An American Life

WOODBRIDGE — These are the kind of wins Cannons manager Jayhawk Owens would like to see more often. And if Potomac is to have any chance at a second-half Carolina League title – or even a wild card berth — he’ll need to see them more often. Pitching, defense and offense all had a hand…

With an extra 15 days to bring the Potomac News/Manassas Journal Messenger and Prince William Salvation Army Christmas Basket up to its goal of $45,000, area residents gave the fund drive a boost today. Raymond L. and Marlene C. Wareham of Dale City donated $100, and Bob and Linda Donnelly of Woodbridge donated $250. Jeese…

By KEITH McMILLAN [email protected] MANASSAS — They may be the unlikeliest of rivals, one a Group AAA member of the Cedar Run District and the other a Group A participant in the small-school Bull Run. But on the basketball court, Osbourn Park and Brentsville are neck-and-neck. The Yellow Jackets, who squandered a nine-point second half…

FORWARD OPERATING BASE MAREZ, Iraq — Sgt. 1st Class Ricky Warren remembers too much about the suicide bombing. The massive fire ball. The wounded. The dead. The Virginia National Guardsmen was eating chicken tenders Tuesday on this U.S. military base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul when the bomber struck. Five KBR civilian contract…

With thanks to the members and staff of Prince William County School Board, a nod to his wife, Mary, for her support and apologies to his son John Allen II, Coles District board member John David Allen Sr. resigned Wednesday night from the school board. In a departing statement, Allen told the board members and…

First it was the referendum supporters. Then the opponents struck back. Now, the folks at Virginia Department of Transportation are left with a mess along Northern Virginia roadsides and highway medians. Signs instructing motorists to vote “Yes” or vote “No” for the Northern Virginia sales tax referendum are littering our highways, intersections and on ramps….