If you weren’t sick enough of the cold and snow already – be prepared for more.
According to the National Weather Service, the Northern Virginia area will stay in the single digit temperatures throughout tonight.
Author: Potomac Local News
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February 20, 2015: All Manassas City Public Schools will be CLOSED due to frigid temperatures and dangerously… https://t.co/ajLncQKi0N
— ManassasCitySchools (@mymcpsva) February 19, 2015
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A wind chill advisory that was supposed to end at 9 a.m. Friday will be extended until noon. And even then there’s no immediate signs of the cold letting up.
Here are the chilling details from the National Weather Service:
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The Capitol Steps comedy troupe are coming to the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas on February 21 at 7 p.m. for a performance to benefit the Manassas Bull Run Rotary. Funds collected will help the Rotary assist deserving and successful charities.
“We were very pleased with the turnout last year. And this year, with the event being held at the beautiful Hylton Performing Arts Center, we feel the turnout will be even better. I am also pleased that this event will help the Manassas Bull Run Rotary assist such deserving charities as Rainbow, CASA, B.A.R.N., Calling All Souls, and Habitat for Humanity. It’s a Win-Win for the community. They get to see a great show and, at the same time, help support such great organizations and their efforts to help others” said Rotary vice-president Donald Jones.
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All lanes are open on Route 1 in the area of this morning’s water main break in Falmouth.
@PotomacLocal All lanes just re-opened in the area of Cambridge St/Butler Rd in #StaffordVA!
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All Fauquier County Public Schools will be on a 2-hour delay Thursday, February 19, 2015. Administrative offices open on time.
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Mark Milligan, 23, had spent a “couple months” in the Prince William County area, according to a Stafford sheriff’s spokesman.
Milligan was shot and killed outside Wings to Go just off Garrisonville Road in North Stafford on Sunday.
On February 14, officers responded to a robbery call at a Metro PCS location in Manassas. The suspect entered the business and showed a handgun to a store employee, demanding money.
Police K-9 units are still searching for the suspect, who fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of money.
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We could see about an inch of snow this afternoon into the evening hours,
A series of snow squalls are expected to move across the region. Here’s the latest from the National Weather Service:
This morning, the Prince William Fire & Rescue Department responded to a call for a tent fire on Minnieville Road in Woodbridge. The tent’s occupant, an adult male, was found with second-degree burns on his body. He was airlifted to the Washington Burn Center for treatment.
More from a Fire & Rescue release: