We could save billions by transforming these shuttered monuments to mass incarceration into something far more useful, humane ...

A 4-year-old boy who was found dead in Lorton, Virginia, more than 50 years ago, and whose name has remained a mystery, has ...

The Fairfax County Police Department announced a major breakthrough Monday in a cold case from 1972. Police identified the ...

LORTON, Va. — A mystery that haunted Fairfax County investigators for more than half a century has finally been solved.

At the time his death was ruled a homicide due to blunt force trauma, but there were no leads on the case until now, police said.

Police have confirmed the identity of a 5-year-old child whose body was discovered in a creek under a bridge more than 50 years ago—his name was Carl Matthew Bryant.

A man who was caught on camera repeatedly hitting and dragging a senior bus driver in Lorton, Virginia, earlier this month has been arrested, Fairfax County Police Department authorities said on ...

When Patrick Clark was stabbed at Lorton prison in July 1997, he became the ninth inmate killed in 12 months. Within days, Tarik Revel confessed. He pleaded guilty and got 30 years.

But what that future holds remains to be seen. Below are five questions that the Lorton area and the rest of Fairfax County face as EnviroSolutions Inc. prepares to shut down its 250-acre landfill ...