The woman who let Erica Sherwood take shelter in her home just days before her death thought she was pregnant.
Sharae Harris took a witness stand April 2 to describe the murder of Erica Sherwood, a 21-year-old woman she called a friend for 10 years. Sherwood was killed inside the Dale City home Harris lived at with her young son and mother. Sherwood died at the hands of her 22-year-old husband John on in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, according to police.
The Greater Prince William Community Health Center is partnering with the Virginia Health Care Foundation to offer three homeless dental clinics at the Evergreen Health Center in Manassas.
The three clinics will take place on April 18, May 16, and June 20.
Weems Elementary School in Manassas has been awarded the 2015 National Excellence in Urban Education award.
According to a release, the criterion for the award includes rigorous curriculum, effective instruction, the ability to relate, and continuous improvement across demographic groups in the school.
At 1 p.m., several buildings in the Washington D.C. area went dark due to a power outage.
The outages caused afternoon delays for several commuters, and the residual effects from the outage may make it difficult for Prince William, Manassas, and Stafford residents to get home this evening.
The first ever Government Island photo contest, called “Picturing Government Island,” just concluded. The contest, run by Tour Stafford Virginia via their Facebook page, features five winners.
The photo contest was judged by photographer Buddy Secor of Ninja Pix and historian Jane Conner, who is the author of book about Government Island called “Birthstone of the White House and Capitol.”
Team Power Kix, based in North Stafford, gave impressive performances at multiple events in the U.S. and Mexico.
First, they competed in the 2015 US Open TaeKwonDo Championships in Orlando, Florida this past January. Over 2000 athletes from more than 15 countries competed at this event, according to a press release.
CVTV and CVTV Kids are proud to announce their latest partnership! Dragon Talent & Performance Coaching will bring over twenty years’ experience nurturing young, professional and pre-professional theatrical talent to the Fredericksburg area.
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News and feature stories posted to Potomac Local will now be included in research libraries across the globe.
Potomac Local now joins other local, regional, and national news outlets whose work is featured on NewsBank. The service allows users in public libraries and research centers to pull current and archived information from thousands of newspapers and online news organizations.
Following the January 25 arrest of London Colvin, an Army reservist and Norfolk State University student, an internal investigation led to the dismissal of four officers.
The Stafford County School Board has approved a make-up plan for all of the days students missed in school this winter, due to inclement weather.
The school board voted to use the waiver method to make up the school days missed, according to Valerie Cottongim, Public Information Officer for Stafford County Public Schools.
