It’s hard to believe it is Independence Day weekend. We have some ideas for you of things to do this weekend.
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Author: Potomac Local News
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It’s parade time in Dale City again, bringing with it the largest Independence Day event in Virginia.
For Prince William County Board Supervisor John D. Jenkins, this will be his 42nd year participating in the annual Fourth of July tradition.
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There appears to a new lead in the case of slain Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington.
State and local investigators say forensic evidence has linked her case to that of a woman who was abducted and raped in the City of Fairfax in 2005.
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UPDATE: It appears no one was injured in a tractor trailer crash that closed a portion of U.S. 17 in Stafford County on Thursday morning.
The truck crashed near the Fauquier County line about 9:30 a.m., according to police.
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UPDATE: A man who walked away from his home and prompted a massive police search was found in Fairfax County.
Sehyuk Kwon, 68, of the 2000 block of Germander Way in Lake Ridge, told his family he was going for a walk. He left his home at 2 p.m. Wednesday and when he didn’t return, his family called police.
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UPDATE: Virginia officials will lift restrictions on the High Occupancy Vehicle lanes on I-95 and 395, between Dumfries and the Pentagon, on Monday.
Independence Day weekend will bring changes to commute patterns in our area.
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A life-long firefighter was honored today at in Dale City.
Carl Persing, who died last week at age 53 from complications from colon cancer, was honored by hundreds of fire and rescue professionals at the C.D. Hylton Memorial Chapel.
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A 21-year-man was killed Saturday night in Stafford County.
Ian Cummings died after he pulled his 2008 Nissan Maxima onto Interstate 95 from a median and sideswiped a tractor trailer, at 10:20 p.m.
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*Video from a 2008 press conference held after two people drowned while swimming in the Rappahannock River. Following their deaths, Stafford officials erected signs in both English and Spanish warning river goers of the dangers the Rappahannock poses.
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You normally don’t see too many large, bronze crucifixes along the roadside.
But one sits on U.S. 1 in Stafford County. It marks the first time in Virginia that all religions were tolerated and allowed to live in the same region of the commonwealth.