Press release | The Lucy Burns Museum opens to the public on Saturday, January 25, 2020, with a grand opening celebration scheduled for May 9, 2020.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment in 2020 the museum presents the story of the imprisonment of the 72 Suffragists at the Occoquan Workhouse in 1917 — and an event on these grounds that marked a turning point in the Women’s suffrage movement to secure voting rights for all women in the United States.
CRRL press release | Central Rappahannock Regional Library (CRRL) is offering its 3rd annual Winter Reading Challenge for adults January 1 through March 31, 2020. CRRL customers 16 or older can sign up at librarypoint.org/winter.
Similar to CRRL’s Summer Reading program, participants can complete online missions to earn digital badges and chances to win movie tickets or a bag of books. Participants who log four or more books will receive a limited-edition CRRL travel mug while supplies last.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be remembered next week by the Catholic Diocese of Arlington.
Diocese press release | On Sunday, January 12, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, Catholic Diocese of Arlington, will celebrate a Mass in Recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More. The annual Mass honors the life and legacy of the late civil rights leader who was slain almost 52 years ago.
4 p.m. | We just received an update from Virginia State Police on this morning’s fatal crash near Quantico.
Virginia State Police press release |Trooper J.D. Capra is investigating two crashes that occurred early Wednesday morning (Jan. 8) on Interstate 95 at the 149 mile marker in Prince William County.
Stafford sheriff’s office press release | FRAUD — Pinkerton Court, 01/06, 6:00 p.m. A resident reported that an individual impersonating a deputy with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office called him and said he missed jury duty.
Consequently, he needed to pay a fine in the amount of $1111.00 using gift cards. The resident realized the call was a scam and immediately reported it to the Sheriff’s Office. The incident is under investigation.
Police press release | Reckless Handling of a Firearm – On January 5 at 8:15 p.m., officers responded to the area of Chesapeake Dr. and Beveridge Dr. in Dumfries (22026) to investigate a shots fired call.
The investigation revealed that a resident in the area, later identified as the accused, fired shots from the balcony of their residence towards a wooded area, before leaving on foot.
In case you missed it, Code Red tomorrow. You can hear more about it from Dr. Walts… https://t.co/CmV3KBE5JX
— PWCS (@PWCSNews) January 7, 2020
Elected officials in Prince William County were sworn into office — officially — at the Hylton Performing Arts Center.
The ceremony was held at the Manassas area preforming arts center at 6:30 p.m. It included members of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors and its sheriff.
Press release | The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a vehicle crash that killed two people on Monday on White Oak Road.
On January 6, 2020, at approximately 12:31 p.m., deputies responded to a head-on collision at the intersection of White Oak Road and Kendallwood Drive. When deputies arrived, witnesses reported observing a silver 2017 Acura RDX drift over the centerline into the eastbound lane and strike a white 2017 Nissan Rogue head-on.
Press release | Out of concern for the health and well-being of our patients, Novant Health UVA Health System is asking the community to keep visitors age 12 and under out of all acute care facilities, unless seeking treatment, due to widespread outbreak of the flu virus throughout the area. Restrictions are effective beginning at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8, and last until further notice.
Restrictions apply to the following Novant Health UVA Health System hospitals:
