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Between two and four inches of snow and icy conditions are expected Sunday in and around Alexandria.

A National Weather Service Winter Weather Advisory is in effect in Alexandria from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday.


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After reverting to virtual learning two days before winter break due to multiple fights, Alexandria City High School fully reopened with extra security guards and new safety measures at both high school campuses.

The additions include extra security guards at the ACHS King Street and Minnie Howard campuses, new security protocols at weapons screenings, more hallway monitoring, security duty stations in high-traffic areas and increased lunch supervision, according to an email from the Alexandria City Public Schools to ALXnow.


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“The President’s Own” United States Marine Band has a full schedule for inauguration day on Monday (Jan. 20), and they’re getting ready for the big day in Alexandria.

The band spent two days rehearsing for their 57th inauguration day at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center. Their schedule includes the swearing in of President-elect Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol, the parade on Pennsylvania Avenue and the inaugural balls.


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Alexandria’s crime stats for 2024 have been released, and the city’s Part 1 crime rate increased for the third consecutive year.

There was a 7% increase in Part 1 crimes, or crimes against people. Part 1 crimes include homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and auto theft. There were 4,733 Part 1 incidents in 2024, an increase of 7.3% over the 4,410 incidents reported in 2023, according to the city’s crime dashboard.


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A new Vietnamese restaurant is coming to King Street in Old Town.

Sandy Truong recently applied with the city to change the name of the business and ownership of 606 King Street. The space has been home to Pho Nam since 2020.


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It’s about to get really cold in Alexandria.

Hazardous freezing temperatures are expected tonight and Wednesday morning, with wind chills “near zero degrees,” according to the National Weather Service.


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A faulty point of sale (POS) system is the cause of the November fire that destroyed three businesses in the heart of Old Town, one of the business owner’s tells ALXnow.

No one was injured in the Nov. 17 blaze at 103. S. St. Asaph Street, but it shut down three local businesses — Friends to Lovers Bookstore, Madam Coco — Emporium and Everything Chocolate and the Little Birdies kids boutique.


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Public school students across Virginia would soon be getting free breakfasts under a newly proposed bill by Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D-5) and Sen. Danica Roem (D-30).

Bennett-Parker and Roem unsuccessfully tried to get free breakfast and lunch approved for students in the General Assembly’s 2024 session. With a $172 million pricetag, Bennett-Parker’s bill never made it out of the House Appropriations Committee.


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City staff have signed off on a California-based yoga chain’s request to partially demolish a 90-foot section at the front of a historic building on King Street in Old Town.

Alo Yoga is asking the city to grant a certificate of appropriateness and permit to partially demolish the wall and replace it with glass panel and two French doors at 814 King Street — the current location of the Random Harvest furniture store.


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A 29-year-old man was sentenced to 53 years in prison for murdering his roommate by shooting him in the head as he left for work in the West End.

Dontae Lashaun Drumgold was convicted in May of first-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder in the 2022 death of 25-year-old Elijah Williams. On Thursday (Jan. 9), he was sentenced to 60 years for the first degree murder charge, with 10 years suspended, and three years for the use of a firearm charge. After his release he will undergo five years of supervised probation and must exhibit uniform good behavior for 10 years.


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After years in development, plans for a luxury condominium project in Old Town North are heading to the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review.

The BAR will look over the concept review for the proposed The Whitley – Phase 2, a six-story residential development project at 802-808 N. Washington Street on Wednesday, Jan. 15.


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