May's Top 5 Stories on Tysons Corner Patch

In case you missed them, here are our top 5 stories for the month of May 2013 on Tysons Corner Patch.

5. Federal Dollars Could Sustain Fairfax Special Needs Services

After months of work with consultants, the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB) worked towards securing federal dollars for employment services that will help residents with intellectual disabilities. 

4. Woman Robbed At Gunpoint at Tysons Bank ATM

A masked, armed man robbed a 27-year-old woman was robbed by a masked, armed man inside the entryway of a local bank in the 8300 block of Greensboro Drive on May 9. 

3. GOP Nominee: Planned Parenthood ‘More Lethal’ than Ku Klux Klan

Pastor and attorney E.W. Jackson, Republican candidate for lieutenant governor of Virginia, drew fire for controversial comments he made in 2012.

2. Newsweek School Rankings: Marshall Doesn’t Make the Cut

George Marshall High School did not make the grade for Newsweek’s America’s Best High Schools rankings. Of the 2,000 high schools ranked, nearby George Mason High School in Falls Church and James Madison High School in Vienna were ranked.

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Fairfax County is now part of a new system that automatically sends text messages to area phone users during the most dire of emergencies.