Wednesday Morning Rundown

Lake Anne Jazz Fest/Credit: Watkins Hamlett via Facebook

Susco 8K is Sept. 19 — Registration is now open for the Susco 8K race on Sept. 19 at South Lakes High School. The annual event is named for 1999 SLHS grad Tim Susco, who died of a brain aneurysm while working in Hollywood in 2007. Proceeds benefit the Brain Aneurysm Foundation and the Washington Regional Transplant Community. [Susco 8K]

Reminder: FCPS Budget Discussion at SLHS Tonight — A community meeting concerning cuts in order to meet a projected $100 million gap in the 2017 budget takes place at South Lakes High School at 7 p.m. Wednesday. [Reston Now]

Community ‘Filled The Boot’ — Fairfax County Fire and Rescue personnel raised a record $616.040.44 over Labor Day weekend in the annual “Fill the Boot” campaign to help Muscular Dystrophy.

Sheriff Deputies Won’t Face Charges In Inmate Death — Commonwealth Attorney Raymong Morrogh says Fairfax County Sheriff’s Deputies will not be prosecuted in the death of inmate Natasha McKenna. McKenna, who suffered from mental illness, died last winter after being tasered in police custody. [Washington Post]

Photo: Lake Anne Jazz Fest at night/Credit: Watkins Hamlett via Facebook 

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