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Josefina Perez Named to Preseason All-Conference Team
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Saint Louis senior Josefina Perez was named to the 11-player Atlantic 10 Conference Field Hockey Preseason All-Conference Team, the league announced today. Perez, a native of Santiago, Chile, started all 16 games for the Billikens last season and led the team in scoring with 14 points (5G, 4A). Her five goals were tied for team-high honors and her four assists led the squad. Three of Perez's goals in 2023 came during A-10 play – UMass, VCU, and the game-winning tally against Lock Haven. As a sophomore in 2022, Perez led the Bills in scoring with 15 points...
Police: Incoherent man charged with public intoxication
N Aug. 18 at 10:41 p.m., officers responded to Beulah Road and Church Street, N.E., for a report of a man yelling incoherently and walking into traffic, Vienna police said. Officers located the man nearby, and during interactions with him noted signs of impairment, police said. The suspect attempted to...
Aggravated shopping-center staff calls cops on trespasser
On Aug. 2 at 9:02 a.m., an employee of the property-management company for a shopping center in the 200 block of Cedar Lane, S.E., called Vienna police on a trespassing matter. The employee reported there had been ongoing issues with a man who refused to leave the property. Officers advised...
J. Crew Factory store may be coming to Tysons strip mall
A discount clothing retailer appears to be coming soon to Tysons, right down the street from both Tysons Corner Center and Tysons Galleria. Pike 7 Plaza will be home to a J. Crew Factory store, according to permit applications submitted to Fairfax County. It will be located at 8387 Leesburg Pike, between the strip mall’s Lidl and DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse stores.
A steep price to pay: Virginia's new safety campaign hits drunk drivers right in wallet
RICHMOND – As we head into the final weekend of unofficial summer celebrations – Labor Day – the commonwealth of Virginia has rolled out enhancements to its long-running “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. Backed by data from the market-research firm Dynata, this iteration of the 23-year-old program features a website called “What’s the Damage?” that puts a more financial-focused spin on the dangers of drunk driving. At the centerpiece of the campaign is a list...
D.C. Celebrates the Creative Community with 202Creates 2024, A Month Highlighting City as a Culture Capital
Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Office of Cable, Television, Film, Music and Entertainment are celebrating the District's creative community with the 39th annual Mayor's Arts Awards and 202Creates month, which will feature a variety of events and performances from local artists. The post D.C. Celebrates the Creative Community with 202Creates 2024, A Month Highlighting City as a Culture Capital appeared first on The Washington Informer.
Giant shoppers met with ‘age limit’ signs forcing customers to make alternative plans before entering outlets
SHOPPERS at Giant Food have been confronted by a new age-restriction policy, forcing some customers to make some changes. A select number of stores in Washington DC and Maryland have started banning certain minors. The new policy aimed to tackle theft bans minors from the affected stores if it is after 6 pm and they […]
Multiple overnight break-ins at Montgomery County businesses
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) – Several businesses in Montgomery County were broken into overnight, leaving many storefronts with shattered windows and doors. Employees at Parkway Deli in Silver Spring said when they got to work Tuesday morning, their front window was completely smashed and broken glass was all over the ground. The deli’s […]
Revised school plan would give parents some choice in making children repeat third grade
Parents would be able to let their children advance to the fourth grade, even if they failed to meet reading standards that would otherwise lead to them being held back, under a proposed revision to the state's controversial literacy program.
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