Morning Minute

Two months after teachers raised the alarm about changes to Monroe Tech, school administrators say they've heard the concerns; county supervisors try to put fake going-out-of-business sales out of business.

Schools Superintendent Eric Williams says he has a way to cut $14.9M from the school budget without taking it out of class size, mental health services or full-day kindergarten; starting today, bus rides to Metro stops are free.

JK Moving launches JK Community Farm, which will donate its produce and meat to charity; the Victims Services Awards recognize people have helped fellow Loudouners in their hour of need.

After an outside investigation, Purcellville fires senior staffer and lets two other go back to work; Leesburg settles on a level tax rate.

Governor Ralph Northam proposes switching up the General Assembly's Metro funding bill to restore some funding for regional transportation projects; two Loudoun deputies describe in court the incident in which they were shot on Christmas Eve.

Supervisors approve a data center complex surrounding a cemetery; Loudoun County Public Schools announces its educators of the year.

Leesburg could be on track for another shopping center, over the objections of its neighbors; a Lovettsville student wins third place in a C-SPAN documentary contest.

Loudoun could—maybe—be in line for more than $300 million in road project grants; your phone probably went off yesterday, and not just because you're so popular.

The School Board is talking about surplussing the Middleburg Community Charter School to the town—but that town of 800 people may not be able to afford the building at any price.

Supervisors have their first-ever unanimous vote on a county budget; after four decade, the Bluemont Concert Series shuts down.

AT&T proposes a cell tower on top of Short Hill Mountain; good news for people on the health insurance exchange in Loudoun; time to name an elementary school.

The Loudoun County Combined Fire-Rescue System honors some of its best and bravest; schools in Leesburg team up to bring the Harlem Wizards to Leesburg to raise money for Team Mathias.

22-year-old Purcellville native Brittany Basinger is chasing her dream of playing soccer professionally around the world; a man is convicted in a shooting at a music festival in Aldie last year.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao visits to celebrate a $25M federal grant; the Loudoun Education Foundation is working to erase more than $200,000 of students' school meal debt.

Leesburg Town Manager Kaj Dentler warns the Town Council if they cut taxes, "we will bleed to death slowly;" accolades keep pouring in for retiring Fire-Rescue System Chief W. Keith Brower Jr.

Northern Virginia jurisdictions and business leaders call on the state to restore regional transportation funding and put more money into Metro; county supervisors kill controversial soccer field plans.

A grand jury finds a food truck driver guilty on all counts related to a fatal crash on Evergreen Mills Road; Northern Virginia leaders call on the state to put more state money into Metro, instead of stripping regional transportation funding.

County supervisors clear the way for a 4-cent real estate tax cut by carving $4.1M from the school system's budget request; Purcellville's interim town manager suggests a higher cigarette tax and two new police officers.

Loudoun County government loans $2.5M to build some affordable apartments; the state's budget impasse is not expected to stop the county from passing its own budget.

A developer's plans to disinter human remains to make way for a development are called "perfectly legal, profoundly immoral;" a Herndon man is arrested and charged with shooting a mother and her son in their home in Aldie over narcotics.

The trial of the food truck driver whose truck killed Erin Kaplan on Evergreen Mill Road begins; taxes could be going up in Purcellville. And happy first day of spring!

Friday night, a person fired several shots into the air at One Loudoun, kicking off a police search; the Lovettsville Town Council appoints a new member.

A month after a deadly school shooting in Floriday, the Loudoun County School Board reviews its own safety policies; the Leesburg Town Council says yes to a better Rt. 15/N. King St. intersection and no to paying for it.

Thousands of Loudoun students walk out to call for tighter gun laws, despite threatened disciplinary action; Town residents could soon see one tax bill instead of two.

After ten months and four temporary fill-ins, Purcellville hires a new town manager; county supervisors tentatively support a half-million-dollar mental health program for first responders.