Stonewall grad Causey named goalkeeper coach of WUSA’s Breakers

A 47-year-old woman suffered second- and third-degree burns over 90 percent of her body Thursday around 1:30 p.m., and was listed in critical condition at the Washington Hospital Center’s burn unit Thursday night following a fire in the bedroom of her 14591 Lightner Road home near Haymarket. Only the woman’s last name, Mires, was available…

MANASSAS — Because guns, bayonets and other weapons are banned in schools, history classes at Osbourn High School had to be held off school grounds this week for a living history presentation from a “World War II soldier.” About 400 students gathered at various times on Wednesday and Thursday on the steps of the Manassas…

Alongside the many aircraft hangars at Manassas Regional Airport are the facilities of Aurora Flight Sciences. Inside, the company has a slew of unmanned aircraft. Some look like flying garbage cans and another resembles a sleek, predator drone. Among these terrestrial fliers are prototypes and models for one plane, somewhat similar in function to other…

Iona B. C. Bass Iona Bell Coakley Bass, 90, of Fredericksburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002, at the Woodmont Health Care Center in Fredericksburg. She was born Oct. 18, 1911, in Stafford and was a homemaker. She was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church and a member of Leeland Home Demonstration Club. She…

Eastern Prince William County towns will retain their current tax rates for next year thanks largely to increases in assessed values. Dumfries, Occoquan and Quantico town councils passed their Fiscal Year 2003 budgets last month. The assessed value of property in the town of Dumfries increased and there also have been taxes gained by new…

Synergy One Federal Credit Union, Manassas, has won another Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award for its efforts to teach personal finance skills to students. The award, sponsored by the Virginia Credit Union League and the Credit Union National Association, recognizes leadership within the credit union movement on behalf of youth financial literacy. The credit union’s…