By URIAH KISER
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Elected leaders Monday said a plan to build a new highway threatens Prince William’s coveted Rural Crescent.
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QUANTCO, Va. — The top man in charge of Quantico’s Officer’s Candidate School, where three Marines died in March, is out of a job.
The Marine Corps Times reports decorated infantry officer Col. Kris Stillings was relieved of command Monday. Stillings was selected to lead OCS two years ago, but officials told the corps newspaper the decision to relieve him was a “painful” one that “boiled down to accountability.”
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By KJ MUSHUNG
It’s exam week at many colleges, budgets are tight, and no student is going to cook a three-course meal when the possibility of repeating some degree requirement is hanging over them. Thus, the aroma of popcorn and pizza can be smelled down the hall from many a dorm room. But that popcorn might not be the best choice for those who have an allergy to dairy.
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A man from Dumfries was killed this morning after he lost control of his motorcycle, and now police hope witnesses will provide information on the tractor-trailer that struck him.
STAFFORD, Va. — Employees at Del’s Towing and Wrecker Service in North Stafford made a shattering discovery Friday morning – the glass door to their shop had been smashed.
Stafford County sheriff’s deputies were called to the businesses on Va. 610 just after 7:30 a.m., after employees found chards of glass broken. Nothing from the shop was stolen, said sheriff’s office spokesman Bill Kennedy.
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MANASSAS, Va. — On Arbor Day, April 26, the third-graders at West Gate Elementary School in Prince William County had a chance to get their hands dirty and plant some trees. It was all part of Dominion Virginia Power’s environmental program Project Plant It!, a fun and educational way to help the kids learn about trees and the environment.
QUANTICO, Va. — A man said to be trespassing on train tracks near Quantico was struck by a locomotive about 9 a.m. Saturday.
The 44-year-old man victim is said to be from Spotsylvania County and was attempting to cross the tracks when struck , said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
QUANTICO, Va. — The scene is now clear, and what officials at Quantico thought was a suspicious white powdery substance at the town’s post office turned out to be nothing.
A HAZMAT team called to the post office was cleared at 9:40 a.m., according to a base spokesman. The post office was closed about 10 a.m. today after a suspicious substance was found, according to base officials.
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