Almost four decades after Virginia began emptying the teeming mental wards of its state hospitals, jails across Virginia now house more people with mental illness than state and private hospitals combined. Of the 6,350 mentally ill people in hospitals or jails on a single day two years ago, 60 percent were in jails. And 43…
Prince William County’s first Catholic high school will bear the name of the late Pope John Paul II, Bishop Paul S. Loverde announced Wednesday. The new school, currently under construction on the Cherry Hill Peninsula, will be called Pope John Paul the Great Catholic High School, Arlington Catholic Diocese officials said. The name choice was…
Prince William supervisors learned Thursday that they’ll have to raise the tax rate several times if they want to keep the county flush over the next five years. Real estate values that are down by 14 percent will force their hands. The current tax rate is 78.7 cents per $100 of assessed value. At that…
Bristow resident Mona Shaw jokes that her “15 minutes of fame has spread to about 30.” The 75-year-old had quite the surprise waiting after she returned home from a weekend trip. Shaw, who was arrested for disturbing the peace at the Manassas Comcast office in August, had an answering machine full of messages and media…
Bristow resident Mona Shaw jokes that her “15 minutes of fame has spread to about 30.” The 75-year-old had quite the surprise waiting after she returned home from a weekend trip. Shaw, who was arrested for disturbing the peace at the Manassas Comcast office in August, had an answering machine full of messages and media…