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Headlines: High-Profile Homicide, Taser Video, School Embezzlement, Mall Expansion and 6 Little Piggies

Plus, Georgetown's "blue tarp house" finally gets demolished.

By Todd Richissin

Ronald Kirby, an influential transportation planner in the Washington region, was shot multiple times in the torso inside his Elm Street home, Alexandria Police Chief Earl Cook said Tuesday during a briefing to members of the press.

That high-profile homicide leads our daily digest of news from around our Patches in Virginia and Washington, D.C. See that story, and more, below.

Police Chief: 'A Lot of Work Yet to be Done' in Kirby Homicide Investigation

Police Taser Incident, Caught on Video, Under Investigation

Demolition of Condemned Georgetown 'Blue Tarp' Under Way

Cuteness Alert: Peggy Gives Birth to Six Piglets at Claude Moore Colonial Farm

Vienna Native Natalie York Funding New Album on Kickstarter

Poe Middle School Principal, Stuart High Administrator Charged with Embezzlement

Pentagon City Mall Looks to Expand

Fairfax City Man 'Shot' With Airsoft-Style Gun in His Driveway

The Music Loft of Herndon in the Running to Win $250,000

Woodbridge Man Charged With Drugged Driving, Hit and Run

Suspect Wanted For Strangulation Attempt in Woodbridge

Falls Church-Area Man Dies After Nov. 3 Motorcycle Crash

Ashburn Last Known Address For Suspect In Manassas Hit and Run

Third Arrest in Purcellville Home Invasion Case, Fourth Wanted

Manassas Pedestrian Attacked by Robbers With Pepper Spray

Man Found Sleeping in Grass Runs into Street, Pushes Officer 

A Cocoa Christmas: See's Candies Now Open in Fair Oaks Mall 

Centreville Coach Reflects on Winning Season, Looks Ahead to Victory 


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