by 7News Staff TOPICS: SPRINGFIELD, Va. (7News) — A 42-year-old man is facing charges after sexually assaulting a juvenile at Lake Accotink Park in Springfield, Va., according to Fairfax County ...

In 20 years or so, these all might have been appropriate names for Lake Accotink if the silt continued to pour in, but a solution is at hand. Jim McGlone, assistant manager at the park ...

Accotink Creek and Lake Accotink area are popular recreation areas. In the past, the cardboard boat regatta was a big hit, and more recently, the park authority and local officials juggled the ...

A young man, a young woman and the woman’s 8-year-old son were hit by a train ... They were hit by a Norfolk Southern freight train at Accotink Park Road, in Lake Accotink Park, at about 8: ...

Gail Nittle has lived across the street from the Accotink Park for 40 years ... and their 5-year-old son stood alone on the lake’s beach, feeding some geese as a blanket of fog over the water ...

Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday created a task force charged with recommending whether the sediment-filled Lake Accotink should ... dredge the 105-year-old human-made lake ...

The family-friendly celebration will be held at Lake Accotink Park, located at 7500 Accotink Park Road, starting at 11 a.m. Watson Mountain Middle School in Leesburg opens doors for first time ...

In Springfield, hidden by lines of trees and tucked away into neighborhoods, sits Lake Accotink Park, a beautiful natural space that has long served as a refuge for wildlife and people alike from ...

Fairfax County is known for its recreational areas, and the 478-acre Lake Accotink Park in Springfield is a favorite. Its trail, picnic facilities and carousel draw families, naturalists ...

SPRINGFIELD, Va. — The future of Lake Accotink Park is up in the air after new analysis of an effort to dredge the lake has been deemed not feasible, according to county leaders. In 2019 ...