MANASSAS, Va. — The annual Wine and Jazz Festival — Father’s Day tradition by the railroad — will return to the Manassas Museum lawn this Sunday.
Festival goers are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket and come out to enjoy jazz musician Marcus Johnson, who lives in Maryland and is the owner of music publishing company, Three Keys.
Update 12:30 p.m. Wednesday
Two Prince William County firefighters were injured in a blaze in Woodbridge Tuesday after they became trapped on the roof of a burning home.
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Update 8:30 p.m.
Manassas police suspended their search for a man who went missing on Monday.
MANASSAS, Va. — A woman was raped by a man wielding a BB gun, police said.
It happened on Saturday after a 21-year-old woman from Manassas picked up an known acquaintance who directed her to drive to the area of Par Drive and Vint Hill Road in Nokesville. Once there, the man pulled out the gun – later determined to be a BB gun – and raped the woman, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
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MANASSAS, Va — Water is rushing over the Lake Jackson Dam near Manassas at this hour.
It’s been a humid day full of heavy downpours and thunderstorms across the region. Now under a tornado watch, more thunderstorms are expected to impact the area during the late evening hours, according to the National Weather Service.
A tornado watch is in effect for most of Virginia, including Prince William and Stafford counties, and the Greater Manassas area.
Showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue to develop this afternoon into the overnight hours. In addition to tornadoes, the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy downpours, the National Weather Service states.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Water levels are rising at the Historic Port of Falmouth in Stafford County today. Because of that, the park along the Rappahannock River has been closed to the public until further notice.
It comes as another round of drenching rains are expected to fall today. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for the entire region through this evening.
Mom on the Run
I have already had this conversation with Carlos, so I’m all set when he walks up to greet Dave, as Dave and I stand and chat between sets. It’s a regular weekday afternoon, and Manland – the free weights room at the gym – is bustling.
If you aren’t familiar with Prince William County Government’s logo selection issue, you might as well move on. The details have been well covered on this website.
Neabsco District Supervisor John Jenkins, the old dog, and Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland, the young pup, came well armed to Tuesday’s Prince William County Board of County Supervisor’s Meeting when the logo was discussed. They came prepared to deconstruct what many in Prince William County considered to be an egregious overreach of power by County Executive Melissa Peacor and her staff, and problems with the process used to create the proposed logo.
