Daughter admits to killing mother
A Stafford teenager who killed her mother during a planned execution last year pleaded guilty to first-degree murder today, reports Fredericksburg.com.
Search for missing college students goes online
Relatives and friends of a Virginia college student who vanished in New York City have been scouring the two states for clues about his disappearance — and taking their search online, reports the Washington Examiner.
Conservative media outlet Bearing Drift is reporting the Republican Party of Virginia has notified the State Board of Elections they will rescind their request to require voters in the upcoming March 6 Primary Election to sign a pledge to vote Republican in November’s General Election.
The plan, dubbed a loyalty oath, was scrutinized by locally elected officials and by Gov. Robert F. McDonnell.
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Fire officials in Woodbridge said 20 people are homeless Tuesday after a fire ripped through walls at their apartment complex Tuesday.
The first segment in the latest edition of “School Focus” looks at Volunteer Prince William’s Un-Trim a Tree Holiday Gift Program, which ensured that thousands of children in the Prince William community had gifts for the holidays.
Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) employees helped coordinate the program and adopted hundreds of kids as well. The second segment of “School Focus” shows how the location of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, in Quantico, is a valuable resource for PWCS educators, with a teacher in residence at the museum an additional benefit.
In a year when state parks across Virginia saw near record attendance, and hosted more overnight campers than any other year in their 75-year history, park officials are taking a bow.
“Hurricanes and tornados briefly closed a number of parks, in some cases for several weeks, and yet our daily attendance was the second highest in history, only a modest decline from 2010,” said Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation State Parks Director Joe Elton in an email statement. “In fact, our daily attendance increased in nearly half of our 35 parks. Virginia State Parks remain a primary vacation destination for millions of people looking for affordable opportunities to enjoy Virginia’s great outdoors.”
The 18-year-old male victim was in the 16900 block of Point Pleasant Lane off Allen Dent Road when we was approached by a man who hit him in the head with what, police said, appeared to be a handgun.
The victim fell to the ground and two other males surrounded him and took an undisclosed amount of cash and pizzas from the victim, said Prince William police.
Dumfries, Va. — A driving force behind the Democratic Party in Prince William County passed away Sunday.
Kevin English, who was active in the Prince William County Democratic Party for 38 years and a former Dumfries Town Council member, died in his real estate office in Dumfries from a massive heart attack, Democratic sources said.
This month I lost my beloved Grandmother, Louise. She was 96-years-old at the time of her death and lived a very long and happy life, so I don’t think I’ll be too sad.
My Grandfather, Wilfred, died a few years earlier. I have fond memories visiting my grandparents in Massachusetts. One time, when I was about 8-years-old, when we came to visit there was a “clam bake” planned for the next day. Early that morning, my grandpa asked me if I wanted to feed the clams. Intrigued, I followed him down to their basement or cellar as they called it.
By KRISTINA SCHNACK KOTLUS
Schools and Education Reporter
I’m not sure if anyone missed me, but I have, in fact, been on something of a “holiday hiatus” since November. I’ve been learning plenty of my own lessons as family continues to navigate our way through our first year of homeschooling our children, including that it is a full time job, especially around the holidays!
