NFL Punter Hanging Around Arlington, Waiting To Be Signed

"You never know when your last game is," says 27-year-old journeyman NFL punter Jeremy Kapinos, as he chows down on a sandwich at a restaurant near his condo along Glebe Road in South...

Chainsaw Accident Sends Worker to Hospital

A man suffered a serious arm injury this afternoon after reportedly being cut by a chainsaw. Initial reports suggest the man was in a bucket truck doing tree maintenance at an apartment...

County to Install Wayfinding Signs Along R-B Corridor

Arlington County is planning to install more than 250 wayfinding signs along the R-B corridor, starting this fall. The signs will be placed "along bicycle and pedestrian routes throughout the...

Mystery Video Cameras on Columbia Pike

Over the past couple of weeks, people have been noticing mysterious, concealed video cameras mounted on lamp posts along Columbia Pike. Some residents thought they were ingenious surveillance...

Teen Girl Groped on Way Home from Yorktown HS

A 15-year-old girl was walking home from Yorktown High School yesterday afternoon when a man reportedly "ran up to her and grabbed her inappropriately." Last night, Yorktown principal Raymond Pasi...

Billy’s Cheesesteaks Now Open in Cherrydale

A new neighborhood eatery called Billy's Cheesesteaks (3907 Lee Highway) opened this week in Cherrydale. The restaurant replaces the four-year-old Cherrydale Deli, but remains under the same...

SUV Overturned Near W-L High School

(Updated at 10:00 a.m.) A two-vehicle accident has resulted in an SUV flipping on its side near Washington-Lee High School. The accident happened at the intersection of Washington Boulevard...

Verizon Service Restored in Clarendon/Courthouse

The week-and-a-half long saga of the damaged Verizon cables has finally come to a close. Verizon technicians had to painstakingly splice back together thousands of copper lines in three large...

Morning Notes

Wakefield Loses Full Accreditation -- Wakefield High School was the only Arlington County public school that failed to receive full state accreditation this year. The school was accredited...

Ballston Smoothie King Abdicates

The Smoothie King in Ballston has given up its throne in an effort to conquer Adams Morgan. The eatery, at 850 Randolph Street, across from Ballston Common Mall, is now closed. A sign in the...

ACPD Investigates Sexual Assault in Arlington Ridge

A female jogger was sexually assaulted this morning on Army Navy Drive, in the Arlington Ridge neighborhood, according to police. The jogger, 37, was knocked to the ground, kicked several times...

Meet Your Crystal City Concession Stand Vendor

In a tree-lined corner of Crystal City, Adel Ishak operates a small seasonal food stand, offering sandwiches, salads and smoothies to the masses of local office workers, apartment dwellers and Mt....

WB Route 50 Shut Down After Moped Accident

Update at 1:05 p.m. -- Lanes have opened back up on westbound Route 50. The westbound lanes of Route 50 have been shut down at Washington Boulevard after an accident involving a moped. The...

Car Flips on Side Near W-L High School

A car flipped on its side on a residential street near Washington-Lee High School this morning. A Honda sedan was traveling eastbound on 15th Street N., near N. Vermont Street, when the driver...

Accident Involving Metrobus on I-395

The Arlington County Fire Department is on the scene of an accident involving an SUV and a Metrobus on the HOV lanes of I-395 near Pentagon City. The driver of the SUV was reported to have...