The burglar pried open a rear sliding glass door to get in, officers said.

Robert Edwards smiles and laughs as he greets customers at the Downtown Leesburg Post Office. Edwards, who's been the postal clerk there for more than 25 years, is always smiling and welcoming to each person who passes through the post offices' door. The smile almost completely disappeared when the news was announced of the Post Office's possible closure in July 2011.

Police have charged a 20-year-old man with shooting two bystanders in Georgetown Village outside Dumfries on Wednesday night.

One of the facility’s unique fea­tures could be a 30-by-120-foot “learning” barge on the river.

The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is investigating an attempted May 15 carjacking in Sterling.

Federal mortar boats appeared on the Mississippi River just north of Fort Pillow in Tennessee on Saturday, May 10.

A federal appeals court is considering the case of a Prince William County man whose murder-for-hire conviction was overturned.

Firefighters arrived around 12:20 a.m. to find heavy fire in the house.

Grant Lattin began his third term on the board in January.

As a whole, crime was down in Loudoun County in 2011, according to a Virginia State Police report, but residents still saw an uptick in violent crimes and thefts.