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Jana Wagoner
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- Jury finds Ashburn man guilty of first-degree murder
- Shelters open arms to homeless during storms
- Chocolates Galore and More is a tasty way to support the YMCA
- Public safety officials save lives with defibrillators
- Blues n' BBQ event to honor fallen soldier
- Environmental commission chairwoman runs for council
- Pony aids in Leesburg Animal Park rescue
- Donna Mack, newspaper business manager, dies at 71
- Wedding in a winter wonderland
- Around the towns
- Judges eliminate Bluemont teen from 'Idol' contention
- Man pleads guilty in Sterling death
- Two Leesburg councilmen announce re-election bids
- Police and fire briefs
- Daughter confesses to killing mother in videotaped interview
- Daughter accused in mother's death begins trial
- Baltimore man pleads guilty to Leesburg crime spree
- Loudouners rally to help Haitians
- Man found guilty in lemonade stand solicitation case
- Bake sale to benefit Haiti earthquake victims
- Lemonade stand solicitation goes to trial
- Police and fire briefs
- MLK event to celebrate unity in diversity
- Leesburg briefs
- Loudoun resident advances in 'American Idol'
- Around the towns
- Library to host Social Security workshops
- Around the towns
- Withdrawal of PATH moves forward
- Fire in Leesburg home
- Holiday burglar hits Leesburg home
- Teen must wait a month for plea in assault, burglary cases
- DNA links rape cases
- Benefit planned for Ashburn resident in coma
- Three firefighters investigated for two separate incidents
- Free holiday cab rides
- Bluemont resident fears dogs were stolen
- Registration open for parenting classes
- SCC staff recommends denial of PATH
- Around the towns
- Judge upholds constitutionality of search in murder case
- Leesburg council approves Woodberry Road improvements
- Dunn makes bid for mayor of Leesburg
- Leesburg renter says he's invaded by insects
- Church dedicates tree to victim of unsolved slaying
- Police and fire briefs
- Baseball league collecting items for troops
- Hillsboro switches to November elections
- Around the towns
- Holidays in Leesburg kick off this weekend
- Fallen soldier's family reaches out in his memory
- Police and fire briefs
- Man pleads guilty to burglarizing Loudoun Guns
- Fundraiser to benefit Inova Loudoun Hospital
- Leesburg staff sees hope in budget
- Leesburg discusses planned wastewater bill increase
- Motions denied: PATH stays on track
- County awaits PATH rulings
- Supreme Court refuses to hear utility rate case
- Mims helps lead McDonnell transition team
- Salvation Army kicks off holiday programs
- Rush hour crash kills Centreville man
- Town exploring Woodberry Road options
- South Riding burglary suspects arrested in Fairfax
- DVDs for troops
- Leesburg OKs alcohol at events in town facilities
- Rummage sale benefits MADD
- Leesburg news
- Accused murderer questions legality of search
- Local 'Project Runway' finalist teams up with Patsy Cline nonprofit
- Republicans take back Virginia, Loudoun
- Robber's photo released
- Leesburg votes to keep elections in May
- Gunman shoots two, kills himself
- Gang violence decreases in Loudoun, nearby counties
- Leesburg Town manager: Tax increase looks avoidable
- Leesburg recognized for green efforts
- McDonnell, Deeds square off in rematch
- Update on campaign finance
- Details revealed in July Leesburg crime spree
- Purcellville soldier buried at Arlington
- Public safety news
- Leesburg approves Meadowbrook development
- Thousands gather to honor fallen Purcellville soldier and his family
- Leesburg Police seek person of interest in armed robbery
- Update: Flight time, funeral set for Purcellville soldier
- Loudoun's best football-viewing venues
- Town weighs fiscal impact of Meadowbrook
- Village at Leesburg bringing space to live, work and play
- Leesburg news
- Around the towns
- Indictments against 17-year-old stand
- Loudoun Cares buys space for nonprofits
- Middleburg man gets life sentence for murder
- Locals remember Judge Carleton Penn II
- Leesburg in brief
- Grand jury to hear second-degree murder cases
- Judge: Leesburg not in contempt of court
- Late civil rights leader's incest conviction stands
- Reporter's Notebook: A flight in a B-17 bomber
- Police and fire briefs
- Registration open for parenting classes
- Recipes needed for Explorer Post cookbook
- After suicide, Leesburg widow sues LaRouche
- Police and fire briefs
- Thrift store extends hours
- Family reacts to first-degree murder plea
- America's 911 Ride to roll through town
- Dog found to be killed by dogs
- Leesburg man dies in dog attack
- Granddaughter pleads guilty to murdering grandmother
- Leesburg passes new rate structure
- Teen indicted in Lansdowne attacks and slaying
- Boy recovering after nearly drowning at sports camp in Lansdowne
- Customers object to proposed Leesburg utility rate structure
- Leesburg development bus tour set for July 30
- Wanted man apprehended
- Update: Passenger in July 20 crash dies from injuries
- Leesburg to hold public hearing on utility rates
- No new details in Leesburg crime spree
- Two charged in slaying of Centreville man
- Battlefield Parkway tunnel filled in
- Charges in spring burglaries forwarded to grand jury
- Crime spree: Teamwork brings crime spree to peaceful end
- Lovettsville -- wellness screenings, history
- Cyclists' case spotlights rules of the road
- Three residents drown in less than three weeks
- Board discusses proposal for business incubator
- Northern Virginia holding its own in fight vs. gangs
- Leesburg attorney sworn in as Virginia State Bar president
- Creditors accuse ex-restaurateur of taking millions
- Lovettsville -- parades, public business
- Plans under way for nonprofit center in downtown Leesburg
- Family remembers slaying victim as 'free spirit'
- Leesburg schedules meeting to discuss street improvements
- Lovettsville news
- The Real CSI
- Little Known Laws: Leaving pets in unattended vehicles punishable by law
- Man enters plea in 2008 murder case
- Harmony student recognized for her heart
- Lovettsville --movies, budgets
- Knowing where to turn: County fights specter of domestic violence
- Statewide award highlights Loudoun judge's storied career
- Public hearings on changes to Village at Leesburg
- Owners plan to rebuild gutted car wash
- Leesburg hosts Relay for Life
- Man extradited to Loudoun on capital murder charge
- Bradford pear trees removed along Loudoun Street
- Woman killed on Route 7
- Aquatic center marks 'milestone' for Leesburg
- Judge sets deadline for Leesburg to lower utility rates
- Developer tweaks housing options to attract buyers
- Fire in Broadlands displaces family of six
- Trial on county's pit bull adoption policy begins
- Lovettsville Historical Society meets
- Arrests made in Lansdowne attacks
- Yard sale to benefit children of breast cancer victim
- Leesburg loses 'quite the gentleman' in Mervin Jackson
- Leesburg adopts budget
- Ceremony honors 'true heroes'
- Police continue to investigate Loudoun slayings
- Police and fire briefs
- Judge dismisses case against Freedom High assistant principal
- Police seek answers in Leesburg slaying
- Police and fire briefs
- Leesburg Town Council seeks 19.5 cent tax rate
- Man killed, wife hurt in 'random' assault
- Leesburg Council tackles budget
- Jury recommends life term for rapist
- Lovettsville Budget presentation
- Possible cocaine ring busted at Middleburg Training Center
- Judge rules against Leesburg on utility rates
- Assistant principal's trial to move ahead
- Loudoun deputy honored with statewide award
- Lovettsville news
- 'America's Most Wanted' to air Ashburn girl's case
- Police and fire briefs
- Lovettsville by trolley
- Local man dies in crash near Broadlands
- Rape suspect's statements ruled admissible
- Leesburg attorney targeted in shooting
- McDonnell stepping down as attorney general
- Group discusses ways to jazz up Loudoun Street
- South Riding burglary could be related to Sterling Park incidents
- Bad economy delays construction of retail center in Lovettsville
- Jurors disappointed with judge's sentence
- Leesburg utility rate case drips on
- Group to host brainstorming session on open space in Leesburg
- Judge cuts jury-recommended sentence in horse cruelty case
- Sterling residents encouraged to attend meeting on crime
- Compromise reached on power pole location
- St. Louis murder trial pushed back
- Placement of power line pole to be decided soon
- Don't be afraid to call a cab
- Sheriff's Office mourns death of longtime member
- Water rate case postponed until January
- Suspected cock fighting investigated near Lovettsville
- Perennial 'Nutcracker' performer lives out dream
- Man's body found near Dulles Airport
- Child Advocacy Center opens in Leesburg
- White's Ferry gets stuck in middle of Potomac
- It's so easy being green
- Silver Eagle Group: A shooter's paradise
- 'The face of an angel': Harmony student's tragic death saves seven lives
- Police and fire briefs
- Lovettsville festivities
- Customs agents seize illegal imports at Dulles Airport
- Bevel out on bond
- Police and fire briefs
- Victim's family hopes for justice after indictment in 2001 slaying
- Compromise proposed for electrical tower application
- Man sentenced for Leesburg murder
- Officials discuss bringing higher education to Leesburg
- Public safety briefs
- Redskins predict Obama's win
- Concert to benefit Loudoun Interfaith Relief
- Restoring a right: Felons in Virginia petition to vote
- Palin stumps for McCain in Leesburg
- Friends remember crash victim as 'free spirit'
- 17-year-old dies in crash
- Former civil rights leader sentenced to 15 years for incest
- Family seeks closure from unsolved burglary
- Inmate's death caused by overdose
- Charges filed in connection with South Riding teen's death
- Dates set in St. Louis murder case
- Leesburg man sentenced for child pornography charges
- Attorney seeks to disqualify commonwealth's attorney's office
- Leesburg Police leaving notes reminding residents to lock cars
- Residents encouraged to start Neighborhood Watch programs
- Man sentenced for raping his elderly landlady
- Residents, officials sound off on Sterling Park violence
- Ashburn 4-year-old's run on reality show ends
- Three wounded in Sterling Park drive-by shooting
- Man sentenced in fatal DUI crash
- Investigative report released in fire that injured seven
- Man arrested for sexual assault of elderly woman
- Three critically injured in two violent attacks
- Man's 2004 SPAM conviction struck down
- Ashburn girl advances to top 10
- Sighting prompts renewed prowler warnings
- Police and fire briefs
- Donations needed to repair fishing pond
- Woman assaulted in Sterling; link to prowler attacks possible
- Little known laws: Don't feed the deer
- Police and fire briefs
- School employee charged with child pornography; attorney disputes charge
- Communities on alert as prowler stalks Leesburg, Ashburn Farm
- Police and fire briefs
- Ashburn man named Fairfax County's top firefighter
- UPDATE: Cause determined in fire near Lovettsville
- Women indicted in killing of mother/grandmother
- Teen charged with DUI after crash
- Police search for man involved in Leesburg crash
- Pharmacy employees ordered to complete training after cat's death
- Firefighter released from hospital
- Event to raise awareness of unsolved murder postponed
- Former counselor arrested in Internet sex sting
- Man pleads guilty to amended murder charge
- Police and fire briefs
- Slain woman's car found in New Mexico
- Purcellville toddler remembered
- A storied home: Restoration leads biologist on journey through history
- Round Hill man sentenced for child pornography
- Police and fire briefs
- A storied home
- Memorial service planned for teen
- MOMS club meets
- Police and fire briefs
- A day at Congressional
- Water stolen in Lovettsville
- Crash kills 23-year-old Leesburg restaurant employee
- Stricter underage DUI penalties highlight new laws
- High school students take over Loudoun Circuit Court in law camp
- Inmate found dead at prison in Leesburg
- Final payment made for Lovettsville Community Park
- Stricter underage DUI penalties highlight new laws
- Horne, Mims make short list for Va. Supreme Court vacancy
- Investigation continues in death of South Riding teen
- Former Broad Run student charged in Penn State rape cases
- Popular Sterling Park eatery operating at limited capacity due to overcrowding
- Students win law enforcement scholarships
- Man pleads guilty in fatal crash; another sentenced for DUI
- Fire highlights difference in building materials
- Video of murder confession played at hearing
- Lightning strikes horse barn near Neersville
- Bear shot in Leesburg
- No arrests yet in Sterling shooting
- Police and fire briefs
- UPDATE: Victim's name released in Sterling Park homicide, two men still wanted
- Community vows to rebuild Jamestown Fort section of Discovery Park
- Firefighters unite to help own
- Teen sentenced to 30 days in fatal DUI crash
- Crash severely injures teen
- Little known laws: A law for divers and boaters
- U.S. Marshal's conviction affirmed
- Police and fire briefs
- Lawsuit: Pizza war in Lansdowne
- Leesburg mother is everything to son with cerebral palsy
- Middleburg man charged with murder
- Groups help 12 displaced by fire
- Missing North Carolina man found at Dulles Airport
- Man faces up to 25 years for child porn
- Teen pleads guilty in fatal crash
- Police and fire briefs
- Incest verdict a relief for daughter
- Mentally disabled crew's exposure to asbestos investigated
- Little Known Laws: Motorists reminded to 'move over'
- Police and fire briefs
- Civil rights leader found guilty of incest
- Modern message on stranger danger taught at forum
- Former employee fights county for his job
- Teen's death ruled overdose
- New twist on stranger danger taught at Internet forum for parents
- Candidates talk issues in Lovettsville
- Lovettsville author's debut novel places second in contest
- Man summoned to court over three-year-old tolls
- Police and fire briefs
- Leesburg man charged with manslaughter in crash
- School aide charged for giving alcohol to teens
- Courthouse reopened after bomb threat
- Actors take Passion Play roles to heart
- Case against mom overturned
- Man in Spiderman mask tries to rob pharmacy
- Freedom senior has a passion for music
- Grand jury indicts suspect in Leesburg murder
- Police and fire briefs
- First-degree murder charge sent to grand jury
- Cat's death highlights cases of pharmacy error in Virginia
- Rescued horses transferred to Hardy
- Firefighters reach out to Sterling community
- Bracing for rivals
- Hatrick says he was wrong to limit book county-wide
- Sex offenders sentenced
- Police and fire briefs
- 'The right to play': How the 1968 Round Hill Braves integrated Loudoun baseball
- Horse trainer indicted on 48 counts
- Police and fire briefs
- Two arrested for prostitution in Leesburg
- Police and fire briefs
- $100,000 in cocaine found disguised as candy
- Women charged with robbing store to support drug habit
- Mail stolen in Sugarland Run
- Police and fire briefs
- Horses to remain in county's custody
- Sterling man gets probation for prostitution
- Attempted-murder suspect caught
- Leesburg sees first murder charge since '03
- Gang member convicted
- Appeal to try juvenile as adult denied
- Auto chop shop, narcotics found in Sugarland Run
- Police and fire briefs
- Police and fire briefs
- 'The good die young': Loudoun firefighter remembered for service
- Truck hits and kills horse near Round Hill
- Police and fire briefs
- Schools emphasize physical fitness
- Investigators seek cause of 19-year-old's death
- Appalachian minister to speak at St. James
- Man sentenced for sexually abusing family members
- Police and fire briefs
- Reston man charged with raping Loudoun woman
- Bone marrow registry in Lovettsville
- Police and fire briefs
- Juvenile court service employee wins statewide award
- Police and fire briefs
- County juvenile probation supervisor wins statewide award
- Police and fire briefs
- Teenager charged with stabbing two after being denied alcohol
- Purcellville teen dies in car wreck
- Police and fire briefs
- Hazmat training prepares Loudoun recruits
- Teen to be tried as juvenile in manslaughter case
- Still searching for mother of deceased newborn
- Police and fire briefs
- Jury recommends prison for drunk driver
- Incumbent holds strong in sheriff's race
- Police and fire briefs
- Sterling Middle School teacher charged with being drunk in school
- Police and fire briefs
- Dems endorse Flannery for commonwealth's attorney
- Chair of Tech review panel speaks in Leesburg
- Police and fire briefs
- Purcellville man sentenced in child porn case
- Sterling 7-year-old dies in apparent 'tragic accident'
- Inova Medical Center Fall festival
- Police and fire briefs
- Good Shepherd Alliance to hold groundbreaking
- Lovettsville mom educates community on food allergies
- Trial date set for alleged reward fund embezzler
- Police and fire briefs
- COLD CASE: Sheriff's Office seeks nicotine-craving bandit
- Alleged inappropriate touching at Seneca Ridge Middle
- Teen could be tried as adult
- Police and fire briefs
- Teen charged with DUI, manslaughter in fatal crash
- South Riding woman charged in school bus crash
- Sheriff's candidates debate the issues
- Mother of deceased newborn yet to be found
- Police and fire briefs
- Leesburg woman dies in crash involving 17-year-old driver
- Speed monitors attempt to enforce limits
- Complaint filed against Cascades board member
- Police and fire briefs
- Cascades bus stop to move
- Deceased newborn found in trash truck
- Embezzlement suspect indicted on two more counts
- Police and fire briefs
- Cold Case: Serial sexual assault predator still at large
- Police and fire briefs
- Police and fire briefs
- Carbon-monoxide victims released from hospitals
- Virginia Tech students victims of carbon-monoxide poisoning
- Police and fire briefs
- Loudoun women victims of Tech carbon monoxide leak
- Active adults head for housing in Lovettsville
- Fund started for Russian killed by car
- Police and fire briefs
- Sterling Park massage parlor busted for prostitution
- Cold Case: CountrySide robbery suspect still at large
- Child porn offender sentenced
- Family still searching for killer
- Police and fire briefs
- Johnson acquires Florida resort
- Sheriff's Office arrests 10 in Sterling Park mob assault
- Cold Case: Suspects sought in June larceny
- Loudoun's Computer-Aided Dispatch system comes to the rescue
- Police and fire briefs
- Man sets dog on fire, faces animal cruelty charges
- FBI probe continues
- Police and fire briefs
- Cold Case: Unsolved arson kills man in western Loudoun
- New fees target in-state drivers
- Police and fire briefs
- Cold Case: Serial sexual assault predator still at large
- Juveniles start Ashburn Farms fire
- Embezzling softball coach spared jail sentence
- Police and fire briefs
- Indictments
- Several Thomas toys recalled
- Police and fire briefs
- Civil rights leader posts bond on incest charge
- Assault in Purcellville leads to criminal charges
- Cold Case: Human remains still unidentified
- Police and fire briefs
- Civil rights leader granted bond in incest case
- Law enforcement -- summer camp style
- After five years no suspects in Upperville murder
- Police and Fire
- Cold Case: Leesburg Police still searching for Luong
- Crosstrail deferred again
- Motions in Tate case to be heard June 25
- Shain lifts Broad Run into semifinals
- Teen's life cut short in watercraft collision
- Man charged for attempting to run over police officer
- Man assaults estranged wife
- Polo, pageantry and pastel pants: a day at Morven Park
- Brits win big in first-ever America's Cup of Polo