Morning Minute

County supervisors ask federal legislators to legalize industrial hemp; School Board members and school administrators tackle attendance rates.

Loudoun lawmakers look for answers on plans for an insulation plant in West Virginia; Loudoun NAACP president Philip Thompson seeks a memorial to the three known lynchings in the county.

A 16-year-old marks his first solo flight; police investigate a string of robberies at 7-Eleven stores.

A Park View High School celebrity alum makes a surprise announcement; Heritage High School finally gets its artificial turf field.

Winemakers and brewers are starting to serve beer and wine side-by-side for the first time; K2M sells for $1.4 billion.

The Leesburg Town Council wants the option to study whether to become a city; the Loudoun General District Court debuts a mental health docket.

The state says the school system's policies on restraining and isolating special education students are okay; Old Ox Brewery spills over into a new tasting room and beer garden in Middleburg.

Sully Elementary celebrates 50 years since a hurried start; restaurant week continues with AhSo.

It's restaurant week, and Wine Kitchen Hearth & Steak in Purcellville is going out in style; Loudoun health department officials are looking for people who may have been exposed to measles. The Morning Minute is back!

At 15, Deirdre Jane Prigge becomes one of the youngest—if not the youngest—person to graduate from a Loudoun high school; After more than a decade, the school system gets ready to open the Academies of Loudoun.