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A rash of car break-ins has left Manassas commuters with broken windows, and in some cases missing property, said Sgt. Marc Woolverton, Manassas police spokesman, on Friday. The string of break-ins has occurred along the Virginia Railway Express lines running through the city. The latest break-in on Wednesday left six cars with smashed windows in…

Ruth N. Ransom Ruth Nash Ransom, 86, of Manassas, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2002, at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gray Portis Ransom Jr. Survivors include her daughter, Mary Ruth Cassady; her son, Gray P. Ransom III; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 10 to…

It’s not a permanent solution for Dumfries, but it does help. David Whitlow of Ashland has been named Dumfries interim town manager. “I’m excited about being here,” Whitlow said. He spent much of his first day meeting with the town’s department heads and then touring the town with Mayor Melvin “Mel” Bray. “[Whitlow] is a…

The state is battling court-ordered deadlines and a tight budget in its attempt to pinpoint causes of and craft solutions for pollution in more than 600 water bodies identified in a report released in July. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s Report on Impaired Waters and Water Quality Assessment released July 10 lists 44 percent…

There were three shooting incidents in the area Tuesday and Wednesday. Two of the incidents involved BB guns and one involved arrows stuck in a the front door of a Lake Ridge home, said Prince William County police. • Police said a man was shot with a BB gun in the 14200 block of Carterwood…

Prince William County officials are expected to ask a judge to rule on whether the county has a legal responsibility to represent county Supervisor Mary K. Hill in a defamation of character lawsuit filed against her by a county police detective. The suit, which stems from comments Hill made last year about the detective in…