Headlines: Mob Attacks, Shots Fired, Closed Businesses, Truck Theft, Holiday Recipes and Realtor Smells Smoke

By Greg Hambrick

A fight among a group of people in Herndon reportedly turned even uglier when one man picked up a shovel and hit two others in the head. More charges followed as several of the people tried to flee, and a police car was damaged in the process.

Read more about the incident, along with reactions from Patch readers in our daily digest.

Real Estate Agent Showing Home Smells Smoke, Alerts Fire Department

Animal Hospital Employee Charged with Stealing Clients' Credit Cards

Mob Attacks Two With Shovel, Man Hits Police Officer With Car

Holiday Recipes From Alexandria's Culinary Community

35 Hours of Commercial Free Christmas from FredNet Radio

Don't Drink And Drive: Let SoberRide Taxi Service Do The Driving

Students Hold Pajama Drive For Fairfax County Homeless Shelter

Art Monk ‘Excited’ for Garçon, Who Broke Hall of Famer’s Record

New Cops Hit The Streets In Prince William County and Dumfries

Society Fair Receives Nod from 'Food and Wine'

Alexandria Police Respond to Report of Shot Fired on Pendleton Street

Local Man Charged with Stealing Truck in Burke

How Many Businesses Closed in Annandale? 2013 Year in Review