HAYMARKET, Va. — What’s in a name? The answer to that question will be up to a select group of people who will serve on one of two committees that will be tasked with coming up with the names for two of Prince William County’s newest schools.
Both in the west end and now known as Haymarket Drive Elementary School for its location on a street of the same name, and the K-8th grade school on Aden Road next to Brentsville High School, will need permanent names.
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STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — He was first wanted for questioning, but now he is the suspect murder of 59-year-old Roberta Dews who was found dead inside her home Sunday.
Authorities said is an acquaintance of Dews, and who had access to her van, John Douglas Cornell, turned himself into authorities earlier today.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police are working two strong-arm robberies that occurred in broad daylight this morning in Woodbridge.
A woman was robbed of her purse while inside her car about 9 a.m. in the 1200 block of Bayside Avenue.
Update 12:20 p.m.
A woman from Bronx, N.Y. was killed this morning in a crash on Interstate 95 north.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Roberta Dews was last seen alive on Saturday, police said, but was found dead on Sunday inside her home.
Police said the 53-year-old woman was found by a family member who immediately called 911. That family member had come to her at 21 Kellogg Mill Road to check on her well being, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Noon
Stafford under severe thunderstorm warning until 12:30 p.m. Tornado warning ends at noon.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — A 19-year-old woman faces charges of child neglect after a woman was killed and a 4-year-old boy severely injured in a car crash over the weekend.
Four of the nine people inside the vehicle were ejected when it crashed and had to be flown to a hospital.
Prince William Times — Covington seeks local tax relief due to shutdown
Supervisor Wally Covington has called upon his colleagues on the Prince William County Board of Supervisors to pass emergency legislation to extend the due date for our citizens to pay their personal property taxes, now due on October 5th due to the federal government shutdown.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Who shot a woman in the leg while she was watching her child’s soccer game?
Police said the 43-year-old victim, of Gainesville, was sitting in a chair at George Hellwig Memorial Park at 14418 Bristow Road at Independent Hill and felt a sharp pain in her right thigh. She thought it might have been a BB or some other kind of small projectile that hit her, but doctors determined she had been shot with a smaller caliber bullet, possibly a .22 round, a police report stated.
