Deep Freeze, Body Found, Restaurant Week, Flu Season and Weekend Fires

By Greg Hambrick

Strange lights on New Year’s Eve might not catch everyone’s attention, but one Ashburn man grabbed his mobile phone camera after spotting some odd lights fading in and out in the evening sky.

“You couldn’t help but see it in the sky, that bright,” Chris Smith told ABC News 7. 

See the footage and more from our area Patch sites in our daily digest.

Strange Lights Prompt Queries of UFOs Over Ashburn

Arctic Blast: Timeline for Reaching '11 Below Zero'

Body Found At Harrison Apartments Construction Site in Reston

Alexandria Restaurant Week Begins Jan. 17

ACFD: Home Oxygen Contributed to Spread of Weekend Apartment Fire

Weekend Blaze Claims Storage Building at Madeira School

Bristow Teen Dies Days After Christmas Car Crash

Flu Season Is Here, But It's Not Too Late To Vaccinate

Marijuana Advocate: 'I Will Always Be Able to Buy Pot from Friends Who Work on the Hill'

Police Make Arrest in Shooting at Falls Church Taco Bell Parking Lot 

Arlington Man Accused of Sexual Battery Against 'Young Child'

Purse Snatcher Snatched at Castiglias

Woman Tries to Buy Two Cars With Stolen Identity

Pride of Herndon Marching Band Honored by Congress

Herndon High Robotics Team to Participate in ‘Aerial Assist' Challenge

Top gun at Manassas Battlefield Leaving for Job in Gettysburg

$14,400 Worth of Hair Products Reported Stolen in Burglaries