Several deserving residents are getting some extra help around the house this week, thanks to the Catholic Diocese of Arlington
In Prince William County, two homes in Dale City are being repaired. One home is having its deck replaced — as the older deck was unsafe and on the verge of collapse — and a new concrete walkway put in, and the other is having gutters replaced and supports added to a carport.
Health officials still don’t know the cause behind the rash of sick birds in our region.
However, they didn’t put out new guidance today in the event you come across a sick bird.
The Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg is to surpass the flood stage by 2 a.m. Saturday, cresting at nearly 14 feet deep. Thirteen feet is considered flood stage on the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg.
Today, the river rose to nearly 11 feet deep, two feet shy of the flood stage, according to the National Weather Service.
The Virginia State Police is offering a free motorcycle riding class for new or inexperienced riders.
The class will be held Saturday, June 12 at the Northern Virginia Community College Manassas Campus, from 8 a.m. to noon.
The Prince William Humane Society is celebrating after it received a $20,000 grant to help homeless animals in our community.
The non-profit organization reports:
Gas station purse snatcher charged with assault on cop
Another law enforcement officer in our region was assaulted in the line of duty.
A soldier and clinical psychologist who practiced in Prince William County killed during a terrorist attack in Texas were honored on Friday in Woodbridge.
Major L. Eduardo Caraveo was preparing for a deployment to Afghanistan when he was killed in the November 2009 terrorist attack at Fort Hood which took the lives of himself and 12 others.
Rep. Gerry Connolly says President Joe Biden should push ahead and create his own version of a January 6 commission to investigate a riot at the U.S. Capitol.
“In light of the GOP’s cowardly filibuster of a bipartisan January 6th Commission, I urge President Biden to form and appoint a Presidential Commission to fully investigate the insurrection at the United States Capitol, to identify the individuals and organizations who plotted or were involved in those violent acts, and to make recommendations to prevent such an attack from ever recurring,” Connolly penned in an email.
