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Sex crimes, Mickey Mouse and dead battlemen — this time it’s a sniper shooter that puts the spotlight on the Manassas area. A gaggle of reporters with cameras gathered outside in the cold rain Thursday morning as they waited for word on the latest in a string of Washington, D.C.-area sniper shootings. The scene: A…

Virginia’s registry of violent sex offenders can be searched online at: https://sex-offender.vsp.state.va.us/cool-ICE/ To check if there are registered offenders living in your neighborhood, click on “search for violent sex offenders.” You can search the registry by entering a ZIP code, city or county. To see if an individual is listed on the registry, click on…

A Prince William County police lieutenant with little political experience is challenging Sheriff E. Lee Stoffregen III for the Democratic Party’s nomination for sheriff, in a primary run that is already pitting the former college classmates against each other in what is rapidly becoming a microcosm of the existing tensions between their respective agencies. John…

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. When North Carolina sophomore defender and Hylton-graduate David Stokes takes the field, it is all business. Since his freshman year when he earned all-ACC tournament honors, Stokes has played in every North Carolina soccer game. His high-caliber defensive play is so standard that Tar Heels coach Elmar Bolowich doesnt even write his…

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ?–?The Potomac Cannons blew a four-run lead and lost for the second straight night to the Winston-Salem Warthogs, 8-5, on Sunday. Potomac led 5-1 before the Warthogs (25-22) exploded for five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to take a 6-5 lead. The Cannons (21-27), last place in the Carolina League…

POTOMAC RIVER D.C. Main river bridge pilings are holding largemouth bass and channel catfish. These fish are taking deep-diving crankbaits, plastic worms and grubs, and jig ‘n pig baits on falling tides. The Washington Channel grassbed is giving up some bass to anglers working spinnerbaits, buzzbaits and plastic worms in the grass. Rattling crankbaits, retrieved…