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• DNA could clear defendant in Va. mother-son murder, says lawyer

  The lawyer for the man charged with the January 2018 murders of a Loudoun County mother and her adult son in their Aldie home told the judge DNA found on one of the victims could clear his client. Brian Welsh, 38, of Herndon, Virginia is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 65-year-old Mala Manwani and her 32-year-old son Rishi. WTOP-FM Washington, Mon, Jun 18 2018 @ 02:43 PM

• Rose McGowan Indicted on Cocaine Possession Charges, Faces 10 Years Behind Bars

  Rose McGowan faces a decade in prison after being indicted for felony cocaine possession, and will face trial Tuesday just seven months after her arrest. According to#xA0; Us Weekly,#xA0; McGowan maintains her innocence , and insists that she was only arrested in the first place because she has spoken out so vocally about sexual assault and taken aim at powerful men. Lite 98.7, Sat, Jun 16 2018 @ 08:51 AM

• Dulles Toll Road rate increase proposal set; would start in January

  Dulles Toll Road drivers would pay 75 cents more at the mainline toll plaza and 50 cents more at each ramp under a proposal set to be presented Wednesday. The proposal to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board matches a 2019 toll road rate increase outlined in 2014, when tolls last rose. WTOP-FM Washington, Mon, Jun 18 2018 @ 10:47 PM

• Northam approves $500,000 grant for media company expansion

  Gov. Ralph Northam has approved a $500,000 state grant for Discovery Inc. to expand its technology and operations hub in Northern Virginia. The governor's office announced Thursday that Virginia had beat out Maryland and New York for the $16 million expansion. Washington Times, Fri, Jun 15 2018 @ 07:45 AM

• Gang member sentenced to prison for 2016 Ashburn murder

  A member of the MS-13 gang was sentenced this week to 43 years in prison for a 2016 Ashburn murder. Loudoun Times, Fri, Jun 15 2018 @ 09:10 AM

• Virginia is changing; here's who explains how and why

  Virginia's 8.5 million residents live in a rolling landscape of change as populations grow in some areas, gray in many localities and shrink in dozens, providing a native Virginia demographer a fascinating job tracking those changes. Martinsville Bulletin, Sun, Jun 17 2018 @ 12:13 AM

• The hand of Justice: Man arrested for exposing himself on Loudoun County transit bus

  A 55-year-old man with no fixed address was arrested Thursday after exposing himself on a Loudoun Transit bus, according to the sheriff's office. Loudoun Times, Fri, Jun 15 2018 @ 03:20 PM

• Loudoun supervisors hear from Route 15 gas station applicant; decision expected in July

  Leesburg North Landing is extending an opportunity for the community to join its effort in constructing a new gas station on Route 15. But that union may collapse if the Board of Supervisors decides not approve Leesburg North Landing's application at next month's business meeting-pushing the applicant to find another, perhaps more intense use for ... (more) Loudoun Times, Fri, Jun 15 2018 @ 11:17 AM