Football played a large part in James Parker’s life and the reminders were everywhere Friday. All manner of football jerseys — some from area high schools and some from their more famous NFL counterparts — were worn by mourners who celebrated Parker’s short life during a two-and-one-half hour service at Hylton Memorial Chapel. Parker, 17,…
Football played a large part in James Parker’s life and the reminders were everywhere Friday. All manner of football jerseys — some from area high schools and some from their more famous NFL counterparts — were worn by mourners who celebrated Parker’s short life during a two-and-one-half hour service at Hylton Memorial Chapel. Parker, 17,…
The two Republican candidates for the 29th Senate District race exchanged jabs at a candidates forum Thursday. Taxes and growth dominated the forum hosted by the Bull Run Republican Women’s Club. Three sets of races were featured but the Senate candidates were the most feisty. Bob FitzSimmonds, 50, the Republican nominee four years ago, and…
Ruth Griggs, R-Occoquan, went on record Thursday and said she would tie herself to a tree to if the construction of a driving range at Lake Ridge Park threatened to destroy a single tree on the Eagle Scout Trail that meanders along the shores of the Occoquan River. “Absolutely,” she said to a pair of…
Although he did not graduate from high school before serving in the Korean War, Irving Hughes said he gained a “peace of mind” when he received an honorary high school diploma issued by the Virginia Board of Education. Hughes, 70, was “thrilled to death” to receive the diploma at a Manassas School Board meeting March…