By TIM SWARTZ
Potomac Nationals
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Tommy La Stella drove home three runs and J.R. Graham went six strong innings as the Lynchburg Hillcats snapped their two-game losing streak knocking off the Potomac Nationals by the final score of 6-4. Matt Chaffee picked up his second save of the season striking out the possible tying run in Adrian Sanchez to end the game.
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Investigators are looking into an allegation that a 13-year-old boy was tied to a chair with a rope, beaten and abused.
Police said the abuse was reported Wednesday, and that the child was struck in the face, head, face, neck, and arms with a belt. At one point the child was tied to a chair and then to a stair handrail with an electrical cord and rope, according to police documents.
UPDATE: A second crash over the weekend took the life of another motorcyclist.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — One person is dead after a motorcycle crashed on Joplin Road near Triangle on Saturday.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — After a Bank of America in Woodbridge was robbed Thursday afternoon, police quickly apprehended their suspect.
Bank employees told police a man walked into the bank at 13976 Jefferson Davis Highway at 1:36 p.m. and approached the counter, handed the teller a note demanding cash, and then implied he had a weapon but never displayed one. The teller handed over the cash and the man fled the scene, according to police documents.
By TIM SWARTZ
Potomac Nationals
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The Potomac Nationals scored early and often en route to an 11-4 victory over the Lynchburg Hillcats in their home opener at Pfitzner Stadium. Potomac got their first win of the year against Lynchburg after getting swept by the Hillcats in the opening series of the season.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The stands were packed tonight for the Potomac Nationals’ home opener at Pftizner Stadium in Woodbridge.
The P-Nats took on the Lynchburg Hillcats fresh off their road win Thursday night against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Work has begun to rehabilitate a bridge on Va. 610 in North Stafford at Aquia Creek, located west of the intersection with Joshua Road.
Daytime, temporary single-lane closures will be required initially as workers replace guardrail along the bridge, and reconstruct the shoulders. Motorists should be alert for flagging crews at the bridge directing traffic.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Once a home to a furniture store and to a now demolished stand-alone restaurant, The Ground Round, the Jefferson Plaza shopping center at U.S. 1 and Mount Pleasant Drive in Woodbridge now sits empty and dilapidated. It’s an eyesore that isn’t sharing in the same growth and change taking place next door at Marumsco Plaza, where new retailers and restaurants will join Todos Supermarket.
So, what should happen to this old shopping center? It’s location alongside a busy highway makes it ideal, but for what? New stores? A public building? How about tearing it down and making it a park or open space? Tell us in our comments section below as we hold a public discussion about what should go here.
ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS TO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS IN WOODBRIDGE
It was 2003 and the song, “Swing, swing,” was not just some random tune that played in my car’s CD player, it was an anthem.
UPDATE 2:50 p.m.
Police in Woodbridge made an arrest in a bank robbery that took place just before 2 p.m.
