Alexandria has claimed the No. 3 position on Condé Nast Traveler’s 2025 “Best Small Cities in the U.S.” rankings, extending its streak of top-five placements to eight consecutive years.
The city placed behind Charleston, South Carolina, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, while surpassing popular destinations including Savannah, Georgia, and Honolulu, Hawaii, according to results from the magazine’s 38th annual Readers’ Choice Awards announced Tuesday.
A 24-year-old Alexandria woman who was the subject of a critical missing person alert has been safely located, police said Tuesday morning.
Robin Jacobs was found safe, the Alexandria Police Department announced at 8:44 a.m. in a social media post thanking the public for sharing the alert and assisting in the search.
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The second season of “Neighborhood Favorites with George Worrell” launched Monday night with a watch party at Cooper Mill in Old Town, bringing together local business owners and community members to celebrate the show’s continued spotlight on small businesses.
Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins served as the special guest, delivering opening remarks that emphasized the city’s unique character driven by its independently owned businesses.
The Alexandria Economic Development Partnership showcased a year of significant economic achievements during its annual impact meeting on Monday, held for the first time in the organization’s new Carlyle neighborhood offices at 1940 Duke Street.
AEDP President and CEO Stephanie Landrum noted that the organization deliberately chose the Carlyle location to support a part of the city that “needs and wants more business activity.” The new space allows AEDP to showcase Alexandria’s potential directly to visiting businesses and prospects.
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Good Monday 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 6, 2025.
Correction: The victim in this case is not the suspect’s wife. Police recovered a weapon at the suspect’s home, and spoke with the suspect’s wife. ALXnow regrets the error.
A 60-year-old Alexandria man will appear in court later this month after being charged with abduction, assault and battery, and brandishing a firearm in an incident that allegedly “stemmed from dropping ice cream,” according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.
Tickets went on sale Monday for Ice & Lights: The Winter Village at Cameron Run, one of three holiday light attractions operated by NOVA Parks this winter season.
The outdoor winter experience at Cameron Run Regional Park in Alexandria features illuminated holiday displays, ice skating, photo opportunities, and seasonal refreshments. It opens on November 15 and runs through February 28.
Alexandria City Public Schools will honor 13 individuals and three athletic teams at its 2025 Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 11, at Alexandria City High School.
The ceremony, scheduled from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the King Street campus auditorium, will recognize 11 athletes, one coach, and one administrator who have made significant contributions to high school athletics in Alexandria.
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers provided few public signs of meaningful negotiations to break an impasse on reopening the federal government as the shutdown entered its sixth day on Monday, with House Speaker Mike Johnson saying it was Democrats who needed to “stop the madness.”
