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BREAKING: Students without masks will be sent home, not arrested

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According to the Stafford County sheriff, children who don’t wear face masks to school Monday won’t be arrested.

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Folly at Ollie’s: Man charged with indecent exposure at discount retailer

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Simmons [Photo: Prince William police]

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School Board Chairman issues statement after father shines light on daughter’s sexual assault

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Prince William County Public School Board Chairman At-large Dr. Babur Lateef.

The Prince William County School Board Chairman is speaking out a day after we reported police charged a middle school student with assault after a girl in his class told her parents he appropriately touched her.

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Community Notes

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Beginning Monday, January 24, Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) will adjust daily opening hours to noon at its 395 stores.

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Stafford maintains student mask mandate, awaits State Supreme Court ruling

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A protestor with Moms for Liberty Stafford County holds a sign encouraging School Board members to vote to make masks optional for students. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

Stafford County Public Schools students must continue wearing face masks in schools, despite a newly-issued order from the governor making masks optional.

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Updated: Girl inappropriately touched at school; parents push School Board for answers

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Jeffery Darr, of Dale City, appeared at a Prince William County School Board meeting on Wednesday, January 19 to push elected officials for answers after reporting his daughter was inappropriately touched while on a school field trip last fall.

A Prince William County middle school student’s parents seek answers after their daughter was inappropriately touched in school.

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Stafford School Board to talk masks at emergency 4:30 p.m. meeting

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The Stafford County School Board holds its first meeting of 2022 on January 15. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

The Stafford County School Board will hold an emergency meeting at 4:30 p.m to discuss Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s order to make face masks for children optional.

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Tonight’s meeting on future data centers in Prince William now virtual

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Environmental conservation groups gathered at the Prince William County Government Center on July 20, 2021 to protest plans to build data centers near Manassas Battlefield National Park. [Photo by Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

County officials canceled the in-person portion of a meeting tonight to solicit feedback on plans to build more data centers.

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Murder suspect turns himself in at county jail

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The man wanted in connection to the shooting death of 37-year-old Mary Anne Smoot turned himself in to police.

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Max seeks his grandfather’s old 10th District Congressional seat

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Caleb Max [Submitted photo]

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