Morning Minute

Around 2,000 people gather on the Loudoun County courthouse lawn for a No Kings Day protest; the remains of President James Monroe's daughter Eliza are returned to the U.S. 185 years after she died penniless in Paris.

New Virginia Majority protests ICE agents arresting people showing up for immigration court in Sterling; the Leesburg Town Council approves ten heart statues across town.

The Purcellville Town Council is discussing a town budget that would run at a $3.5 million deficit; a Loudoun middle schooler places second at the statewide civics bee.

Andy Summers will headline the Crossroads Music Fest; some streets in downtown Leesburg could go one-way.

Children's authors get the red carpet treatment as the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation resists students' summer reading slide; after opposition from the community, school board and Board of Supervisors, Dominion Energy proposes a new route for new transmission lines.

Residents and county consultants wrestle with plans for a Rt. 15 bypass around Lucketts; two Loudoun distilleries take home gold medals at the first-ever, statewide First Landing Cup.

The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy celebrates 30 years; county supervisors overrule the Planning Commission to deny a proposal for a new cell tower.

Purcellville Vice Mayor Ben Nett asks the Circuit Court to declare that voting on the town police department's budget after the department fired him would not be a conflict of interest; voting is open for Loudoun's Favorites at loudounnow.com/favorites.

A Freedom Rider encourages young people to carry on the fight for freedom; new historical markers commemorate Gen. Anthony Wayne's crossing of the Potomac River en route to win Revolutionary War.

Rep. Suhas Subramanyam reintroduces the AGRITOURISM Act; The Virginia Valley Vipers fall in the first round of playoffs.