The Alexandria Sheriff’s Office is asking City Council for $150,000 to pay for the hiring bonuses of 15 new sworn deputies.

There’s a shortage of 22 sworn positions within ASO, and the office relies on retired deputies to fill in coverage gaps. City Council will review the proposal at its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 24.


Update 9/20 — One of the victims, 25-year-old Alexandria resident Kwakia Frazier, has died. Police also said a third person, a 15-year-old boy, was grazed by a bullet and received medical treatment at the scene.

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) is responding to a shooting in the Braddock neighborhood.


The city issued a fraud alert yesterday after fake invoices were sent to customers using the Alexandria Permitting and Land Use System (APEX).

The city’s sent out an email on Wednesday (Sept. 18) stating that APEX users were being targeted. The city only allows permit applications through the system, and the city said that fake invoices are being mailed to customers.


Inova Alexandria Hospital at Landmark will break ground on Monday, Sept. 30.

Today the hospital system announced the groundbreaking for the 1.1 million-square-foot project located at the former Landmark Mall.


Here’s a roundup of all the events, live music, and entertainment happening around Alexandria this weekend, Friday, September 20, through Sunday, September 22, 2024.

Are you organizing an event? Submit events to ALXnow.


Alexandria’s City Council will vote next Tuesday night on making the city a safe haven for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning community.

The all-Democrat City Council will vote on a resolution to protect the LGBTQ+ community’s equal protection rights under the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment.


The mini-roundabout at the intersection of Kennedy and Hickory Streets in the Warwick Village neighborhood will be getting some artistic beautification soon.

At the same Arts Commission meeting where designs for the next Waterfront Park project debuted, the city showed off new designs for the Warwick Village intersection by art team Chalk Riot.


The last few years have been rough for Alexandria City Public Schools.

The school system and all involved with it have been impacted by the pandemic, learning loss, leadership changes, a staffing crisis, surging enrollment and more.


A market featuring 30 vintage-focused vendors, along with live jazz accompaniment and a cider bar, is coming to Canal Center Plaza this Saturday (Sept. 21).

The market, A Vintage Affair, is hosted by Lost Boy Cider at Canal Center Plaza (44 Canal Center Plaza). The market is scheduled to run from 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.


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