Independent Policing Auditor Ameratu Kamara has resigned amid several investigations into deaths in Alexandria police custody.
Alexandria City Council met this morning (Oct. 2) to accept Kamara’s resignation, effective Oct. 3. City Council’s 6-0 vote will provide Kamara with five months of salary as severance pay and payout of any unused leave.
More Single Tracking Planned on Metro Friday — “From 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., trains will single track on the Yellow and Blue lines between Pentagon City and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport stations. The Yellow Line will run between Huntington and Greenbelt.” [Metro/Bluesky]
Appeal of 301 N. Fairfax Street Development Fails — “The Supreme Court of Virginia denial follows a denial of the residents’ appeal from the Virginia Court of Appeals. Nearby residents, led by Corzine, appealed the case after an Alexandria Circuit Court judge ruled in favor of the City of Alexandria, City Council and the 301 N. Fairfax St. property owner to proceed with the development after residents sued.” [Alexandria Times]
Good Thursday evening, Alexandria. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
The following articles were published earlier today — Oct 1, 2026.
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Here is what’s going on Friday in Alexandria, from our event calendar.
The weather will be mostly sunny with a high of 88°F and a southwest wind at 5 to 8 mph. On Friday night, expect a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mostly cloudy skies, and a low of around 60°F, with a north wind at 7 to 10 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
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The Alexandria City School Board will tentatively announce the city school system’s new superintendent at its upcoming meeting Thursday, Oct. 22.
School Board Chair Chris Harris told the Alexandria City Public Schools community in an email today (Oct. 1) that the board has completed its interviews with candidates and has “moved into the contract negotiation process” with the selected candidate.
Passage of a boat will prompt a drawbridge opening at the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge tonight (Oct. 1). The drawbridge will open around 11 p.m. to allow the boat Sweet Pea to pass underneath, the bridge management reported.
According to the city, the opening is expected to last for 15 to 20 minutes. Drivers should plan for travel delays when the drawbridge is open.
Three women from D.C. face felony charges after being arrested for allegedly running out of a yoga store in Old Town with handfuls of clothing.
The three women were arrested by Alexandria Police Department officers in the early afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 6 for allegedly stealing more than $1,000 worth of merchandise from the Lululemon store at 700 King Street and the Alo Yoga store at 814 King Street, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.
An Alexandria woman faces child abuse and drug possession charges after a 6-month-old male infant she was babysitting suffered an overdose, according to the Alexandria Police Department.
The child’s mother told police that she’s a single mother living in Maryland, and regularly dropped off her child with her cousin in Alexandria before going to work in D.C. Around 7:45 a.m. on Friday, March 6, she said she dropped the child off at her cousin’s condominium in the 200 block of Ellsworth Street in the Taylor Run neighborhood.
On This Day in Alexandria History — “On October 1, 1931 the Alexandria City Council appointed the George Washington Bicentennial Commission to arrange and promote activities in Alexandria associated with the 200th birthday of our nation’s first president. Chaired by former Mayor William Albert Smoot, who resided at Lloyd House, now the headquarters for the Office of Historic Alexandria., the celebration would be one of the first to officially promote Alexandria as a tourism destination. Not only did Washington regard Alexandria as his hometown, but he had even helped survey the land that became Alexandria when he was just 17 years of age. Among the major physical landmarks that grew out of the Bicentennial Commemoration are the George Washington Masonic National Memorial and the George Washington Memorial Parkway.” [Historic Alexandria]
DASH to Reign in Budget After $3.7M Overspending Error — “[DASH General Manager & CEO Josh Baker] added that about $2.5 million of the overspending can be attributed to those decisions to ‘invest in maintenance and operations,’ while about $1.2 million came from unexpected costs including ‘increased parts costs as a result of inflation and tariffs.'” [Alexandria Times]
Good Wednesday evening, Alexandria. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
The following articles were published earlier today — Sep 30, 2026.
Here are today’s most-read articles:
Here is what’s going on Thursday in Alexandria, from our event calendar.
The weather will start off partly sunny and gradually become fully sunny, with temperatures reaching a high of about 84°F. There will be a southwest wind blowing at 5 to 9 mph. In the evening, expect partly cloudy skies and a low temperature around 65°F, with a southwest wind at about 7 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
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Alexandria formally unveiled its draft Duke Street Land Use Plan on Tuesday night (Sept. 29), outlining the city’s vision for the four-mile-long corridor over the next two decades.
City staff released the draft at Patrick Henry Recreation Center, and residents have until Friday, Nov. 13 to provide public comments before it heads to Alexandria Planning Commission and City Council public hearings in December.
A 38-year-old Alexandria man was indicted by a grand jury today (Sept. 30) on murder charges for the July 15 fatal shooting of Charles Talley in the city’s West End.
The 36-year-old Talley was shot and killed on the evening of Wednesday, July 15, in the parking lot of the ParcView Apartments in the 5300 block of Holmes Run Parkway. Corey Delantau Stubblefield has been held without bond since his arrest in North Carolina on Aug. 27, and was charged with murder and use of a firearm in commission of murder.
