MANASSAS, Va. — Some people are a bit warmer today after a Manassas restaurant donated several coats to charity.
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Prince William jail officer killed in Culpeper crash — An officer with the Prince William-Manassas regional jail was killed in a crash on his way home from work Wednesday night. [Insidenova.com]
Macy’s: Five Stores Closing, 2,500 Laid Off —Approximately 2,500 employees at the Macy’s department store chain will be laid off and five stores will close in the coming weeks under a company reorganization plan announced Wednesday. [Patch]
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The cold weather won’t quit this week. From polar vortex cold on Tuesday and Wednesday to the threat of freezing rain on Friday.
A freezing rain advisory will go into effect at 11 p.m. Thursday until 11 a.m. Friday. That’s when freezing rain (regular rain that freezes on contact with the ground surface) could fall and mix with some snow from time to time. About a tenth of an inch of ice could form as a result of the freezing rain, according to the National Weather Service.
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MANASSAS, Va. — A $175-million lab complex that never was completely built is coming down.
Steel that in 2010 was going to be turned into a biotech lab and research space for Covance is being torn down after they were left to rust when the company abandoned the project. The parcel of land on the Prince William County / Manassas City boarder on which the unfinished building sits is in the heart of Prince William County’s Innovation Technology Park that includes the FBI’s Northern Virginia Resident Agency, a data center, and a George Mason University research lab.
Ex-Minnieland workers appear in court on abuse charges — Two former day care workers accused of mistreating toddlers in their care appeared in Prince William Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Wednesday. [Insidenova.com]
Steven Miarer of Woodbridge has been sentenced to 10 years —A former teacher has been sentenced for having inappropriate relationships with a number of juvenile high school students, officials said. [WUSA-TV]
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The recent cold weather brought by the polar vortex that engulfed our region over the last two days brought problems for Prince William schools.
This morning as children headed into the cold, with temperatures below 10 degrees in some places, and back to class after school was canceled Tuesday due to cold weather, a total of 60 county school buses failed to start. That meant children were late getting across the county, and school officials said the nature of the isolated mechanical problems and its timing made it difficult to send out alerts.
STAFFORD, Va. — A Stafford County official will have the head seat on the Virginia Railway Express Operations Board this year.
Aquia District Supervisor Paul Milde will also serve as VRE’s Board chief for the second time in his political career. Milde last served as VRE Board Chairman in 2010 and is only the second Stafford County leader to serve in the position, following Stafford Supervisor Robert Gibbons who served on the VRE Board in 2002.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Several residents stood outside their apartment homes Wednesday afternoon after a pipe burst inside their apartment complex.
Fire and rescue crews were called Lusterleaf Court off Forreston Woods Drive, near a U.S. Post Office in Stafford County, after a pipe burst. Fire and rescue crews were on the scene helping to clean up, said spokesman Mark Doyle.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. –– If you walk into a Sentara medical facility you’re should consider a new accessory for your face.
Starting this past Tuesday, patients, visitors, and medical staff at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge, Sentara Lake Ridge, and Sentara Lorton, will be encouraged to wear a face masks. The move will curb the spread of the flu, officials said.