Last week the outgoing Secretary of Defense made headlines by chiding many North Atlantic Treaty Organization members for their comparatively paltry contributions to their own defense, let alone to the alliance itself.
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Latson, who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome, injured Stafford Sheriff’s Deputy Tom Calvary so badly he was forced to resign from the force, after Calvary had been called to North Stafford High School to investigate Latson as a suspicious person.
Calvary tried to get Latson to identify himself, but Latson beat the officer causing severe ankle injuries.
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The CEO of Transurban, one of the two contractors that has won the bid to build toll lanes between North Stafford and Edsall Road, told an Australian newspaper the company intends to pull out if the project is delayed once more due to a lengthy environmental review process, the Washington Examiner reports.
The project was delayed some 18 months while County Supervisors sued the state and federal governments citing a categorical exemption that allowed the lanes to be built without a proper environmental review.
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Stafford County, Va. –– A fire truck from the Brooke Fire Department and a Stafford County fire and rescue ambulance were the first vehicles to cross a new bridge as it opened Tuesday in Stafford.
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Two deputies on patrol early Saturday morning on Frasier Road in the Sky Terrace neighborhood in Stafford County saw a man underneath a 1994 Ford Explorer. The deputies stopped their cars and the man pulled himself out from under the SUV and began running toward an area of townhouses, said Stafford sheriff’s Maj. David Decatur.
The deputies got out of their cars and chased the man, and during the pursuit one of them used their taser weapon causing the suspect to fall to the ground, said Decatur.
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Stafford County, Va. –– A military hero and his wife were given a new home Saturday, but it was a wedding dress and an unexpected proposal that would help make their new house a home.
Sgt. Jude Recendez and his wife, Kristine, were welcomed by nearly 100 volunteers from the Homes for Our Troops organization, who all worked to build a single-story home in the Queens Guard neighborhood in Hartwood.
U.S. Marines 2nd Lt. Michael Hanlon and 2nd Lt. Chad Ernst “volunteered” to play a role in the mass casualty exercise at Quantico Marine Corps Base on Thursday.
Despite the rising temperatures, and the fact they were to play burn victims in a mid air helicopter collision they seemed to be having a good time.
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Dumfries, Va. –– The torch that heralds the beginning of Virginia’s Special Olympics Summer Games passed through the Potomac Communities.
It’s hot out there in the Potomac Communities- and we’ve got some hot events to match! The PotomacLocal.com Events Calendar is updated weekly and includes events for everyone in our coverage area.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be Celebrate Fairfax, a local festival for people of all ages. Check out the live concerts, vendors, and kids stations for a great time.