Many of Alexandria’s religious and elected leaders have paid tribute to Pope Francis since he died in Rome on Easter Monday, April 21.
The Very Rev. Ian S. Markham, president of Virginia Theological Seminary, said that the world feels a little emptier today following the death of the 88-year-old pontiff.
Redevelopment plans for Point Lumley Park on the Alexandria waterfront are heading to the Board of Architectural Review.
The BAR will review the first concept for a reimagined Point Lumley Park at its meeting on Wednesday, May 7. The city plans to close Point Lumley Park and Waterfront Park from fall 2026 to fall 2028 to rebuild segments of the seawall.
The Alexandria City Council is set to hold its Public Hearing Meeting on Saturday, April 26, with a diverse agenda that includes development projects, zoning amendments, and special recognitions.
The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. in the Council Chamber at 301 King Street and will also be accessible electronically via Zoom and other platforms.
The PNC Alexandria Half Marathon will debut in Old Town on Sunday, April 27. It will feature a half-marathon, a 5K, and a kids’ dash.
This event, produced by Pacers Running and sponsored by PNC Bank, is an evolution of the long-running PNC Parkway Classic. The 13.1-mile course begins at Market Square (301 King St.) and extends through Old Town down the George Washington Parkway. Additional roads surrounding City Hall and Market Square will be closed for race set-up.
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Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
🌤️ Today’s weather: A slight chance of showers before 8 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 80 degrees. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. The chance of precipitation is 20%. Mostly cloudy tonight, with a low around 57 degrees. Light north wind. Mostly sunny on Wednesday, with a high near 78 degrees. Light and variable wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
The 19-year-old who suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died Saturday evening at 22 Canterbury Square has been identified by the Alexandria Police Department (APD).
The victim has been identified as Deaundre Jack, of Alexandria.
For the second time in less than a month, Alexandria Congressman Don Beyer (D-8th) is calling for the resignation or removal of U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Beyer said that Hegseth “is a threat to American national security.”
More details have been released about the anonymous 911 calls made last month that led to Alexandria City High School being placed on “secure the building” mode.
No suspects have been arrested since the March 20 incident, when police received anonymous phone calls detailing a person with a firearm in the parking lot of the King Street campus (3330 King Street). Police believe that the calls were made through Caller ID Spoofing — concealing an identity by deliberately falsifying data sent to a Caller ID display.
New charges of aggravated manslaughter and driving while intoxicated have been made against the suspect arrested for last week’s fatal crash on King Street.
The Alexandria Police Department announced the additional charges against suspect Jilmar Doria-Medina, the 42-year-old Fairfax man currently being held without bond in the Fairfax County Jail after the April 16 crash that took the life of 19-year-old Abdullahi Mumin.
George Wallace, a local author and former U.S. Navy Commander, is set to release his latest military thriller, “Cold Is the Deep,” on July 1, 2025.
The Alexandria writer’s novel is set in 1983, at the height of Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. It centers on the discovery of a mole in the U.S. Navy, sparking a tense standoff between the two nuclear powers.
