Obituaries

Rose Howell came into this life on September 13, 1943.  Rose was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to parents Otho and Elouise Bobbins who ensured she was baptized into the Catholic faith as an infant.

Rose was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the historical Greenwood district, best known for the 1921 race riot.  Rose graduated from Booker T. Washington High of Tulsa, and married Jonathan Howell shortly thereafter on January 9th, 1965. As a military wife, Rose traveled the world with her husband and daughter Cynthia Pleshette.


Obituaries

Mary Alice Hovey (nee Cochran), 65, of Woodbridge, VA, passed away March 12, 2021 after a sudden illness.

Mary was born February 12, 1956 at Patrick, AFB, Cocoa Beach, FL, to Alice and George W. Cochran, Jr.  She graduated from Friendly High School in Fort Washington, MD (‘74).  Mary met her husband, Karl, of 45 years while she attended the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA.  She later graduated with an Arts & Sciences degree, with honors, from Germanna Community College, Fredericksburg.


Obituaries

On the evening of March 8, 2021, Joanne M. Iannitto, DNP, ANP-BC, GNP-BC passed away peacefully with her loving husband by her side after a brief and fearless battle with cancer.

Joanne is survived in death by her husband Albert of 44 years, her son and daughter in-law Matthew and Lauren, her daughter Ann, and three grandchildren.  Joanne also leaves behind 5 siblings: Mary Jane, Maureen, Lisa, George and Joe, their spouses and beloved nieces and nephews.  Joanne was loved by many and will be greatly missed.


Prince William

The Prince William County Service Authority will conduct its annual water distribution system flushing program from late March until mid-June this year.

Each spring, the Service Authority’s drinking water providers, Fairfax Water and the City of Manassas, temporarily change the primary disinfectant in their water treatment process from chloramines to free chlorine. Our water providers indicate that this temporary change facilitates an effective flushing program for the distribution system and is a drinking water industry best practice.


Schools

The Prince William County School Board asked Superintendent Steven Walts to present a plan that would offer 100% in-person learning by the fall semester, signaling to parents that fully in-school instruction would likely be available for families who want it come next school year, barring any dramatic changes in the pandemic’s trajectory.


Originals

The Prince William County School Board approved its $1.4 billion budget for the fiscal year 2022.

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Breaking News

A crash that took the lives of three people started as a police pursuit.

Police tell us the driver of a Dodge Avenger evaded a state trooper that tried to stop the vehicle vehicle near the Massaponax exit in Spostylvania County at 4:33 p.m. Police said the car was traveling at 80 mph in a 65 mph zone on Interstate 95 north.