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Sick juror delays sentencing
Eleven jurors trooped into Prince William County courthouse expecting to continue deliberations on Kevin Christopher Kelly’s sentence for involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment Thursday morning. Instead, they discovered that one of their members was missing. At about 10 a.m., Judge Rossie D. Alston informed the court that one of the jurors had been taken to…
Manassas Journal Messenger | Marshall wants Dulles rail change
Del. Robert Marshall, R-Manassas, has asked Virginia’s secretary of transportation to ditch the agency slated to oversee the rail extension to Washington Dulles International Airport. Citing criticisms from a 2002 federal report, Marshall recommended that the Virginia Department of Transportation be the prime Dulles Rail project coordinator. The secretary disagreed. Marshall wrote a letter to…
Manassas Journal Messenger | Man pulls out gun at school bus stop
An 18-year-old Dale City man allegedly pulled a gun on a 14-year-old Beville Middle School student who waited for the school bus Thursday morning, Prince William County police said. Police say Jesus Joshua Nartatez Delacruz Jr. of 13203 Delaney Road wanted information from the student about a separate incident when he pulled the gun, said…
Potomac News Online | Festival celebrates Hispanic cultures
Micaela Mar, 17, won the audience in about 2? beats of the flamenco she danced Sunday afternoon at the Loy E. Harris Pavilion in Manassas. There is much to see and hear in a flamenco dancer, and the audience at the Hispanic Festival crowded the front third of the pavilion when Mar, of Fairfax, swirled…
Potomac News Online | Real estate tumble could force tax increase
Prince William supervisors learned Thursday that they’ll have to raise the tax rate several times if they want to keep the county flush over the next five years. Real estate values that are down by 14 percent will force their hands. The current tax rate is 78.7 cents per $100 of assessed value. At that…
Manassas Journal Messenger | Villages at Saybrooke families speak out on school relocation
Terry and his wife Jane Lemons have a son going into third grade at Cedar Point Elementary School in Bristow and a daughter old enough for kindergarten in 2004. Their son began kindergarten at Bristow Run Elementary School and then was relocated to Cedar Point in 2001, the year it opened. Both worry their children…