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By THOMAS C. DOZIER [email protected] SPOTSYLVANIA — Three Spotsylvania players went for the base-hit trifecta as the Knights continued their mastery of Stafford County opponents by beating North Stafford 9-4 in the Spotsylvania Eagles Spring Break Tournament on Wednesday. Seniors Will Rogers and Pat Thacker and freshman Steven Johnson all had three hits as the…

When Dianne Peyton was in labor, the Norfolk Southern Railroad was not a friendly sight. The slow-moving train blocked her path to the hospital while it passed across the road and into the crew changing station in Manassas. “It seemed like forever,” Peyton said. “My husband didn’t even think it was legal for a train…

A Sudley-area woman allegedly left her wallet filled with marijuana in a Manassas-area Wal-Mart bathroom Friday morning in one of five drug-related incidents Prince William County police reported Tuesday. • Ronda Burks-Johnson, 41, of 7380 Colton Way, was released on a summons to appear in court for possession of marijuana after police found her wallet…

What’s going on at Guantanamo Bay? There’s been yet another arrest involving possible espionage associated with workers at the Naval Base where the U.S. is holding 660 al Qaida and Taliban suspects. The Department of Homeland Security yesterday announced they had arrested a civilian contractor who had worked at the base as a translator. The…

A man claiming to represent the Woodbridge High School boy’s lacrosse team has been fraudulently soliciting money in West Ridge, said Benjamin S. Wood, the school’s director of safety and security. The solicitor told people he was raising the money to help send the team to “nationals,” Wood said. The solicitation has not been authorized…

Storage units vandalized, appliances and tools stolen from two businesses Thieves broke into self-storage units in two separate businesses between Sunday and Tuesday, with $900 worth of property stolen from one of the units, Prince William County police said Friday. Someone took a tool set, a vacuum cleaner and a DVD player from the U-Haul…