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No other cases of bacterial meningitis have been reported to the Prince William County school division since a Woodbridge Senior High School student was hospitalized for the disease Friday. “Hopefully, it’s an isolated incident and it’s been caught,” said Bonny Fahy, Prince William County Schools spokeswoman. The teenage boy, who has not been publicly identified,…

By THOMAS C. DOZIER Playbook 2002 Since his freshman year at Colonial Forge High School, Chris Corbin has been known as “The Bus.” It was a term of affection from his teammates for his resemblance to Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis. Four years later, those Eagles teammates are hoping The Bus takes them to…

The land war against Iraq during the Persian Gulf War of 1991 was barely three days old when U.S. Army divisions began to route the feared Republican Guard deep inside Iraq. Meanwhile, coalition forces destroyed a long convoy of Iraqi troops retreating from Kuwait under pressure from allied ground forces. It turned into a turkey…

Broad Run would not be the end of the line of the Virginia Railway Express Manassas line if Fauquier County extended the commuter line to Bealeton, as suggested. Prince William’s western neighbor has been looking at such an extension for three years, and last month its five-member board of supervisors passed a resolution asking VRE…

Defense attorneys for the Maryland man accused of stalking women along Route 29 are seeking to bar testimony from prosecution witnesses who were hypnotized eight years ago to enhance their memories. Two women, victims of the Route 29 stalker in 1996, testified Thursday at a pretrial hearing that they had undergone hypnosis therapy to try…

Project Mend-A-House, Manassas, celebrated 22 years of providing thousands of hours of critical home repairs and safety improvements to local residents most in need during its annual “Taste of Town” dinner and fundraiser last week. The dinner at the VFW Hall in Dale City not only served as a venue to recognize the organization’s many…