Morning Minute

A Loudoun native's book is featured on Oprah's Book Club; Loudoun Therapeutic Riding enters its 50th year with plans to grow.

Loudoun County Public Schools is monitoring students with AI; Three of Loudoun's state lawmakers ask the SCC to tell Dominion to bury its new transmission lines underground.

This weekend is LoCo Fest; Loudoun airports get $11.7 million in federal grants.

Dominion Energy proposes price increases; a protest against cooperation between the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement at the county courthouse.

Loudoun County Public Schools welcomes 82,000 students back; staff of The Aurora School protest on the streets of Leesburg.

A Loudoun County deputy faces a long road to recovery after a head-on motorcycle crash; Crossroads Music Festival announces their full lineup.

The U.S. Department of Education announces it will pull $46 million of funding from Loudoun schools over DEIA policies; the Loudoun County Animal Shelter will host "Clear the Shelter" this weekend.

The Purcellville Town Council looks to recruit its eighth town manager in five years; America's 9/11 Ride motorcycle convoy will pass through Loudoun this afternoon.

Loudoun County Public Schools must return $29 million in federal funding; the School Board votes not to repeal Policy 8040.

The Leesburg Police Department put speed cameras at three school zones; Loudoun Now is one of 20 newsrooms across the United States selected for the LMA Lab for Journalism Funding.

A nonprofit serving children with disabilities across the region finds the landlords have changed the locks; The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm announces it will close.

New Virginia Majority reports 45 ICE arrests at the Sterling immigration court in July; the Purcellville mayor calls a special meeting.

Western Loudoun residents raise concerns about power lines through rural areas; the School Board considers changes to the policy providing rides for students to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

Leesburg celebrates the visit of the Marquis de Lafayette; a Round Hill Main Street icon is getting some changes.

Some local leaders question whether residents will have to pay to build the electric infrastructure for data centers; The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation supports a free 9-week STEAM camp.

Loudoun County Public Schools stops providing detailed information of incidents of hate in county schools; a nonprofit founded and led by high school students to help people experiencing homelessness plans their next big fundraiser, a walkathon.

Someone is laying miles of fiber optic cable along Rt. 15; Purcellville Vice Mayor Ben Nett asks to be allowed to leave the state while awaiting trial for six felony charges.

A special episode of the Morning Minute! Introducing Loudoun Now Voice, and the story of two years of soul-changing sandwiches.

A community tries to bring a preschool teacher and musician home from a hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Supervisor Koran Saines kicks off his office's annual school supply drive. Donate to the GoFundMe for Lia Marie Johnson at gofundme.com/f/aid-lia-maries-journey-to-healing, and find the Sterling District office's Amazon wishlist for school supplies at bit.ly/Sterling2025.

Purcellville's vice mayor and town manager get their first day in court; Loudoun County Public Schools purchases cameras with weapon and behavior recognition.

The community opens a park to remember volunteer firefighter Trevor Brown; Purcellville's town manager is placed on paid administrative leave after being charged with felony bid rigging and commercial fraud against the town government.

More details on the arrest and felony charges against Purcellville's vice mayor and town manager; data obtained by FOIA by UC Berkley shows how many people the sheriff's office has detained for ICE so far this year, and how many have already been deported.

Purcellville Vice Mayor Ben Nett and Town Manager Kwasi Fraser are arrested; a county committee debates the future of Loudoun's rural craft beverage businesses.

Violent crime in Leesburg is down; Bles Park has reopened after a yearlong renovation.

Loudoun Fire-Rescue celebrates the new Aldie Fire Station after 20 years of effort; the jury reaches a decision in the trial around a fatal explosion at a home last year.