Bush: U.S. Launches Strike Against Iraq

By Dan Clendaniel For the Potomac News & Manassas JournalMessenger DALE CITY — Gar-Field pitcher Shannon Massie had some adjusting to do in the first inning. She was having trouble gripping the ball and then discovered that, according to the plate umpire, the outside corner that normally gets a lot of “strike” calls belonged to…

Air Force Lt. Col. Sam Epperson called his wife at home one Friday afternoon in mid-January with a question. He had an opportunity to go to Kuwait in preparation for the war with Iraq. He wanted to know what she thought. “I told him I wasn’t happy about it but if he had to go,…

HAMPTON Former Hylton football coach Bill Brown may be putting his clipboard away for a desk job soon but pigskin fever is still lingering in his blood. After Friday’s Virginia High School Coaches Association East-West All-Star game, the Virginia High School Hall of Fame coach acted like he always does after a game, reflecting on…

Pierce Homers selection as state Deputy Transportation Secretary was a bittersweet one. He got the call from transportation chief Whittington W. Clement the same day his father died. In making his decision whether to accept the position, he relied on three pieces of advice from his father, Porter Wyman Homer: “Forget about the money, go…

The House passed a veto-proof repeal of the estate tax on a 69-29 vote Monday to drown out Democrats, who said the lost revenue flies in the face of the state’s budget crisis. If the Senate can manage 27 votes on its side today, the measure will be veto-proof. The Senate gave its preliminary approval…

Stonewall Jackson volunteer firefighter Carrie Wilson was honored with the Gold Medal — the top valor award given to a public safety official in Prince William County, by the county Chamber of Commerce during a Thursday ceremony held at The Clubs at Quantico, on the Quantico Marine Corps base. Wilson received a standing ovation from…