MANASSAS, Va. — Coach “Hatch” does it for the kids. William Hatchett has been a coach at the Boys and Girls Club of Manassas for close to three years.
“Hatch,” as he is known around the club, has five children that participate in the club’s basketball league three times a year.
MANASSAS, Va. — Don’t pay any attention to that text message claiming to be from the courthouse: police say it’s a fake.
Prince William police this morning said text messages had apparently gone out to some residents in the area warning them they had missed jury duty and that are in trouble.
DUMFRIES, Va. — A judge dropped eight of 23 charges against a former police officer and current Dumfries ice cream shop owner accused of sexually abusing a minor. The accused then took to Facebook to rally support and to admit his addiction to sleeping pills.
Joseph Ruhren, 41, was arrested in March when a 27-year-old Fredericksburg man told police and the FBI that he was sexually assaulted when he was a child between the ages of 12 and 16-years-old. Police said the assaults took place between 1996 and 2001.
UPDATE 5:30 p.m
All four occupants of a Toyota Scion that crashed in the 1200 block of Aquia Drive in Aquia Harbour on Thursday suffered serious injuries.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. – On Wednesday July 25, 2012 at 9:28 p.m., Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to a reported structure fire at 100 Hyde Park in Sunnydale Meadows, behind Stafford Marketplace shopping center on Va. 610.
The first unit arrived on scene within six minutes reporting fire in the basement extending to the first floor of a Townhome. Once firefighters confirmed all occupants had exited the home they worked to extinguish the fire which was under control within ten minutes.
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Police today identified Kyrell Kyyon McNeill, 4, of the 14800 block of Empire St in Dale City, as the child who accidentally shot and killed himself outside his home Wednesday afternoon.
By URIAH KISER
The county’s Board of Supervisors approved a $53.1 million project to widen U.S. 1 between Neabsco Mills and Featherstone roads from four to six lanes in Woodbridge. The project will help traffic in a commuter corridor often gridlocked during rush hours, but it also will strap county taxpayers with about $50 million in new bond debt – all of which will be need to be paid off over the next 20 years, starting in 2014.
DUMFRIES, Va. – Though no longer on the council, they’ve not been forgotten.
Former Interim Mayor Nancy West and Former Councilwoman Dorothea Barr were both recognized by Dumfries Mayor Gerald Foreman on Tuesday night. Both women stepped down from the Dumfries Town Council after losing their bids for re-election in May.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Three pounds of marijuana was found a home in North Stafford.
Stafford’s sheriff’s special investigative unit was called on July 18 to 212 Fallsway Lane in North Stafford to investigate a report of marijuana at the home. They charged 27-year-old Stephanie Patricia Engleman with possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Slugging is typically not a very emotional experience.
Sure, a driver might get angry with another driver. A Slug might be afraid when a driver isn’t driving safely, or they might be upset by the driver’s choice of radio station. A Slug might even be annoyed when the driver is driving too slowly.
