Morning Minute

Supervisors say the comprehensive plan review is "way off track;" Leesburg hears the town is taking off, but hard to do business with.

Weeks of mourning and activism after four deaths on Evergreen Mills Road turn into action in the boardroom; candidates for House of Delegates face off at the League of Women Voters. And tonight's the second Buzzed at the Bee!

Loudoun is the biggest data center market in the world, and the Department of Economic Development wants to make sure it stays that way; on-time high school graduation rates in Loudoun dip, but remain above the state average.

150 years of history at the Union Street school are one step closer to being reborn; the Commonwealth's Attorney says the sheriff was not truthful in a sworn declaration to a federal court.

The Makersmiths get new digs in Leesburg; the Purcellville Sea Cadets named best in the nation.

Leesburg Police is full of female firsts; the food truck driver in a deadly crash says his brakes failed and her narrowly missed hitting a school bus.

Ivanka Trump, Microsoft president Brad Smith, and tech investor and Code.org founder Hadi Partovi talk classrooms and coding at Middleburg Community Charter School; Lucketts Elementary School could finally get some relief from the crowding.

Advocates for minority students recognized; Shoe's Cup and Cork and WK Hearth are back open; and welcome to 27 new American citizens!

A review of Loudoun nonprofit needs finds what they've been saying all along: they need more money. Loudoun sex education will cover human trafficking and dating violence next year.

The Loudoun Museum turns a corner; Kaiser continues his four-year reign at the Lovettsville Oktoberfest Weiner dog races. Brought to you by Eyetopia Inc.

Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld and Loudoun supervisors say it's legislators' turn to step up to the plate; the Purcellville Town Council is working on changes to policy on development in town.

For now, the Confederate memorial at the courthouse in Leesburg isn't going anywhere; Loudoun tackles its pay scale problems.

After four deaths in six weeks, Loudoun pushes to fix a dangerous road; two nonprofits could get tax exemptions.

After a vandalism last year, the 1892 Ashburn Colored School gets a new lease on life; candidates for House of Delegates go to a speed-dating-style forum with the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce.

Kindergartners writing computer code. Third graders playing chess blindfolded. All in a day's work at three Loudoun elementary schools. Plus, Inova breaks ground on a new seven-story patient tower in Lansdowne.

For the first time in five years, all 89 Loudoun public schools are fully accredited; the Leesburg Town Council could allow food trucks on any private property in town.

A county supervisor says the Confederate monument at the courthouse must stand, but might need some company; Loudoun creates a committee to help chase a deal for Amazon's new HQ.

The former Loudoun detective suing the sheriff and county for $6.35 million for wrongful termination asks the court for summary judgment; Waterford learns about the history of black people in the village; Democratic first ladies talk education and Ralph Northam in Leesburg.

A photographer uses her talents to recognize 100 of Loudoun's lesser-known heroes; One woman is killed and four are injured when a converted bus hits their station wagon; A church in Brownsville turns 125.

Parents at Lucketts Elementary School are feeling left behind, and they're letting the School Board and Board of Supervisors know about it; Loudoun could make a bid for Amazon's $5 billion East Coast headquarters.

Mental health professionals pitch big ideas for what the county could be doing to curb teen suicide; Loudoun County Parkway is finally complete; supervisors send $5.4 million to fix the Pennington Garage project; the schools have logged 1,385 grievances about buses in the first two weeks of school. Oh, and something about a spelling bee?

A long-awaited school in Loudoun doubles in size; the Waterford Foundation opens black historic sites to tours. Plus a spelling bee!

Prosecutors drop manslaughter charges against the man accused hitting Mindy Schulz and her infant son Tristan in a crosswalk in Lansdowne; a sinkhole under a parking garage project is expected to cost the county $3.5 million and five months of delay.

A hole in the ground is turning into a lush, shaded pool in Broadlands; Sen. Tim Kaine spends a morning in Leesburg visiting businesses and talking health insurance.

Loudoun businesses pitch in from 1,000 miles way to help Hurricane Harvey's victims; Loudoun's two charter academies both have new principals.