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A Woodbridge man is charged with attempted murder after police say he drove a minivan into a police officer near his Lake Ridge home. Shaun Donald Witt, 19, of 2721 Omisol Road hit Officer Matt Jacques with his mother’s minivan early Thursday morning, according to Detective Dennis Mangan, Prince William County Police spokesman. “[The officer]…

RELATED Hurricane Katrina coverage It was half Halloween party, half fundraiser at the Glen Ridge Commons Club House on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Jenni Arnold, an organizer for the Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League, teamed up with the property manager for the apartment complex to put together the event that would benefit New…

The Earth is about to smack right into a bunch of cosmic space dust and when the stuff hits our atmosphere, experts predict the crash will make for a spectacular meteor shower. Late Monday night and early Tuesday morning, the Earth’s orbit will carry it through the orbital planes of two dust streams the comet…

They was taters everwhere ? 48,000 pounds of loose sweet potatoes in all, dumped right in the front yard of the church Sunday morning while it was still dark outside. But the good people at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Woodbridge pitched in and bagged all of the loose sweet potatoes before the 11…

Marine Corps Pvt. Ryan Taylor is following in his father’s footsteps and the trail is leading right into the middle of the Iraqi desert. His father, Jim Taylor, 49, a retired Marine Corps major, fought in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. Although Ryan Taylor, 19, is bound for another country, the desert is the same…

Sean Connaughton has forced us to become the defenders of the porn industry in recent months, even though many on the editorial board find pornography offensive. It’s not that the adult entertainment industry deserves defending, but the encroachment of government into private lives should be disdained. This is especially true when looking at Prince William…