A familiar face in Manassas for nearly 20 years will be leaving next month.
Manassas Assistant City Manager Elizabeth Via-Gossman, who worked across multiple city government departments, and served as the city’s community development director, is leading the city at the end of July.
A plane crashed this afternoon in Fauquier County.
Virginia State Police are now on the scene and tell us:
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.
