Community Corner
Serial Peeper, Red Light on Red-Light Cameras, Roaming DWI Enforcement, Pink Ribbons and Oh, Really, $100,000?
Plus, thieves steal wheel off car, replace it with concrete drain.
by Todd Richissin
With such a beautiful day behind us, we start today's daily digest with a beautiful story. That would be $100,000 worth of beautiful.
In early May, Alexandria resident Karen Gentry bought a Cash 5 lottery ticket at the 7-Eleven. Nothing. Nothing. Then, this week, Gentry realized she had a winning ticket — and claimed her prize just four hours before the ticket expired.
Nice. That, and more from around our Patches in Virginia and DC, below.
Alexandria Woman Claims $100,000 Lotto Prize Hours Before Expiration
New Coffee & Chocolate Shop Has One Very Special Twist
Thieves Steal Wheel Off Car, Replace it with Concrete Drain
Two Attacks on Elden Street in Herndon
Pink Ribbons at Mary Washington House Honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Police: Property Reported Stolen From Alexandria School
Fairfax County Considering Regulations for Title Loan Businesses
Fairfax County Police Arrest Serial Peeper Suspect
Jammin' Java to Celebrate Its 12-Year Anniversary Friday
Young Professionals Choosing to Stay in Fredericksburg Region, Survey Finds
With such a beautiful day behind us, we start today's daily digest with a beautiful story. That would be $100,000 worth of beautiful.
In early May, Alexandria resident Karen Gentry bought a Cash 5 lottery ticket at the 7-Eleven. Nothing. Nothing. Then, this week, Gentry realized she had a winning ticket — and claimed her prize just four hours before the ticket expired.
Nice. That, and more from around our Patches in Virginia and DC, below.
Alexandria Woman Claims $100,000 Lotto Prize Hours Before Expiration
New Coffee & Chocolate Shop Has One Very Special Twist
Thieves Steal Wheel Off Car, Replace it with Concrete Drain
Two Attacks on Elden Street in Herndon
Pink Ribbons at Mary Washington House Honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Police: Property Reported Stolen From Alexandria School
Fairfax County Considering Regulations for Title Loan Businesses
Fairfax County Police Arrest Serial Peeper Suspect
Jammin' Java to Celebrate Its 12-Year Anniversary Friday
Young Professionals Choosing to Stay in Fredericksburg Region, Survey Finds
20/20 Economic Summit: Fredericksburg Region Poised for Economic Growth
Police: Man Scams Group of Nine with False Promises of Work
Police: Victim Robbed at Gunpoint in the Fair Oaks Mall Parking Lot
New Red Light Cameras on Hold Indefinitely
Fairfax Man Arrested in Connection to Series of Alexandria Burglaries
Alexandria Police to Conduct Roaming DWI Enforcement Halloween Night
Police: Victim Robbed at Gunpoint in the Fair Oaks Mall Parking Lot
New Red Light Cameras on Hold Indefinitely
Fairfax Man Arrested in Connection to Series of Alexandria Burglaries
Alexandria Police to Conduct Roaming DWI Enforcement Halloween Night
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