In a special election on Tuesday, Del. Jennifer B. Boysko (D) beat out former Del. Joe T. May (R) for the Virginia State Senate seat that was previously held by Jennifer Wexton. Boysko will represent Senate District 33.
(The Washington Post)
Fairfax County Public Schools are looking to help currently furloughed federal employees by hosting a substitute teacher hiring event on Friday, Jan. 11.
(NBC Washington)
The Arlington Education Center is currently working on plans for renovation with the hope that it will become a new wing of Washington-Lee High School. Early designs feature 24,600 square feet of classrooms that could house up to 600 students. The Arlington County Board is expected to approve the educational specifications for the facility in a meeting on Thursday, Jan. 10.
(Arl Now)
The case of Justin Michael Wolfe, who has served more than 17 years in prison for a crime he says he did not commit, will have a new appeals hearing based on a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2001, Wolfe was convicted of a murder in Bristow when he was 19 years old.
(Inside NoVA)
Did you notice the hand-drawn dinosaurs that were in the place of the traditional Google logo on Tuesday? That artistic creation came from Falls Church second-grader Sarah Gomez-Lane, an aspiring paleontologist, who won the 2018 Doodle 4 Google contest.
(WTOP)
