FAIRFAX (AP)—Fairfax County parks and libraries could face additional budget cuts next year. Fairfax County Executive Anthony H. Griffin has asked the Park Authority and public library system to propose 15 percent reductions in county funding for fiscal year 2011. That’s on top of cuts of 15 percent or more this fiscal year. Griffin is working to draft a budget that closes a projected shortfall of more than $315 million, caused largely by reduced residential and commercial property tax revenue.

Police say a Fairfax County couple has been arrested on child abuse charges for allowing their 5-month-old son to overdose on heroin.

Fairfax City police have charged a Prince William County father and his 17-year-old daughter with recruiting students to a gang.

The Department of Defense has announced the death of a soldier from Fairfax serving in Afghanistan. The military says 42-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Alejandro Granado died Sunday after his vehicle was attacked by an improvised explosive device in Qole Gerdsar, Afghanistan. Granado was one of three men killed in the attack.

A Vienna man has been convicted of first-degree murder, despite his claim that he was insane when he killed and dismembered his father.

Henrico The Henrico County Health Department is seeking 100 more volunteers for Sunday’s drill to test the county’s plan to dispense emergency medication in response to a bioterrorism event or a disease outbreak. The exercise will take place from 6-7 p.m. at CVS Pharmacy, 9501 Woodman Road. Registration has been extended to Friday. There is no age limit for volunteers, and participation is not limited to county residents. For information and to register, call 501-4643 or log on to http://www.co.henrico.va.us/health.

This daily column features short news items from some of the 20 localities that make up the greater Richmond area. If you have a news item, call 649-6990 or e-mail us at . Charles City The Charles City County Board of Supervisors will meet tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the Government and School Administration Building, 10900 Courthouse Road.

Fairfax County police say a former law-office administrator has been charged with stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the office. Police announced last week that 36-year-old Lisa Mylan McCormick of Sterling has been charged with four counts of felony embezzlement. Police say that after McCormick stopped working for lawyer Kevin Fitzpatrick, he discovered the thefts and reported them.

Fairfax County fire officials have identified the Centreville man found dead in his burning home as 76-year-old Nhien Duc Tran.

Hilton Hotels Corp. is moving its headquarters from Beverly Hills, Calif., to Northern Virginia. The company is expected to spend at least $17 million on the move to Fairfax County and create more than 300 permanent, full-time jobs in the next three years, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said in announcing the project yesterday. The state is helping Fairfax with a $1 million grant from the Governor’s Opportunity Fund and $2.5 million in economic development incentive grants.

Election officials across the South are untangling minor glitches as voters flock to the polls and vote by mail ahead of Election Day. Yesterday, a Tennessee county reported some voters received ballots for the wrong district, and an Atlanta suburb discovered problems with some of its absentee ballots. Florida crush: Florida Democrats are urging the state to extend early voting to deal with the crush of voters descending on polling sites there.

Colonial Heights The Colonial Heights City Council last week voted to amend the general fund budget for this fiscal year to appropriate $1,137 to the police department so the agency can implement a senior citizens’ crime-prevention academy. The funds come from a grant. Richmond Garth Larcen and his son, Max, of the Positive Vibe Café, are in France this week to participate in a disability forum. Garth