Morning Minute

New Virginia Majority protests ICE agents arresting people showing up for immigration court in Sterling; the Leesburg Town Council approves ten heart statues across town.

The Purcellville Town Council is discussing a town budget that would run at a $3.5 million deficit; a Loudoun middle schooler places second at the statewide civics bee.

Andy Summers will headline the Crossroads Music Fest; some streets in downtown Leesburg could go one-way.

Children's authors get the red carpet treatment as the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation resists students' summer reading slide; after opposition from the community, school board and Board of Supervisors, Dominion Energy proposes a new route for new transmission lines.

Residents and county consultants wrestle with plans for a Rt. 15 bypass around Lucketts; two Loudoun distilleries take home gold medals at the first-ever, statewide First Landing Cup.

The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy celebrates 30 years; county supervisors overrule the Planning Commission to deny a proposal for a new cell tower.

Purcellville Vice Mayor Ben Nett asks the Circuit Court to declare that voting on the town police department's budget after the department fired him would not be a conflict of interest; voting is open for Loudoun's Favorites at loudounnow.com/favorites.

A Freedom Rider encourages young people to carry on the fight for freedom; new historical markers commemorate Gen. Anthony Wayne's crossing of the Potomac River en route to win Revolutionary War.

Rep. Suhas Subramanyam reintroduces the AGRITOURISM Act; The Virginia Valley Vipers fall in the first round of playoffs.

The Town of Purcellville nears a possible government shutdown as the council is deadlocked on a budget; Loudoun County Public Schools offers tips to avoid the "summer slide" in academic progress.

We celebrate our inaugural Excellence in High School Journalism awards; the Town of Leesburg get a $1.5 million windfall.

A Leesburg resident gets a lifetime achievement award for nature photography; the Virginia Valley Vipers are headed to their first-ever Purcellville playoff game.

Students in southeast Loudoun get ready to shuffle schools; the sheriff's office defends community concerns a sharp increase in traffic stops points to racial profiling.

School Board members ponder whether to stop sending Loudoun students to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax; the horses are coming to Banshee Reeks.

Thursday, May 22, 2025 by Loudoun Now

The new Loudoun Cemetery Conservancy helps preserve Loudoun's hundreds of historic cemeteries; the Sheriff's Office releases its first-ever public strategic plan.

An educator from Hillsboro takes a trip in zero gravity; Dominion High School has been recommended for the site of the new Academy of Global and Linguistic Studies.

The Office Of Elections certifies recall petitions against a majority of the Purcellville Town Council; the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors passes an ordinance requiring landowners to contain the spread of their bamboo.

Happy holidays.

Tuesday, May 21, 2019 by Loudoun Now

County supervisors look into supplementing VDOT's mowing; Leesburg's local laws could be changing.

Students and parents speak out in favor of continuing to send students to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology; the school system hires its first equity director.

A wrongful termination lawsuit against Sheriff Michael Chapman is again dismissed; the Dulles Greenway opens a new exit to get to a new Walmart.

Waterford residents are upset about Dominion cutting back trees in the village; a Stone Bridge High school student is arrested for making online threats to a school in Broward County, FL.

Visit Loudoun recognizes one of the best haunted houses and one of the first farm-to-table restaurants in the country; a man faces 20 years in federal prison after a woman is poisoned with a date rape drug.