WOODBRIDGE — Volunteer fire crews worked to a pull a dog from beneath a concrete slab.
Fire and rescue crews were called to the 14000 block of Franklin Street in Woodbridge at 10:15 a.m Saturday, to help Prince William County Animal Control officers.
Our region is on alert this afternoon, evening, and overnight for severe weather.
The severe weather could come in two rounds, according to the National Weather Service. The first would come during the afternoon, with a few of the storms being severe with locally damaging winds, and, possibly with an isolated tornado.
MANASSAS — Jeremy and Sarah Meyers sold BadWolf Brewery after founding the company more than six years ago.
The Manassas couple posted this announcement to the brewery’s blog.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — The Prince William County Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing on the design of the proposed project to widen Balls Ford Road to four lanes between Doane Drive and Ashton Avenue.
The public hearing will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at The Life Church, 11234 Balls Ford Road. The formal presentation will start at 7:00 p.m.
MANASSAS — Realtors on Friday helped to answer the call to serve the homeless in our community.
SERVE, which offers assistance in the form of food and shelter for those in need in Manassas, was in need of pillows.
Showers likely before 11 am, then a chance of showers after 2 pm.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Police tell us they took nine trucks off the highways after a recent pop-up inspection at Balls Ford Road and Sudley Road.
Balls Ford Road is the most congested industrial corridor in the county.
Work continues on the effort to bring toll lanes to Interstate 66 between Haymarket and the Capital Beltway.
As weather conditions allow, crews will continue corridor-wide roadway maintenance and address issues as needed, with daily multi-lane closures during daytime and overnight hours on Interstate 66 east and east, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
ALEXANDRIA — (Press release) Positive train control (PTC) is fully operational on all Virginia Railway Express (VRE) trains, according to the railroad’s Chief Executive Officer Doug Allen.
The safety milestone was achieved April 11, 2019, when each of VRE’s 32 inbound and outbound trains on the Fredericksburg and Manassas lines ran under PTC operation. PTC is designed to automatically control train speeds and movements should an engineer not take suitable action for a given situation.
STAFFORD COUNTY — All lanes of Interstate 95 northbound are closed in Stafford County at mile marker 147, just south of Exit 148/Quantico Marine Corps Base, for a multi-vehicle crash.
Drivers should anticipate significant northbound travel delays and are advised to seek alternate routes.
