Loudoun County is considering a double-digit increase of its personal property tax fines to crack down on delinquent taxpayers and offset growing costs associated with the accounts.

Loudoun County authorities are investigating a report of an attempted abduction Monday of an 18-year-old woman in Sterling.

10 AND YOUNGER: Loudoun South Eagles seeks players. Coach Jeff Pfaff, travelball1999@yahoo.com , http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/?u=lstb9u&s=baseball&t=c .

RICHMOND The largest contract in Virginia history was born in 2003, after a legislative review showed that the state's computer system was out of date and increasingly expensive to maintain.

GOOSE CREEK RUGGERS, 6:30-8:45 p.m. second Thursdays, Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market St., Leesburg. Visitors welcome. Free. 703-709-6446.

The Fauquier SPCA is at 9350 Rogues Rd., Casanova. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. For information, call 540-788-9000.

QUILTERS, 7 p.m. first and third Tuesdays, Bethel United Methodist Church, 6903 Blantyre Rd., Warrenton. Also meeting on occasional Wednesdays, 10 a.m., at members' homes. Free. Call for information. 540-349-8473.

Large orange koi still swim in the pond in what used to be known as the healing garden at the former Whitman-Walker Clinic site in Arlington County. But the clinic's name on the side of the building has been painted over, and some of the only remnants of its former use are two white LabCorp boxes...

Loudoun County will have a new chill spot where teenagers can socialize and play video games: Rust Library.

News that appeared June 28 to July 2 in The Washington Post

A fire in a townhouse Wednesday displaced an Ashburn family of five.

These were among incidents reported by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office and the Leesburg, Middleburg and Purcellville police departments. For information, contact your police or sheriff's department.

These sales were recorded in Loudoun County and supplied to The Washington Post by the Loudoun County Assessment Office. To find sale and assessment records for homes in Loudoun and other Washington areas, visit www.washingtonpost.com/realestate .

10 AND YOUNGER: Loudoun South Eagles seeks players. Coach Jeff Pfaff, travelball1999@yahoo.com , http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/?u=lstb9u&s=baseball&t=c .

REIKI SESSIONS, 6:45-8 p.m. fourth Thursdays, Radiation Oncology Center, 44035 Riverside Pkwy., Suite 100, Leesburg. A program for cancer patients that aims to recharge and balance the body's energy. Free, registration required. 703-858-8857.

Loudoun County Animal Shelter, 39820 Charles Town Pike (Route 9), makes animals available for adoption by eligible residents 18 and older. More animals can be seen at http://www.loudoun.gov/animals . Adoption hours are 1 to 6 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays; and...

These cases were handled by the Loudoun County Department of Animal Care and Control. For information, call 540-882-3211 or 703-777-0406 or go to http://www.loudoun.gov/animals .

Dominion Virginia Power has announced plans to upgrade a transmission line that stretches for 9.3 miles through parts of Loudoun, Fauquier and Prince William counties.