Robber Dupes Target Employee | Bus Driver Startled By Gunshots | Smithsonian Fire: News Nearby

There was plenty of news across Virginia and Washington, DC, on Tuesday. If you missed any of it on your local Patch, here’s a roundup of some of the top stories from the past 24 hours.

• Robbers Dupe Target Employee, Steal From Display Case
• Bus Driver Crashes Into Pole After Hearing Gunshots In Southeast DC
• Fire Breaks Out At Smithsonian Castle: DC Fire And EMS

President Trump's Golf Course Memorializes Fake Civil War Battle

LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA — President Donald Trump's favorite golf course has a memorial to a particularly vicious Civil War battle, one so deadly that a plaque marking the site of the conflict on the banks of the Potomac tells how the water turned so red it became a "River of Blood."

Robbers Hold Up Someone They Know In Herndon, Are Quickly Jailed: Police

HERNDON, VA — A pair of apparently not-so-bright criminals decided to rob a man they knew last week in Herndon, and found themselves sitting behind bars as a result, according to police.

Woman Hit, Killed Standing At Mailbox In Kingstowne

KINGSTOWNE, VA—The fatal car crash in Kingstowne Tuesday afternoon involved a driver with a medical emergency accidently hitting a woman at her mailbox.

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‘Stolen’ Vehicle Finally Found In Sterling
Falls Church School District Among Leaders In SOL Test Scores
Alexandrians To Hold Charlottesville Solidarity Event
Charlottesville Crash: Funerals Set For State Troopers
Driver Dies After Crashing Into Trees In Burke
Pioneer Of Tysons Development Gerald Halpin Dies
Elderly Alexandria Man Dies After Friday Car Crash
Woman Hit, Killed Standing At Mailbox In Kingstowne

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