Lake Ridge, Va. –– A tornado warning was issued this morning at Lake Ridge Elementary School, but it was only a drill.
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Author: Potomac Local News
Deputies in Stafford County were faced with those questions over the weekend.
No ordinary mailbox smashing caper, this person in this case walked up to at least three mailboxes in front of homes along Choptank Road in the Vista Woods neighborhood and pulled the posts from the ground, sometime late Saturday into early Sunday.
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Woodbridge, Va. –– Police say a Lorton man stopped on DUI suspicion tried to run away on foot but was later captured.
Students in schools, office workers at businesses and in government and those at home are asked to participate in the drill so they will know what to do in the event a twister strikes.
The National Weather Service will send out a test tornado warning triggering a tone alert on NOAA Weather Radio. The warning will also prompt a warning message on radio and TV.
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Woodbridge, Va. –– Opening the Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge to the public is once again at the center of debate.
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Following the crash involving two other cars at Richmond Highway at Fairfax County Parkway, police say , of Springfield, grabbed a 3-year-old child that was a passenger in the car and attempted to flee the scene on foot.
Stafford County, Va. –– Fire and rescue crews on Monday evening were called to a brush fire at Willowmere Park on Mountain View Road.
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Fairfax County police Lt. LB Gamble says three cars were traveling on the four-lane highway in the area of Ft. Belvoir’s main entrance when they collided about 5:30 p.m. Monday.
A male victim was flown to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries while two other males and one female were all taken to another area hospital with injuries that did not appear to be life threatening, said Gamble.
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.