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Updated: Beam lift causing traffic-pattern changes on I-95 at Quantico

Published May 9, 2022 at 6:34PM | Updated May 10, 2022 at 12:13AM

I-95 at Quantico, looking south [VDOT traffic camera]

While road crews changed their plans for tonight’s highway work, detours are still planned for tomorrow night as crews work to extend E-ZPass toll lanes to Fredericksburg.

Crews will lift and install new bridge beams for the future flyover at exit 148 at Quantico interchange in Stafford County. The work means all northbound drivers will be detoured a near exit 143, Garrisonville Road, onto the Express Lanes between 10:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. Tolls will not apply to drivers routed onto the Express Lanes.

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Updated: Manassas business owners fly over city following appreciation breakfast

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Published May 9, 2022 at 4:05PM | Updated May 10, 2022 at 3:05PM

[Photo: Prince William Chamber of Commerce]

[Updated 2:45 p.m Tuesday, May 10] Today, more than 160 business owners attended an annual business appreciation breakfast in Manassas.

The annual event began at 8 a.m. at the newly-opened Chantilly Air Jet Center at the Manassas Regional Airport.

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Woman shot multiple times in domestic dispute

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Published May 9, 2022 at 3:34PM

A woman shot multiple times is expected to survive.

On Saturday, May 7, at 3:23 a.m., officers went to a home in the 15300 block of Watermill Terrace, just off Rippon Boulevard in Woodbridge, to investigate a shooting. They found a 50- year-old woman, outside of the home, suffering from gunshot wounds.

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Bathroom videographer: Police search for suspect at Black Sheep

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Published May 9, 2022 at 3:25PM | Updated May 9, 2022 at 4:45PM

Police are searching for a man they say used a video camera to film women inside a restaurant bathroom.

On May 7 at 2:35 p.m., officers went to the Black Sheep Restaurant at 9935 Discovery Boulevard just outside Manassas to investigate a suspicious person. The restaurant manager told police that an employee found a man in the women’s bathroom using a phone under the stall walls to view women in the bathroom.

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Fatal motorcycle crash kills Stafford man, authorities investigating

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Published May 9, 2022 at 2:39PM

A motorcyclist succumbed to his injuries after he was involved in a crash.

On Tuesday, May 3 at 1:44 p.m., rescue crews were dispatched to the report of a motorcycle crash on Courthouse Road at Interstate 95. The single rider was ejected from the motorcycle during the crash and it does not appear any other vehicles were involved in the crash.

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Roem announces bid for new Prince William County Senate seat

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Published May 9, 2022 at 2:30PM | Updated May 9, 2022 at 7:42PM

Roem

Delegate Danica Roem announced today she wants to be Senator Danica Roem.

The journalist turned lawmaker who was swept into office in a blue wave of Virginia Democrats in 2017, including Gov. Ralph Northam, announced a bid for a newly-created, vacant 30th Virginia State Senate seat.

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Higher pay for elected Manassas leaders, tax bills on tonight’s agenda

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Published May 9, 2022 at 2:00PM

The Manassas Mayor and City Council, and Mayor tonight are set to vote themselves a pay raise.

If approved, the elected leaders will see a $2,300 hike in their annual pay, putting the mayor’s salary at $20,000 and council members’ pay at $18,000, the state-allowed maximum.

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$6,000 in scholarships awarded: Congrats to these Stafford students

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Published May 9, 2022 at 12:00PM

Photo: Stafford County Public Schools

The Stafford Education Foundation awarded $6,000 in Future Educator scholarships to seven Stafford County Public Schools high school seniors.

“The Stafford Education Foundation is committed to supporting education in Stafford County, having awarded more than $34,000 in scholarships to high school seniors since the program began in 2017,” shared Stephanie Johnson, Board President of the education foundation. “We are excited to welcome our incredible SCPS graduates back into the division as future educators.”

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Region dries out after soggy Mothers Day weekend

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Published May 9, 2022 at 11:04AM

Rainfall from Friday, May 6 to Sunday, May 8, 2022. [National Weather Service]

More than two inches of rain fell in portions of Prince William and Stafford counties this past weekend, one of the soggiest in at least a year. The heaviest rains fell Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7, leaving behind a gloomy and cool Mother’s Day.

Rainwaters caused water levels in the Potomac River to rise. A Coastal Flood Advisory remains for King George County until 1 a.m.

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Tense moment on Mountain View: Near-miss crash caught on dash cam

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Published May 9, 2022 at 11:00AM

A driver submitted this video to our tip line ([email protected]) showing a near collision on Mountain View Road, near Shelton Shop Road, after 6 p.m. Sunday, May 8.

According to the driver who submitted the video, an oncoming car lost control of his sedan on the two-lane road, drove into a ditch, overcorrected, and crossed into oncoming traffic.