Fairfax County police are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for killing a 21-year-old Alexandria man in what investigators believe was not a random act of violence, according to WJLA.
Jaylin Hartless, 21, of Alexandria, was found fatally shot in the early morning hours of Friday in the Woodlawn area of Fairfax County. Officers responded to the 3400 block of Buckman Road around 4:45 a.m. for reports of vehicle tampering and discovered Hartless on the ground beside his vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds to the upper body.
Multiple traffic signals in Old Town Alexandria went dark Monday morning following equipment fires that left nearly 700 Dominion Energy customers without power, according to Alexandria Police Department and utility outage maps.
The department issued a traffic alert at 8:46 a.m. warning drivers that many signals were out of service after what police initially described as a “manhole incident” at the intersection of Cameron and Fayette streets. Transportation and Environmental Services is deploying generators to restore power to the affected intersections.
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Good Monday morning, Alexandria! Today is Monday, Sept. 22, the 265th day of 2025. There are 100 days left in the year.
🌤️ Today’s weather: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80°F. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Partly cloudy tonight, with a low around 64°F. South wind 3 to 5 mph.
The Alexandria City High School Titans football team has opened the 2025 season with four consecutive victories, sitting atop the Virginia High School League Division 6A District 4.
The Titans have dominated opponents with their most recent victory coming Sept. 19 in a 71-0 rout of Lewis High School. The performance marked the team’s second shutout of the season and came on the same night the school celebrated the 25th anniversary of the film “Remember the Titans.”
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Good Sunday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: A slight chance of showers before 8 am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. East wind 5 to 7 mph. The chance of precipitation is 20%. Partly cloudy tonight, with a low around 60. East wind around 6 mph, becoming calm after midnight.
President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he would nominate senior White House aide Lindsey Halligan to serve as the top federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia, just one day after the Alexandria-based office was thrown into turmoil by the resignation of U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert.
The nomination drew sharp criticism from Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents Northern Virginia including Alexandria, where the federal prosecutor’s office is headquartered. “Donald Trump hates the rule of law and is making all of us less safe by firing seasoned professionals, to replace them with goons and yes men who will bend the law to his whim,” Beyer said in a statement Saturday. “This is corrupt as hell.”
The City of Alexandria will relocate more city services this month as part of ongoing preparations for major renovations to City Hall and Market Square, with construction set to begin in January 2026.
More than 400 city employees will relocate from their current offices to temporary or permanent spaces throughout Alexandria. Several departments have already moved, including the Office of Housing, which relocated to Banker’s Square in August.
Good Saturday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Increasing clouds tonight, with a low around 64. East wind 5 to 7 mph.
The story of how coach Herman Boone transformed a newly integrated team of Black and white high school athletes into champions is legendary in Alexandria.
On Friday, 40 of the remaining real-life heroes that the film Remember The Titans is based on, commemorated the movie’s 25th anniversary. The 2000 film recounts the story of the 13-0, 1971 state champion T.C. Williams High School football team (now Alexandria City High School). The players in the newly integrated school overcame racial adversity to become state champs.
