Morning Minute

Purcellville's second try at an investigation into allegations against police chief Cynthia McAlister stretches into a new town council's term; Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (Orbital ATK until last month) proposes a rocket monument.

Months after some students were escorted out of school without warning, never to return, the School Board has voted to give the next class more time to graduate; Loudoun Planning Commissioners worry about parking and traffic around plans for a 5,000-seat professional soccer stadium at Philip A. Bolen Memorial Park south of Leesburg.

A study says the Town of Leesburg is understaffed; a new way to crowdfund lobbyists so the average American can afford to hire them launches.

Loudoun County finds 90 percent of its bus stops are not ADA-compliant; elementary students get more time for recess.

The county sets goals for expanding broadband and cell coverage, especially in western Loudoun; 30 years later, Loudoun may actually get an Ashburn Recreation and Community Center.

Round Hill looks to hire its first-ever public works director; rising high school seniors try their hand at trying a case at the 18th annual Thomas D. Horne Leadership in the Law program.

Supervisors back off tighter gun regulations, opting instead for a safety study; the county will look at putting homes some places they've never been before in Loudoun to encourage affordable housing.

The Housing Advisory Board says finding a home in Loudoun isn't just a problem for people with lower incomes; the developer at Westpark Golf Club proposes to give the golf course to the Town of Leesburg if the town to keep it open.

JK Moving founder Chuck Kuhn helps save a habitat for rare species near Lucketts; the comprehensive plan revision is almost ready for the next step.

The state passes a law that looks a lot like what happened at Dominion High School in 2016; the Loudoun sheriff and Leesburg chief of police balk at at 911 efficiency study.

Loudoun gets $337M for road projects; an 18-year-old is sentenced to 43 years in prison for a gang-related murder in 2016.

Some School Board members think it's time to give the School Board a raise; Discovery (as in the channel) plans to bring 240 jobs to Loudoun.

The School Board considers doubling the amount of recess time for students; the Town of Purcellville pays out $60,000 to Shaun Alexander Enterprises.

The stage is set for an election showdown in November; This week, nearly 6,000 people will start the next phase of their lives: graduating high school.

The school system's most vocal and controversial critic is elected president of the Loudoun Education Alliance of Parents; Supervisor Ralph Buona tells the School Board "do your job" at Middleburg Community Charter School.

Tomorrow, voters will pick from the most crowded primary field in 10th Congressional District history; a former CIA case officer from Loudoun is convicted of espionage.

A Leesburg first-timer wins a statewide brewing gold medal; construction in Leesburg's historic district digs up human remains.

The Loudoun County Design Cabinet honors the late Frank Raflo for a "lifetime of vision;" Hillsboro puts out a recipe book with more recipes than there are residents.

Loudoun's School Resource Officers are named some of the best in the country; Capitalsville (The Town Formerly Known as Lovettsville)gets a visit and plans a viewing party.

Leesburg mayor Kelly Burk faces accusations of being drunk in public from an opponent in the mayoral race which she says are politically motivated; Lovettsville could be the next Loudoun town to grow its borders.

Potomac Vegetable Farms launches Roots to Rise to educate and empower teen girls; Leesburgers debate a proposed commercial center next to Meadowbrook Farms.

Northern Virginia Community College gets set to train students to work in Loudoun's booming data center market; the General Assembly expands Medicaid in Virginia and funds every empty judgeship in the state.

An Eagle Scout project builds a gravel road 400 feet into the Belmont slave cemetery and more than 100 years into the past; a trial in a fatal crash ends with a hung jury.

Loudoun's brewery boom continues; Arcola Center proposes major changes.

If the Capitals win tonight, Lovettsville could soon be renamed Capitalsville; the School Board votes to send students to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology for another year.