
Author: Arabella Thornhill


A man who tried to break up a fight at a house party was stabbed in the back.
Police were called on Saturday, August 1 at 10:45 p.m. to a home in the 8000 block of Clifton Street near Manassas, where they found a man suffering from a stab wound in his back.

Police in Prince William County shared information about some online tools that make it easier for neighbors to work together to keep their homes safe.
The department hosted an online meeting to discuss the benefits of having an estbalished neighborhood watch program, with neighbors on the lookout for suspicious activities.

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Prince William police will observe the 36th-annual National Night Out on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, a month later than planned.
It had originally been planned for this evening.

Occoquan will try again next year.
The town has canceled its Riverfest and Craft Show that was set to take place on September 27 and 28 due to the concerns over the coronavirus. is canceled this year. The Riverfest event was slated to replace the town’s annual spring craft show, which in recent years had seen a drop in attendance.

Prince William Education Association has chosen Maggie Hansford as its next president.
Hansford will begin in her new role after working for 10 years as a speech language pathologist at T. Clay Wood Elementary School in Nokesville. She replaces former president Riley O’Casey.

Police are looking for a man they say pulled out a box cutter and used it during a fight on board an OmniRide bus.
Police were were called July 31, at 8:22 a.m to Prince William Parkway and Worth Avenue in Woodbridge to investigate a report of a fight on a bus. A 33-year-old victim told police that he and another man got into a fight, and then the the suspect used the box cutter to slice the victim’s leg before he ran off the bus.

Those who were seeking a test for the coronavirus in Prince William will have to wait. Testing sites that were scheduled for Tuesday, August 4, will be closed due to Tropical Storm Isaias, which is expected to affect our region throughout the day on Tuesday.
Here are the locations that will be closed:

A Virginia State Police trooper suffered minor injuries after his patrol car was rear-ended by another in Springfield early Friday, July 31.
Police stated that Trooper J. Kim was seated in his patrol vehicle and finishing up a crash investigation on Interstate 395 when a 2019 Jeep traveling south ran off the interstate and slammed into the back of the patrol car at 4:21 a.m., just north of Edsall Road.