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At the time he made it, Jernavis Draughn’s (Potomac ’00) decision to leave a Division I program like American University for the confines of junior college basketball in Hagerstown, Md. might have seemed like a step back in his career. He certainly thought so. He had started six games for the Eagles as a freshman,…

Halloween is just around the corner and there’s plenty of activities to entertain until Oct. 31. Ghost tours and hikes are being offered at several sites within the county including Ben Lomond, Rippon Lodge and Leesylvania State Park. What better way to learn about the county’s history, meet some “ghosts” and get exercise at the…

Osbourn High School students will be delving into a new local history course that will explore a plantation within miles of their own backyards. In spring 2003, about 20 students will be taking a one-semester elective course teaching how a community can change over time. The course is called Manassas Mosaic: Creating a Community. Students…

ALEXANDRIA — The night before she died, Brenda Paz curled up on the floor of a hotel room and fell asleep in the arms of one of the gang members now accused of stabbing her to death, a federal jury was told yesterday.

The military put a group of national journalists though its first ever combat survival course this week with an amphibious carrier boarding, a helicopter insert and a march into ambushes at Quantico Marine Corps base. The aim was to teach military reporters, photographers and cameramen how to operate with troops and what to do if…

Ronald Blood Ronald “Ron” Richard Blood, 54 of Fairfax Station, died Tuesday, July 9, 2002 at Inova Alexandria Hospital. Born in Jamestown, N.Y., he moved to Northern Virginia in 1994. After serving 29 years with the U. S. Army, he retired as a Chief Warrant Officer Three. He had been employed with TSI in Lanham,…