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Latson Tyler, Jr. departed this life peacefully on Sunday evening, May 10, 2020 after an extended series of illnesses and complications at Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, MD. Prior to this he met rehabilitation challenges at the Collingswood Health & Rehabilitation Dialysis Center in Rockville, MD and the Washington DC VA Medical Center.

He was born and raised in Washington, DC April 13, 1938 in a family of five…


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Join Cruise Planners Beth Borrego and Rod Rodriguez for the World of Travel Show 2027 on Saturday, February 6, 2027, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in The BlackBox at BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown.

Meet representatives from 13 respected travel brands covering family and adults-only cruises, premium and luxury ocean voyages, European river cruises, expedition and Galápagos adventures, small-ship sailing, guided land tours, and customized vacations.


Prince William

Prince William Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Steven L. Walts suspended his Twitter account on Thursday afternoon after news that the School Board hired an outside attorney to look into his interactions with students on the social media platform.

Walts used Twitter to communicate with students in a manner that defies the school division’s established electronic communication policies that ban employees from accessing student’s personal accounts and using cell phones and other personal forms of electronic communication to communicate with students. 


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The unemployment rate in Manassas has skyrocketed to 13% in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, and long-awaited stimulus money from the Federal Government has yet to arrive.

In January and February, the city’s unemployment rates were 2.8% and 2.5%, respectively, according to the Virginia Employment Commission. The city had just come off a “banner year,” with new businesses opening and existing businesses expanding or relocating to the city.


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Gov. Ralph Northam announced on May 2 that Virginia was approved by FEMA to receive three Battelle Critical Care Decontamination Systems which can collectively sanitize 240,000 PPE each day. 

The systems are at no cost to Virginia for the first six months of use, and their decontamination services are free to hospitals and healthcare workers.