In what seems like six short months ago, we sat down in a room near Manassas and talked about the demise of the local newspaper. The general consensus at the meeting of the Prince William Committee of 100 that the local community newspaper would meet its doom in 2017.

The daily newspaper in Prince William County, News & Messenger and it’s companion website Insidenova.com, will cease production Dec. 30. It looks like 2017 came early.


STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of Montreus Peterson, age 18, of Woodford, Virginia. Peterson has been charged with 1 Count of Shooting at an Occupied Dwelling and 1 Count of Reckless Handling of a Firearm. He is currently incarcerated at the Rappahannock Regional Jail under no bond.

Peterson was charged as a result of an incident that occurred on the evening on Saturday, November 24, 2012, where deputies responded to a residence in the Olde Forge subdivision in Stafford. The Sheriff’s Office investigation has indicated that Peterson shot several times into a residence and then fled the scene after being spotted by a Stafford deputy.


STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Two men are under arrest and a Stafford County supervisor’s family has come together to offer support for their son.

Grant Reid Weber and Travis Christopher Milde, both 20-years-old, have been tied to a case involving breaking and entering, assault and batter, and vandalism that occurred in Stafford County.


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STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — It’s been three weeks since 17-year-old Evan Newsom was shot and killed by police. And during that time no new official details about the shooting have been released.

Newsom was killed at his home in the early hours of Friday Nov. 2 in the 12300 block of Tacketts Mill Road in Fauquier County, just across the Stafford County line.


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