Morning Minute

The state senate could vote today to fund every empty judgeship in the commonwealth—and expand Medicaid in Virginia; Buzzed at the Bee is back.

More than 30 years after a landfill was closed because of groundwater contamination, the homes next door could be getting public water; a man who has changed the hearts of minds of 200 former KKK members comes to town to speak.

Two places in Loudoun are named among the most endangered historic sites in the state; a man accused of sending a fellow bicyclist to the hospital is found in part through an app on his phone.

Save Rural Loudoun forms to protect farmlands and open spaces; a woman asks a deputy for directions and ends up arrested for public intoxication and carrying six pounds of marijuana.

The county works to launch a stewardship program for its government-owned historic properties; Leesburg is still debating allowing food trucks downtown.

A proposal to demolish a horse farm from the 1920s to build 129 houses has some people wondering if Leesburg should expand its historic district; a piece of Bluemont history reopens after more than 70 years.

AT&T gets a chance to defend its plans for a 155-foot cell tower on top of Short Hill Mountain; a man who may have been trying for a life insurance payout is sentenced in a fatal crash.

Loudoun's Department of Economic Development and some of its farmers think industrial hemp will be the next big thing; the School Board narrows down options for naming the county's newest elementary school.

Loudoun gets a new fire chief; and the county can't seem to give away tourism grant funding.

Five months after Purcellville privatized managing Fireman's Field, the town gets a request for reimbursement—and it's nearly $30,000 bigger than the town expected; a Loudoun middle school soccer player makes history.

The Loudoun Advisory Commission on Youth finds on-time graduation slipping and school absenteeism on the rise; JK Community Farm starts planting.

Hillsboro could be the first place in Loudoun to feel the state's cut to regional transportation funding; Loudoun could try to gobble up transportation funding from other projects across the state after that cut.

Round Hill establishes its identity as the place to go outside; county supervisors sign off on a kennel and animal hospital across the Leesburg Bypass from Leesburg's Foxridge neighborhood.

Federal regulations threaten 150 jobs for people with disabilities at a Leesburg nonprofit; two years later, the Envision Loudoun stakeholders committee has the first draft of Loudoun's next comprehensive plan.

Loudoun's towns vote to keep their incumbent mayors; the Chamber of Commerce will host the top executives of Metrorail and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority to talk about transportation in the region.

It's Give Choose! Plus, the Planning Commission signs off on a large gas station on Rt. 15 north of Leesburg.

A Loudoun case sets a new court precedent for prosecutors going after domestic abusers; a test of the visual impact of a proposed 155-foot tower on top of Short Hill Mountain is called off due to wind.

A Circuit Court jury hands down a guilty sentence in a 30-year-old murder; the Leesburg Town council signs off on an interchange and a detour on Battlefield Parkway.

A new department at Inova Loudoun Hospital's Cornwall campus brings services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence to Leesburg; the school system shuffles three school principals.

The School Board hangs on to universal full-day kindergarten for next year; county supervisors push for a database of every active and inactive cemetery in the county.

A $5M lawsuit against a guidance counselor in a teenager's suicide is withdrawn; the Leesburg Planning Commission considers 64 townhouses on Edwards Ferry Road near Costco.

Did you check out the Flower and Garden Festival? We did! Plus, the School Board says full-day kindergarten may be on the chopping block after all.

The Purcellville Police Department is the first town police force in Loudoun to issue naloxone to its officers; the Town of Leesburg and one of its big HOAs wind up in court over a dam.

Plans for a 3,700-home development between two future Metro stations could force county leaders to start making some decisions about Metro planning; 9,000 students will take part in this year's We're All Human walks and assemblies.

The murder trial for a West Virginia man who died 30 years ago begins; supervisors move to require short-term residential rental owners (like Airbnb hosts) register with the county annually.