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ARLnow Daily Debrief for Dec 27, 2024

By ARLnow.com

Good Friday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.

🕗 News recap

The following articles were published earlier today — Dec 27, 2024.

Since it’s Friday, we’ve also compiled a list of the most-read articles of the week, below.

  1. Store employee and shoplifting suspect charged after struggle over merchandise (18509 views)
  2. Rapist who murdered Fort Myer Navy sailor is taken off death row (15282 views)
  3. Efforts ramping up to address noise, crowd issues in Clarendon (9817 views)
  4. Charges against soldier accused in pride flag theft dismissed (8091 views)
  5. Airport-to-Crystal-City connector’s grade won’t fatigue bicyclists, pedestrians (7868 views)
  6. Owl’s Christmas tree perch at Donaldson Run home goes viral (6913 views)
  7. Freezing rain, slippery roads expected in Arlington tomorrow (4336 views)
  8. JUST IN: Police investigating series of sexual battery incidents, including one with juvenile victim (4318 views)
  9. Arlington trash pickup pushed back for Christmas and New Year’s (2666 views)
  10. Longtime assistant chosen as new Yorktown head football coach (2560 views)
  11. Smallest and largest homes sold in Arlington (November 2024) (2382 views)

📅 Upcoming events

Here is what’s going on Saturday in Arlington, from our event calendar.

  • No events today. Have one to promote? Submit it to the calendar.

Here are the events planned for Sunday:

🌧️ Saturday’s forecast

Expect rain and patchy fog with a high near 49, accompanied by a south wind at 3 to 6 mph. There is a 90% chance of precipitation, with new amounts ranging between a quarter and half of an inch. Overnight, rain will continue, with a low hovering around 48 and a south wind at 5 to 7 mph. The chance of precipitation is 80%, and new precipitation amounts are likely to be less than a tenth of an inch. See more from Weather.gov.

💡 Quote of the Day

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

🌅 Tonight’s sunset

The MonumentCam screenshot above is used with permission of the Trust for the National Mall and courtesy of EarthCam.

We hope you have a great weekend, Arlington! Feel free to discuss the most-read stories of the week, the upcoming weekend events or anything else of local interest in the comments. 👋

About the Author

  • Launched in January 2010, ARLnow.com is the place for the latest news, views and things to do around Arlington, Virginia. The ARLnow staff byline is used for the Morning Notes and reporting done by an editor or other member of our full-time staff.