Police Blotter

Police Blotter: Michael C. Davis Sentenced to 178 Years in Tatiana David Killing

By PLN News
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Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said a suspect in a Sept. 21 robbery at a Chatham Heights Road massage spa was arrested after investigators determined the suspect had stolen money from the business on multiple occasions. The report also includes Michael C. Davis’s 178-year sentence, a Virginia State Police account of a triple-fatal crash on the Interstate 395 exit ramp at Shirlington Road, and Stafford’s Sept. 29 daily incident report, which listed three fraud complaints and a public-intoxication arrest.

The Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney said Michael C. Davis, 38, was sentenced Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, by Judge Kimberly A. Irving to 258 years with 80 years suspended, leaving 178 years to serve.

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Manassas

Manassas says goodbye to the mayor who asked to be remembered for showing up

By Uriah Kiser
Mayor Michelle Davis-Younger and Delbert Parks hold a framed city proclamation in Council Chambers after her final Manassas City Council meeting on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. Parks, a Micron vice president in Manassas and Davis-Younger’s husband, spoke during public comment. Her resignation takes effect Wednesday. (Photo courtesy City of Manassas / Facebook)

Michelle Davis-Younger spent her last night as mayor listening to other people tell her who she had been.

They called her Mayor Parks. She called herself Mrs. Parks. The city website still says Davis-Younger. The letter on file says she is done Wednesday, Sept. 30 — three months earlier than the December exit she announced in February, and two years short of the term she won in 2024.

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Pets

Take Me Home Tuesday: Fendi, Einstein, and Itachi

By Potomac Local News
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Three local shelter pets are waiting for a home this Take Me Home Tuesday.

Spotsylvania Animal Shelter is looking for a home for Fendi, an about-2-year-old smaller Corso who weighs about 75–80 pounds. The shelter is at 450 TV Drive, Fredericksburg. Call 540-507-7459 to schedule a visit or email [email protected].

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Announcement

Native Art Market

By National Museum of the American Indian

The museum’s annual Native Art Market features award-winning and innovative Indigenous artists from across the Western Hemisphere. This event invites lovers of art and craftsmanship to meet Indigenous artists and learn about the traditional arts and contemporary Indigenous creativity. Visitors will have the opportunity to purchase traditional and contemporary handcrafted artworks, including beadwork, jewelry, paintings, photography, pottery, and sculpture.

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Event

Manassas Fall Jubilee

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Historic Downtown Manassas

9431 West Street

Manassas, Virginia 20110

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Fall is in its full glory every first Saturday in October with our Manassas Fall Jubilee and 2026 marks the 43rd one! This community-spirited festival spans all of Center Street and side streets, and includes an assortment of fun for kids and adults with over 100 craft and community booths, live music and entertainment, food, and more. Live music ranges from pop to rock to heavy metal, and dance performances include ballet, clogging, and belly dancing. And, the kids will enjoy a meet & greet with Cinderella, pumpkin painting, games, and more!

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OmniRide launches Insider podcast as it looks past the bus on the road

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Stafford

Stafford voters to weigh 1 percent school sales tax

By Saniaa Purdie
Kindergarten students get off the bus at Park Ridge Elementary School on "transition day," Monday, August 11, 2025. [Photo: Stafford County Public Schools]

Stafford County voters will decide Nov. 3 whether the county may levy an additional local retail sales-and-use tax of up to 1 percent, to be used only for construction of new schools or major renovations of schools serving Stafford.

The official ballot question reads: “Shall Stafford County, Virginia levy a local retail sales tax not to exceed one percent (1%) to provide revenue that can only be used for construction of new schools or major renovation of schools serving Stafford County, with such tax ending (1) upon repayment of any bonds or loans issued for the projects, or (2) if the projects are not funded by bonds or loans, on June 30, 2046?”

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Newslinks

News Links: Food Insecurity Hits 40% in Fred Region; City Weighs Townhome Parking

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A first statewide hunger survey finds 40 percent of families in the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank service area food insecure, Fredericksburg planners delayed housing-code changes to revisit parking minimums for stacked townhomes, and Stafford supervisors meet with the Economic Development Authority tonight.

According to the Fredericksburg Free Press, the first Virginia-specific food-insecurity survey found that 40 percent of families in the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank service area lacked consistent access to enough food this year. The rate was 44 percent among families with children in the region and 52 percent among households of color. Statewide, 42 percent of all households and 51 percent of households with children were food insecure.

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Stafford

NO CLASS OFF ON VETS DAY — Stafford draft blanks the holiday when Nov. 11 lands on a weekend

By Potomac Local News
Flags line the graves at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day. Stafford County’s draft 2028-29 school calendar would not give students and staff a corresponding day off when Nov. 11 falls on a weekend. (Arlington National Cemetery)

Stafford calendar draft skips a Veterans Day holiday when Nov. 11 falls on a weekend

Stafford County’s draft school calendars would not give students and staff a Veterans Day holiday in 2028-29, when Nov. 11 falls on a weekend, Chief of Staff Dr. Amanda Schutz told the School Board on Sept. 8.

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Manassas

Manassas Fall Jubilee returns Saturday, Oct. 3

By PLN News
Crowds fill Historic Downtown Manassas during the Fall Jubilee on Oct. 4, 2014
Hundreds came to the annual Manassas City Fall Jubilee on Oct. 4, 2014. [Photo: City of Manassas]

The 43rd Manassas Fall Jubilee fills Historic Downtown Manassas on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The city flagged the date on Facebook late Friday, calling it a weekend of fall fun and pointing residents to Oct. 3. The festival is the first-Saturday-in-October event Historic Manassas Inc. runs on Center Street and the side streets around the train depot.

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Manassas

Game On: New Faces Around Manassas

By PLN News
Eleftherios Ares Nakos and Jonathan Thompson stand in front of a brick wall at Game Over Escape Rooms
Eleftherios “Ares” Nakos and Jonathan Thompson at Game Over Escape Rooms. Photo: City of Manassas

Game Over Escape Rooms is open at 8955 Center Street in Historic Downtown Manassas.

Eleftherios “Ares” Nakos and Jonathan Thompson spent nearly three years planning the shop, the city’s economic development newsletter reported Thursday. They said the idea started with a shared love of escape rooms. Their research included a trip to Florida, where they played 12 Game Over rooms in two days before signing on with the franchise.

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Announcement

Annual Day of the Dead Celebration

By National Museum of the American Indian

Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a time for commemorating our ancestors. Rather than a period of mourning, it is an occasion for celebrating with family—both living and dead—and honoring the cycle of life. Learn about La Catrina and her joyful view of life and mortality. Enjoy family-friendly activities throughout the day, including dance performances, coloring activities, and paper marigold and mask making. Visitors are invited to leave photos and mementos of their loved ones on the ofrenda (altar) or commemorate them by writing their names on a butterfly to attach to the memorial arch.

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