LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Democrats in Prince William County have a new rallying place.
Author: Potomac Local News
MANASSAS, Va. — On Wednesday, March 28 the Prince William Chamber of Commerce hosted the Prince William Valor Awards at Foxchase Manor in Manassas. Now in its 26th year, the Awards serve as an opportunity for the business community to honor the public safety professionals who do so much to protect lives and property throughout the Prince William region.
Brian Van de Graaf, ABC 7/WJLA TV & News Channel 8 narrated the inspiring stories of the award recipients. Attendees took home a commemorative program telling the inspiring stories of the Valor Award recipients.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. – After a full month of discussion, the Virginia General Assembly met in special session at the Virginia state capitol on Tuesday to continue work on the two-year, $85 billion Virginia biennial budget that runs from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2014. The budget, contained in House Bill (HB) 1301, passed the Senate of Virginia on Monday by a vote of 35-4, with Senate amendments attached. The bill was then considered on Tuesday by the Virginia House of Delegates, which rejected the Senate amendments by a vote of 23-69.
The move was expected by both houses as a parliamentary mechanism to refer HB 1301 to a joint House-Senate Conference Committee, where differences would be ironed out through a process of negotiated compromise. After the conference committee reports a compromise bill to the House and Senate, each body will take final action that will produce an agreed-upon budget that will go to Gov. Bob McDonnell for signature.
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By Brian Hill
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia teachers and firefighters are urging Gov. Bob McDonnell to veto legislation overhauling the retirement plan for the state’s public employees.
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — One person was shot at a home near Lake Ridge on Saturday night and flown to an area hospital for treatment, police said. Sources said the victim is a male.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — While final plans are not yet in place for High Occupancy Toll lanes on Interstate 95, transportation officials will begin preliminary work on the project next week.
Drivers will notice the work taking place on the highway shoulders on I-95 between Springfield and Dumfries, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
STAFFORD, Va. — A teenager was arrested after a racial slur was found painted at a church earlier this month.
Stafford authorities on Friday announced the arrest of a 16-year-old male charged in vandalizing the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church at 135 Chapel Green Road. Sheriff’s deputies found a racial slur spray painted on a back wall of the church on March 4 and then put out a call for leads in the case.
By Uriah Kiser
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — In his short time on Stafford’s Board of County Supervisors, Ty Schieber has already seen a fair amount of controversy.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Five members of the Underground Gangster Crips (UGC) set based in Fairfax County, Va., have been arrested for allegedly running a prostitution business that recruited high school girls and threatened them with violence if they attempted to leave. Including the charges unsealed today, 11 members of area gangs have been charged with underage sex trafficking since 2011 as part of a number of ongoing investigations.
Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, Attorney General of Virginia, Colonel David Rohrer, Fairfax County Chief of Police, and Ronald T. Hosko, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office Criminal Division, made the announcement after the charges were unsealed.
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By Pia Talwar
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – Gov. Bob McDonnell’s goal to install America’s first offshore wind energy turbine got a jolt of momentum this week from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.