WOODBRIDGE, Va. — This year’s flu has created a mean season for those who have fallen ill.
In Virginia and at least 40 other states in the U.S., there have been widespread outbreaks of the flu virus this year and it shows no signs of stopping.
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DALE CITY, Va. — A new Americans in Wartime Museum hopes planes and tanks will draw automobiles.
Groundwork preparation for the $80 million facility has already begun on a 70-acre site behind a K-Mart store on Dale Boulevard in Dale City. The museum, once complete, will tell the story of people who fought in every U.S. war since World War I, as well as first responders on the homefront, featuring fully restored military vehicles, a “landscapes of war” exhibit that will allow visitors to experience what war fighting conditions were like on the ground and in the trenches, and the museum will feature tours and lectures led by wartime veterans.
STAFFORD, Va. — Someone has been messing around on the roof of a pharmacy in Stafford.
A sheriff’s deputy was called to a Rite Aid pharmacy at 2852 Jefferson Davis Highway after the manager learned a hole had been cut into the ceiling.
MANASSAS, Va. — The following is the latest police incident report for Manassas:
Convenience Store Robbed
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Democrats in Stafford County will party one week prior to the second Inauguration of President Barack Obama.
The Stafford Democratic Committee will host a gala at the Riverside Dinner Theater in Stafford County.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. – Officials said human remains found behind a GEICO Insurance call center on U.S. 17 in Stafford County on New Year’s Eve are those of a man who was last seen walking near a North Stafford commuter lot in 2011.
More in a press release from the Stafford sheriff’s office:
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MOM ON THE RUN
This week I got the news I had been waiting to hear: PotomacLocal.com is now an official member of the Local Independent Online News Publishers organization, or LION for short.
I sort of expected it since I was at the founding meeting of the organization this past September in Chicago and because I had paid my membership dues. But it’s good to get the final confirmation and to see your name up there with about one hundred other independent publishers from around the U.S. who are all striving to put “local” back into local news.