Virginia State Police will embark on an operation this week to catch lone drivers abusing Northern Virginia’s carpool lanes. Operation “No Excuses” will concentrate state police efforts toward nailing HOV abusers along I-95, I-395 and I-66.
Does this sudden urge to crack down on HOV abuses highlight the fact that the state doesn’t have the manpower to adequately enforce the HOV laws throughout the rest of the year?
WASHINGTON — An Army Green Beret galloped on horseback across the Afghan landscape, leading the Northern Alliance resistance to the Taliban. The scene, captured in a photograph, created an instant military legend. Now Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has given broad new powers to the U.S. Special Operations Command, and Congress is poised to boost its…
J.J. France sang the loudest Sunday afternoon when he and about a dozen other children of the Dumfries Kids, a youth choir, performed at National Night Out at the Dumfries Shopping Center. Although his tongue was green from licking a ring pop, just as the choir sang “I Believe I Can Fly,” the 6-year-old ignored…
Prince William police reported the following incidents: — Compact disc players, CDs and cases valued at $395 were stolen from a home in the 3400 block of Beale Court in Dale City between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 11 a.m. Thursday. — Someone kicked the door in at an apartment where work was being done in…
“Watch the subcommittees” – that’s the advice offered Manassas School Board members by Sen. Charles T. “Chuck” Colgan, D-29th, during a meeting Tuesday to consider the chances of passing local legislative priorities during the next session of the General Assembly. Around the third week of February, Colgan said, education subcommittee members will present their budget…
Gov. Mark R. Warner defended his two vetoes and changes to Republican bills and the state budget during his monthly Northern Virginia radio call-in show Tuesday. He guaranteed a 2.25 percent pay raise for state employees including teachers rather than the measure approved by lawmakers that was contingent on economic growth. “If I’m going to…
By LACY LUSK [email protected] WOODBRIDGE — Tying the two-time defending Group AAA boys soccer state champion was hardly cause for celebration for Forest Park on Friday night. The Bruins scored first, but had to settle for a 1-1 draw with West Springfield. Woodbridge transfer Mike Monahan put the home team up in the 43rd minute,…