Depending upon perspective, credit or blame for the Walgreens drive-through construction plans goes to the sitting board members in 1992.

After more than two decades of using attorneys from the law firm of Smith and Davenport, the town of Dumfries has hired its own.

For the most part, the Prince William County School Board thinks a traditional high school is a great idea.

The date for ending Broadband over Powerline Internet service in Manassas has not been set.

A space heater too close to combustibles is to blame for a Wednesday afternoon house fire on Minnieville Road, investigators said.

A high-speed chase that began in Manassas has now involved police from multiple jurisdictions.

The state will work to improve one local intersection on Spriggs Road near Dumfries thanks to work of News & Messenger’s Lane Ranger.

AOL LLC, an Internet company struggling to adapt to an advertising-driven economy, is looking to shed more than a third of its work force as it prepares to spin off from Time Warner Inc. next month.

Hamilton says he is not a crook!

Want to learn how to play the violin, viola, cello or bass?

Homeschool Theatre Troupe steps into another era, taking children and adults into Geoffrey Chaucer’s classic, “The Canterbury Tales”

Who’s ready for some ham and turkey feast? I am!

If Manassas Councilman Jonathan L. Way had his druthers, he'd shut down the city's low-cost Internet service as soon as possible, because it's costing the city more than $100,000 a month.

Though Larry "Bill" Elliott was put to death by way of the electric chair Tuesday night, the father of one of Elliott's two victims maintains the convicted murderer was innocent.

The Manassas Park City Council voted Tuesday to start the process to replace former Councilman Peter Farrell who resigned his seat Friday.

Supervisors see massive cuts coming from the state.

Superintendent of Schools Steven L. Walts has named 41 Prince William County schools as "Schools of Excellence" in the Division's annual school awards program.

A family legacy of volunteering continues.

The Montclair Seniors invite you to join them for their monthly meeting of the "lunch bunch.".

A house fire has Minnieville Road shut down at Va. 234, police say.

Emotions were high in a Prince William County Circuit courtroom Wednesday afternoon, as a judge sentenced a Manassas man for second-degree murder.

Karl Rove’s memoir has a title, “Courage and Consequence,“ and a release date — March 9, 2010.

Officials in Virginia say a college student was shot to death while collecting frogs for biology class by a hunter who mistook her and her classmates for deer.

First Lady Michelle Obama received a few gardening tips from students Wednesday as she toured a Virginia elementary school’s vegetable garden.

J.C. Penney will stop publishing its twice-yearly “big book” catalogs, now that customers increasingly shop online.

The death of Larry “Bill” Elliott offers a glimpse behind the scenes of an electric chair execution.

There is a renewed push to find a new way across the Potomac River.

Goettge Demo Range lies in the extreme western part of Quantico Marine Corps base, west of Interstate 95. This remote location is the home of the Methods of Entry School, where Marines from a broad range of military occupational specialties learn the techniques of breaking and entering, Marine Corps-style.

The New Orleans-based National World War II Museum has seen the best and worst of times since its dedication in 2000.

Friends and relatives of executed Washington, D.C., sniper John Allen Muhammad gathered in his hometown Tuesday for his funeral.