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In the Patriot District indoor track and field championship that concluded on Feb. 9, athletes from T. C. Williams High School qualified for the Northern Region championship in four of the five field events, most track events plus three relays. Titans dominated the girls and boys shot put and repeated as the District Champion in both events.

Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that total general fund revenue collections rose by 19.5 percent in the month of January. The increase was fueled in large part by an additional deposit day which helped boost individual withholding payments by 17.5 percent for the month.

Bishop Ireton proudly announces that senior Wendell (Geno) Miller signed a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, February 6 to play football at the University of New Hampshire. Geno transferred to Ireton as a junior and played wide receiver and defensive back. He was a valued member of the 2011 and 2012 squad.

Kimberly Yvette Dinkins, 44, of Manassas, Va., pled guilty today to purchasing 31 handguns from three Virginia gun shows to resell for profit.

ACTion Alexandria, Alexandria’s online platform for community change, celebrates its second anniversary in Feb. 2013.

The T. C. Williams girls’ basketball team honored breast cancer survivors at the third annual Pink Zone event on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Before the game, Coach Kesha Walton presented survivors Lieutenant Monique Rea, Sergeant Lynn Oliver and Deputy Valarie Wright of the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office, and her own mother Eva Walton with pink carnations and courtside seats to see the Titans take on Lake Braddock.

As the 2013 General Assembly session reached its halfway point, a vast majority of Governor Bob McDonnell's top legislative initiatives have passed their respective houses with bipartisan support and will now be considered in the opposite chamber. Governor McDonnell's 2013 legislative initiatives are focused on transportation, K-12 education, higher education, government fiscal responsibility and job creation.

Studley, Inc. has been exclusively retained by Robinson Terminal to market for sale Robinson Terminal North and South, the last two prime waterfront redevelopment sites available in historic Old Town Alexandria. Robinson Terminal is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). The sites are located across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. and represent a prominent redevelopment opportunity within one of America's most storied and vibrant neighborhoods. The two Terminal ...

At the Jan. 28,2013 monthly meeting, the Alexandria Redevelopment & Housing Authority Board of Commissioners elected Mr. Chris Ballard as Chairman; he replaces Mr. Derek Hyra who served as Chairman for one year. Mr. Merrick Malone was re-elected as Vice Chairman.

On Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 at 9:13 am, a female subject walked into the PNC Bank located at 4249 Wisconsin Avenue NW, in Washington, D.C. The subject passed a note that demanded money to a bank teller, obtained the money, departed the bank on foot toward Warren Street (North) and then turned right (East).