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Maryland Mother With Weeks To Live Keeping Focus On Family Maryland Mother With Weeks To Live Keeping Focus On Family
Maryland Mother With Weeks To Live Keeping Focus On Family This is not how Kourtni Smith planned to celebrate her 34th birthday. A community is rallying behind a beloved mother of five in Maryland who is looking to spend her last months on Earth working to support her family in any way she can. Tens of thousands of dollars have already been raised on behalf of Smith's family after she was diagnosed with Invasive Lobular Carcinoma and underwent eight rounds of Chemotherapy and 15 radiation sessions, all of which proved fruitless as she fell more ill and decided to call it quits.  "This is a fundraiser I never dreamed I would have to create," Smith …

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by Zak Failla
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Fairfax Inmate Involved In Police Shootout Dies: Authorities Fairfax Inmate Involved In Police Shootout Dies: Authorities
Fairfax Inmate Involved In Police Shootout Dies: Authorities A 61-year-old prison inmate died after suffering a medical emergency, police said. Glenn Myer, who was being held at the Adult Detention Center, succumbed to medical issues in the hospital on July 15, Fairfax County Police reported. Myer was incarcerated since 2020 after he shot someone in his apartment and proceeded to shoot law enforcement when they arrived at the scene, officials said. In that incident, police shot and wounded Myer, who was arrested for his crimes a few days after his hospital treatment, police reported. He was charged with two counts of attempted capital murder of a…

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by AJ Goldbloom
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Leesburg's Quinn Gorman, 13, Didn't Let Cancer Define Him Leesburg's Quinn Gorman, 13, Didn't Let Cancer Define Him
Leesburg's Quinn Gorman, 13, Didn't Let Cancer Define Him Though Quinn William Gorman battled osteosarcoma, it did not define him.  The 13-year-old Leesburg boy died earlier this month after a valiant three-year fight, his obituary said.   He rarely complained about his disease. Rather, the teenager loved to hunt, fish, and play sports. He's survived by his parents, Peter and Nikki Gorman, and sisters Ava, Chloe, and Kate, as well as many extended family members.  The family will hold calling hours on Tuesday, May 17, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Colonial Funeral Home in Leesburg. The Mass of Christian Burial will take …

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by Josh Lanier