WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police are working two strong-arm robberies that occurred in broad daylight this morning in Woodbridge.
A woman was robbed of her purse while inside her car about 9 a.m. in the 1200 block of Bayside Avenue.
Author: Potomac Local News
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Update 12:20 p.m.
A woman from Bronx, N.Y. was killed this morning in a crash on Interstate 95 north.
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Stafford under severe thunderstorm warning until 12:30 p.m. Tornado warning ends at noon.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — A 19-year-old woman faces charges of child neglect after a woman was killed and a 4-year-old boy severely injured in a car crash over the weekend.
Four of the nine people inside the vehicle were ejected when it crashed and had to be flown to a hospital.
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Prince William Times — Covington seeks local tax relief due to shutdown
Supervisor Wally Covington has called upon his colleagues on the Prince William County Board of Supervisors to pass emergency legislation to extend the due date for our citizens to pay their personal property taxes, now due on October 5th due to the federal government shutdown.
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Mom on the Run: The Next Chapter
I have just lain down, ready for bed, when – darn it! I meant to go online and order black pumps today. I want the exact same as the fabulous gray shoes I just got, but in black. They are comfortable, and just the right height, and a good price, and I have worn my favorite black pumps so much (they go with everything!) that they are getting beat up, so it made sense to me to buy the gray ones, in black; a guaranteed winner.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Who shot a woman in the leg while she was watching her child’s soccer game?
Police said the 43-year-old victim, of Gainesville, was sitting in a chair at George Hellwig Memorial Park at 14418 Bristow Road at Independent Hill and felt a sharp pain in her right thigh. She thought it might have been a BB or some other kind of small projectile that hit her, but doctors determined she had been shot with a smaller caliber bullet, possibly a .22 round, a police report stated.
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OPINION
I’m taking a break from this column to catch up on other projects. Anyone who wishes to talk about… well… just about anything… knows where to find me: My “office” (which is either he Starbucks at the corner of Hoadly Road and the Prince William Parkway or at Potomac Town Center) or my front porch.
NOKESVILLE, Va. — The body of 56-year-old Joe Emberton was found in a pond in Nokesville Thursday.
Emberton went missing on Monday night after boating on the Engh Pond off Aden Road. Emergency crews found his boat and towed it to shore Monday. Police divers and a helicopter spent the next three days searching the rural area for Emberton’s body.