Frank Lewis Roper, 38, entered an Alford plea Monday morning in the stabbing of his estranged wife, Renita Hills, 39, in Prince William Circuit Court. Roper, of 14626 Bakersfield Street, Woodbridge, was originally charged with attempted murder and aggravated malicious wounding. Monday, the aggravated charge was reduced to malicious wounding. Roper attacked his wife in…
Dear Lane Ranger: As my carpool of seven sat in an HOV lane listening to the radio tell us of the backup on HOV, talk turned to the traffic light at Eastlawn Avenue and Cardinal Drive. I reported to the group that last evening about 9 p.m. after just missing the opportunity to turn left…
Pat Kravitz says war proponents are draping themselves in the flag and it’s almost as if you’re against the war, you’re not an American. “At least I’m a thinking American, and I’m not about to be bulldozed,” said the Lorton woman who takes her grandson to school in Prince William. As for her patriotism, she…
An 18-year-old Fredericksburg woman was killed at about 1:30 p.m. Sunday. She lost control of a 2001 Volkswagen CI and ran off of the north bound lanes of U.S. 1 and into a tree between Delaware Drive and Dale Boulevard in Woodbridge, said 1st Sgt. Kim Chinn, Prince William police spokeswoman. Witnesses told police that…
Regional jail superintendent Col. Glen Hill declared Friday night he is running for Prince William County sheriff, ending weeks of speculation. The announcement came at the county Republican’s annual Lincoln-Reagan dinner in Manassas, eclipsing the night’s mainliner Ralph Reed, a political consultant who became a national figure directing the Christian Coalition. “Tonight I am announcing…