A descendant of Parson Lock Weems — the colonial-era Dumfries man made famous by spinning virtuous tales of George Washington’s boyhood — was found murdered in a shallow grave in Brazoria County, Texas, on Thursday morning. Brazoria County is 45 minutes south of Houston on the Gulf Coast. Holmes Powell Weems, 61, of West Columbia,…
Students were seeing double at Parkside Middle School’s library when a luncheon was held for 15 sets of twins and a set of quadruplets. Sixth- through eighth-grade identical, fraternal twins mingled over pizza and soda while being honored for their birthrights Friday. Dwight Edmonds, Parkside Middle School’s guidance director, who has a twin brother, found…
Residents of Virginia Oaks in Gainesville are circulating a petition protesting the construction of a new 660 home development, saying it will further strain area roads. The Prince William Board of County Supervisors is set to vote Tuesday on the Meadows at Morris Farm, following a public hearing. The 268-acre development on the south side…
42-year-old almost robbed near 7-Eleven in Dale City A 42-year-old man was almost robbed at a 7-Eleven on Hillendale Drive in Dale City at 6:10 p.m. Thursday, Detective Dennis Mangan, a Prince William police spokesman, said Friday. Thomas Walker Singleton, 21, of 12915 Detterman Drive in Dale City was charged with attempted robbery. A 15-year-old…
Northern Virginia conservatives promised this year to fight to get more money back from Richmond because the region is the economic engine of the state and sends much less than receives. That shift is unlikely to happen, say their more senior counterparts in the Republican Party. “I doubt seriously anything will happen this year,” said…