Dumfries News

Prince William police reported the following information: Dale City n Checks and cash were stolen from two cars parked in the 4600 block of Abbott Court between 9 p.m. July 4 and 11 a.m. July 5. The cars were described as a 1999 Chevy Silverado and a 2002 Dodge Caravan.

Dr. Terry Horn and his wife are celebrating their 23rd wedding anniversary this Fourth of July weekend.

The Prince William Regional Chamber of Commerce will be in the neighborhood July 23 at an 8 a.m. Business Before Hours at the Burke and Herbert Bank at 17119 Wayside Drive in Dumfries.

Police said a man who was trying to break up a fight was robbed and then punched in the mouth on Sunday by a man impersonating a police officer.

The Dale City Knights of Columbus John Paul I Council 7165 has selected Ernestine Stewart Jenkins as their Outstanding Citizen of the Year for 2009.

Possession With Intent to Distribute Schedule I Substance , occurred on June 26, 2009, around 11:42 p.m. in the 17100 block of Dumfries Road in Dumfries.

Habitat for Humanity purchased a townhome in the Georgetown South neighborhood in Manassas early in 2008 in hopes of having a new owner move in and rehab the place.

Not everybody got exactly what they wanted after a public hearing about Silver Lake, but everybody should be happy with the end result, said Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart.

Don't forget - the Dumfries Farmers' Markets are coming back! The first one is this Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Dumfries United Methodist Church in Dumfries.

Charles Lindbergh and Thomas Edison were not thrilled with all the attention. Neither were their parents.

Drug arrests reported On 06- 19 -09, detectives from the Street Crimes Unit arrested two subjects and charged them with drug possession and distribution.

Charles Lindbergh and Thomas Edison were not thrilled with all the attention. Neither were their parents.

A Maryland man was sentenced Friday to nine years in federal prison for robbing a Dumfries-area bank in October.

On a smokestack catwalk high above Possum Point Power Station, Bryan Watts and Libby Mojica carefully made their way to a nesting box where two peregrine falcon chicks were waiting.

Apparently angry that bartenders wouldn't serve him saying he was too drunk already, a Woodbridge man stepped outside a Dumfries restaurant and fired his .40-caliber handgun into a crowd of ducks, killing a mother duck, police said.

Betty Covington stood before Potomac High School's 2009 graduates and left them with words to remember as they sat together for the final time: Respect, reject, responsibility.

A St. Mary's County seafood company owner has pleaded guilty to creating false records and transporting illegally harvested wildlife.

Dumfries Elementary recently hosted its first Multicultural Family Festival in honor of Dumfries District School Board representative Betty D. Covington.

When you're a political newcomer, it doesn't hurt to get some help from a man with more than a quarter-century in the game.

A Prince William County school leader has been named Virginia's middle school principal of the year.