The Lee County School Board approved a plan last week that would allow its teachers to carry concealed weapons, or have their weapons stored on school property in safes. Teachers wishing to do so would have to undergo background checks, psychological evaluations and summer training, with the hopes of the plan going into effect this September. The school district is the first in the commonwealth to allow teachers to arm themselves.
(The Washington Post)
The Reston Crescent project—which would add a Wegmans, hotel, residential units, office and retail space to 36-acres of land near the intersection of Reston Parkway and Sunrise Valley Drive—has been approved by the Fairfax County Planning Commission and will go before the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on July 31.
(Reston Now)
According to D.C. Fire and EMS Chief Gregory Dean, there have been more than 100 overdoses in the District over the last four days likely due to a bad batch of synthetic “K2” or “Spice” marijuana.
(WTOP)
To enter Neabsco Creek right now, “DANGER” signs steer a majority of boaters away due to the creek’s shallow depths. A more than $1 million dredging project is expected to begin this fall, with the hopes that this would also improve 911 response times to emergencies on the Potomac River.
(INSIDENOVA)
Thursday night, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C. will kick off Signature Theatre’s Sizzlin’ Summer Nights Shirlington cabaret series.
(ARL Now)
