Good Thursday morning, Alexandria!
🌥️ Today’s weather: Expect partly sunny skies with a high around 81 degrees and a southeast wind of 6 to 9 mph. Moving into Thursday night, there is a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms, with mostly cloudy conditions and a low of around 67 degrees. The southeast wind will continue at 6 to 8 mph.
NEW YORK (AP) — Growing up on the south side of Chicago, the Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley was given the message early on: What one wore as a Black man mattered.
Wesley’s pastor father, who migrated from Louisiana after World War II in search of more opportunities than those readily available to Black people in the Deep South, “always had an impeccable sense of shirt and tie and suit.”
Against a backdrop of political and economic uncertainty, Alexandria’s City Council unanimously adopted its $956.5 million operating budget.
City Manager Jim Parajon said it was challenging crafting a budget that keeps city services without increasing real estate or property taxes. The city’s budget grew 3.2% over the current fiscal year, with its largest line item being a fully-funded Alexandria City Public Schools, as well as significant stormwater management funding for the city’s $2.1 billion FY 2026 – 2035 Capital Improvement Program.
Alexandria is joining forces with Congressman Don Beyer and nearby communities to hold a job fair this Saturday (May 3) for federal workers and contractors affected by recent government workforce cuts.
The event aims to connect job seekers with more than 40 companies and organizations looking to hire. Recruiters and hiring managers from various fields, including healthcare, IT, local government, military, consumer electronics, accounting and finance, and federal government professional services, will be there.
Amid a critical nationwide blood shortage – the worst in two decades – Alexandria residents have two opportunities this week to donate blood and help save lives at upcoming community drives.
The World Mission Society Church of God is hosting a community blood drive on Thursday (May 1). It will run from 5 to 9 p.m. at 1501 Duke Street.
Random Harvest Home, a store that sells a handpicked selection of furniture and accessories, is closing its Alexandria store and slashing prices on its inventory.
The store at 814 King Street will close its doors for good on Sunday, May 4. Until then, shoppers can grab furniture and pillows at 25% off, while lamps, prints, and small accessories are 30% off.
There’s something about Joey Schaljo’s voice.
Since 2023, the Del Ray resident has been the in-game PA announcer at all of the Washington Mystics games. She’s also a longtime announcer at the New York City Marathon, and can regularly be heard in commercials for Ozempic, Aspercreme with Lidocaine, and Realtor.com.
A North Carolina murder suspect was recently arrested in Alexandria and has been charged with murder and robbery with a deadly weapon.
The victim, 25-year-old Jose Alexander Lara Hernandez, was shot to death in Charlotte on April 19. Two days later, the Alexandria Police Department was notified by a license plate reader that a car belonging to the suspect, Danny Cardoza Lara, was located in the parking lot of a hotel in the 100 block of S. Bragg Street in the city’s West End.
A woman is safe after allegedly being abducted and assaulted by a naked man along the Mount Vernon Trail in Old Town North earlier this month.
“The suspect pinned both of her forearms down and she fought to break free,” police said a recently released search warrant affidavit. “(The victim) said she realized the suspect was fully naked when he was on top of her and she saw his penis. (The victim) tried to push him away specifically with her right hand to the suspect’s left arm. (The victim) said she yelled and the suspect covered her mouth with his hand. The suspect told her, ‘Do you want to die?'”
Alexandria has seen a 32.1% increase in new listings compared to the same time last year, according to the latest monthly listing and sales data from the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR).
In the week ending April 27, 2025, Alexandria saw 70 new listings hit the market, a 22.8% increase from the previous week.
Heads up, drivers – expect some overnight delays on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge next week.
The Virginia Department of Transportation says the bridge will have maintenance openings from 10 p.m. on May 8 to 5 a.m. on May 9, weather permitting.
