'War' for Gabriella, Assault on Officer, DWI Checkpoints, Halloween Parade and Free X-Rays (Candy Only)

Every once in a long time, someone like Gabriella Miller comes along and touches your heart, never mind where that person is from or where you call home.

Gabriella was one of those people. She died over the weekend at age 10, and now thousands of well wishers have promised to keep her fight against childhood cancer alive.

That special little girl is our lead in our daily digest of news from around our Patches in Virginia and Washington, DC. Her story, and more, below.

Remembering Gabriella Miller: 'We will continue your war and win it.'

Man Charged With Assaulting a Police Officer

Bullet Fired Through Home 

JFK Shooting Eyewitness to Speak at Germanna

Falls Church Restaurant Inspections: Chipotle, Happy Family, School and Senior Center

Lake Braddock Secondary Student to Play in U.S. Army All-American Bowl

WMATA Breaks Ground on Cinder Bed Metrobus Facility in Lorton

Police Investigating Intruder Incident in Springfield

Want to X-Ray Your Child's Halloween Candy? Get it Done for Free

Photos: 2013 Del Ray Halloween Parade

Car Salesman Takes the Cash and Runs

Sweetgreen to Open in McLean Wednesday

Police: Man Impersonates Utility Worker to Facilitate Burglary

Crime Report: DWI Checkpoints in Chantilly Yield Two Arrests

Police: Manassas Park Woman Robbed in a Parking Lot

WMATA Breaks Ground on Cinder Bed Metrobus Facility in Lorton

Police: Woman, 23, Charged with Assault on on Officer in Clarendon

Gas Station Robbed on Walter Reed Drive

Woodbridge Man Struck in Face With Glass Bottle