Updated 12:45 p.m. January 18, 2023 — The number of Prince William County high schools that failed to notify students they were the recipients of National Merit recognition in time for the college application process grew to four.
According to county schools spokeswoman Diana Gulotta, Battlefield, Colgan, Forest Park, and Patriots high schools failed to tell a combined 28 students they received letters of commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Ian Lovejoy, the former Manassas City Councilman, announced a bid for the Virginia House of Delegates District 22 seat for the November General Election.
Lovejoy (R) had been seeking the Virginia State Senate seat for District 30, which encompasses Manassas. With the announcement, Lovejoy withdrew his bid for the District 30 seat, leaving it without a Republican vying for the seat.
A 27-year-old man was shot and killed in Woodbridge on Monday, January 16.
At 8:50 p.m., police went to the 13900 block of Richmond Highway, near Todos Supermarket in the Maurumsco Plaza shopping center, to find a 22-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the lower body. Fire and rescue personnel took the man to an area hospital where his injuries were deemed non-life threatening.
Two Northern Virginia Community College Campuses in Prince William County will be renovated.
At the college’s Woodbridge campus, renovations will begin on the Seefeldt Building, a 144,000-square-foot center that opened in 1972 and has served as the campus’s central building, housing administration, classrooms, counseling services, and theater.
Kim Short kicked off her campaign for the Potomac District seat on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.
The Democrat welcomed supporters and those interested in learning more about her to the Montclair Community Library on Saturday, January 14, 2023, where she outlined her platform.
North Stafford could soon have its second Chick-fil-A restaurant.
The Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday, January 17, will hear a case requesting it to amend land use proffers to allow a fast-food restaurant to be built on a two-acre property near Garrisonville and Shelton Shop roads near a 7-Eleven and CVS Pharmacy.
The crash occurred about 10:45 a.m. in Stafford County, at milepost 134, north of exit 133 (Falmouth/Warrenton), for a multi-vehicle crash involving a large truck.
Drivers south of the crash site are sitting in about five miles of congestion as of 11:50 a.m. We’ll post more about this crash when we have it.
A roadside pine tree near the Stafford Regional Airport had been an unofficial roadside Christmastime staple.
For more than five years, residents adorned the tree with decorations each holiday season. However, that tradition ended shortly after Christmas 2022 when the Virginia Department of Transportation cut down the tree at Centreport Parkway and Mountain View Road.
Police are searching for a man who robbed a Woodbridge bank.
Yesterday, Wednesday, January 11, at 2:09 p.m., officers responded to the Truist Bank located at 16541 River Ridge Boulevard, just off Route 1 in Woodbridge to investigate a robbery.
