Stewart Rae Gough, 43, formerly of Gainesville, VA, passed away on October 28, 2023, at Halifax Health Center in Daytona Beach,FL. He was born on December 17, 1979, in Alexandria, VA.

Governor Glenn Youngkin ordered that the flags of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia be flown at half-staff on all state and local buildings and grounds in the Commonwealth of Virginia in memory and respect of the 16th Anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting. Some 32 people were killed in this incident.

Pat Conroy, who served four consecutive two-year terms as mayor of Occoquan, from July 1998 through June 2006, recently passed away in Florida.