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Catholic high school students, staff thankful to be back in class

By Uriah Kiser
Arlington Catholic Diocese Bishop Micheal Burbidge visits with an English class at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School near Dumfries. [Uriah Kiser/PLN]

The students in Rebecca Clement’s English class are finishing up reading the Greek play Medea.

Her students and Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores, both in class and learning virtually at home, took turns reading the book out loud. “I’m covering more than what I expected to cover so far,” said Clement, whose in her 14th year of teaching.

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Argument leads to arrest of wanted man near Manassas

By Uriah Kiser
Taylor

An argument led to the arrest of a man who had multiple outstanding warrants.

Police were called to a home in the 8000 block of Ashland Avenue near Manassas on Friday, September 25 at 3:41 a.m., the Westgate Apartments. Officers arrived and found a man and a 29-year-old woman inside. The woman told police the man was stopping her from leaving the apartment, police said.

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Stafford woman faces charges after infant injured

By Uriah Kiser

A woman is charged with assault and battery of a 7-month-old child that was in her care.

On September 14, Deputy R.T. Philippsen responded to an apartment in Stafford County for a report of child abuse. The parents of a 7-month-old infant had returned home and discovered a red mark on the side of the infant’s face. The parents reviewed video taken of their child’s nanny, who works inside of their home.

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Driver stopped, arrested after failing to move over

By Uriah Kiser
A Stafford County Sheriff's' patrol car.

A Stafford County man is facing DUI charges after a traffic stop on Garrisonville Road.

At 1 a.m. today, a Stafford sheriff’s deputy stopped a car after it failed to move over. The deputy just returned to his marked sheriffs after conducting a traffic stop near Garrisonville and Shelton Shop roads in North Stafford. He was stopped on the side of the road with his emergency lights on.

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County still considering options for Dumfries homeless shelter

By Uriah Kiser
Grace Church at 1006 Williamstown Boulevard in Dumfries. [Photo: MRIS}

Prince William County officials are still weighing their options when it comes to spending federal funds to put a homeless shelter in Dumfries.

County Supervisor Andrea Bailey, who represents the Potomac District which encompasses the town, asked the town’s Planning Commission to remove from its Sept. 14 agenda a request to amend the town’s zoning ordinance to allow homeless shelters in the town’s B1 zoning district. Bailey didn’t say why she made the request, and today she declined to comment for this story.

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Crisis negotiators convince suspect to release occupants inside home

By Uriah Kiser
Rowell

Police said multiple shots were fired inside a home during an argument that led to a barricade situation.

Prince William police were called at 12:21 p.m. on Tuesday, September 22 to a home 14500 block of Leary Street in Nokesville, near Independent Hill. The victim, a 35-year-old woman, reported to police that she and an acquaintance, identified as the accused, were involved in an argument that escalated.

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Tax consequences of losing your job

By Uriah Kiser
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If you have lost your job, there are a number of tax issues you may encounter. How you deal with these issues can profoundly impact your taxes and finances.

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Features

Manassas wants photos of people in masks

By Uriah Kiser
The LOVE sculpture has become an icon in Historic Manassas. A new sculpture will be unveiled in Woodbridge at Potomac Mills.

Manassas City plans to help promote its downtown businesses with a new advertising campaign, complete with photos, aimed at Christmas shoppers.

The only problem? “We have virtually no shots of people in masks,” states an email sent to business owners from the city’s economic development department.

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