditor (1894 views)
  5. Gov.-elect Spanberger taps Alexandria Sheriff for transition committee (1864 views)
  6. Office conversion into 20-unit apartment building proposed in Old Town (1844 views)
  7. Police investigate after vehicle strikes pedestrian in Rosemont (1782 views)
  8. ‘Ten Thousand Villages’ store in Old Town to rebrand as ‘The World Crafted on King’ (1163 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Saturday in Alexandria, from our event calendar.

Here are the events planned for Sunday:

🌥️ Saturday’s forecast

Expect a mostly cloudy day with a high near 45 and a southwest wind around 6 mph. On Saturday night, snow showers are likely, possibly mixed with rain, before turning into all snow after 4am. The low will be around 29, with calm winds shifting to north at 5 to 8 mph after midnight. The chance of precipitation stands at 80% with new snow accumulations of 1 to 2 inches possible. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

We hope you have a great weekend, Alexandria!

About the Author

  • This is the staff byline for ALXnow, used by editors and other full-time staff. Launched in October 2019, ALXnow is the place for the latest news, views and things to do around Alexandria, Virginia.