Quantico, Va. –– For two days this week, Quantico Marine Corps Base is going to be booming. Officials have announced they will be conducting munitions training on the base today until 4 p.m.
They’ll pick up the training again from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Stafford County, Va. –– The Aquia Creek Battlefield is about to undergo a major survey. Now, anyone interested in the site of one of the first major naval battles of the Civil War is invited to get more information about the project.
Prince William County, Va. –– Lisa Reinshuttle, principal of Henderson Elementary School, died last week following a long battle with cancer.
Stafford, Va. –– Sheriff’s deputies’ uniforms in Stafford will change colors starting today.
Firefighters in Woodbridge shaved their heads to help find a cure for childhood cancer.
Occoquan Woodbridge Lorton VFD held their sixth-annual St. Baldrick’s event on Friday, where 52 volunteer fire and rescue crew members, including Prince William Supervisor Martin Nohe, shaved their heads for a cause.
The new site aims to make information about county services, bill payments, public notices, and news about videos about the county easier for users to access with a newly improved search engine.
“The main objective for the completely renovated site is to provide information on the County’s services in a more user-friendly manner,” said County Administrator Anthony Romanello in a press release.
Police say they used a new tool in their arsenal to arrest the man charged as the East Coast Rapist, Stafford County has been awarded federal money for new firefighters, but will they take it? And it looks like the FBI hit the wrong houses during a raid last week in Dale City.
Dumfries, Va. –– When getting away from police in a car didn’t work, state troopers said one man tried to escape on foot.
Fairfax County’s urban search and rescue team has been mobilized and will head to the island nation to help authorities there deal with the aftermath of a major tsunami that struck today following the earthquake.
The task force is made up of 72 members, search and rescue canines, physicians, paramedics, structural engineers, technical rescue specialists and other support personnel.
The sheriff’s office will hold a drive-through community shred event from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. April 16, at Stafford County’s public safety complex at 1225 Courthouse Road in Stafford.
For $5 per box, or up to 100 pounds per material per person, residents can drive up the shredding location and then hand over a box full of documents to a volunteer who will shred the papers.
