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Sword Guilty of Improperly Disposing of Human Remains, Sentencing Set for December

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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Screams echoed through the third floor hallway of the Prince William County Courthouse this morning as the Bailey family heard yet again, sentencing for Anthony Bailey would be postponed.

Dismayed, Bailey’s sister shouted “this is just a joke to you people and there is no justice for my brother; those men got away with murder” as she left the courtroom after yet another hearing in a string of seemingly endless court dates for brothers Richard Dale and Gerry Lee Sword.

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Family & Friends Gather to Say Goodbye to Firefighter ‘Pepper’

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Greeting family and friends one final time, Stanley “Pepper” Johnson hugs one of the many who came to say farewell to the long-serving,terminally ill Dumfries volunteer firefighter. [Photo: Dumfriesfire.com]
Greeting family and friends one final time, Stanley “Pepper” Johnson hugs one of the many who came to say farewell to the long-serving,terminally ill Dumfries volunteer firefighter. [Photo: Dumfriesfire.com]

DUMFRIES, Va. — Capt. Stanley “Pepper” Johnson on Saturday came to the place where he spent the past 18 years volunteering to serve his community.

It was there, at the Dumfries Volunteer Fire Department, about 100 fellow volunteers, their families and friends, gathered in the apparatus bay — where firetrucks that morning had been moved aside to make room for the crowd — to greet Pepper, most for one final time.

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Swimmers Compete Across 8 Divisional Finals

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The Old Bridge Breakers swim team took home a divisional championship award on Saturday.
The Old Bridge Breakers swim team took home a divisional championship award on Saturday.

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The Prince William Swim League finished up their 2013 summer season with eight divisional meets on Saturday.

Swimmers from across Prince William County faced off in sets of three. This years winners:

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Alborn: Connaughton Should Resign

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Virginia Secretary of Transportation Sean Connaughton is going to the August 6 Prince William County Board of County Supervisors meeting.   I’ll give the man credit for guts.  (For full disclosure, I would have chosen another word, a part of the male anatomy that comes in pairs.  I suspect my Editor would have changed it to “guts.”)

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Osbourn Park Teacher Headed to Library of Congress

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Experiencing the thrill of seeing original historical documents and artifacts—called primary sources—and exploring with experts the millions of digitized documents maintained in the Library of Congress are two reasons that compelled Osbourn Park Social Studies Teacher Jennifer Buffa to successfully seek entry into one of the summer institutes offered by the Library of Congress.

She is one of those selected from a pool of over 500 applicants for a weeklong program on teaching with primary sources.

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‘Sergeant Reckless’ Statue Dedicated at Marine Corps Museum

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QUANTICO, Va. — On the weekend that marks the end of fighting in the Korean War, a life-sized war horse was unveiled at the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

The war horse, “Sergeant Reckless,” was used by U.S. Marines fighting in the conflict to carry ammunition to the front lines of battle. The horse also carried wounded Marines from the front lines to safety — a task the horse did on her own even after being wounded.

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Coming-of-Age Film in Theaters Sheds Light on Relationships

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Movie Review: The Way Way — Rated PG-13 — 3 stars out of 5

“The Way Way Back” is a place I am used to, so this movie was an easy choice. It’s a coming-of-age movie written and directed by the team of Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. These boys won a screenwriting Oscar for “The Descendants,” which they penned with Alexander Payne (Sideways). It follows that they would make this their directorial debut, as they are oddballs and that’s what this movie is about.

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