The 2017 Virginia elections once against demonstrated that Virginians are choosing to vote early in larger numbers each election.
As compared with 2013, early voting in Prince William County was up over 210%, 170% in Fairfax County, and 146% in Stafford County. In 2016, over 120,000 or one in five Fairfax County voters cast their votes early while nearly forty-four percent of Prince William County voters voted early.
Manassas police said they found an unidentified man lying on a sidewalk in the Georgetown South neighborhood early Saturday morning suffering from a stab wound.
The man later died, and now police are questioning “multiple persons of interest” in the case.
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A driver involved in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 66 early Sunday near Manassas died.
A second driver was taken to a nearby hospital, and a third faces DUI charges.
DUMFRIES — A trash hauler tipped over Thursday on Interstate 95.
The crash resulted in the truck spilling its load across the highway at milepost 152 in Dumfries.
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MANASSAS — In honor of Veterans Day, November 11, 2017, JES Foundation Repair delivered 45 worn and tattered U.S. Flags to Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) Post 392 for proper retirement.
From Prince William County police:
Prince William County, Virginia: The Prince William County Police Department, in conjunction with the Virginia and Prince William County Departments of Emergency Management, has begun deploying officers to Puerto Rico to assist first responders in that area with the ongoing recovery efforts from Hurricane Maria which devastated the area in September.
Control of Virginia’s House of Delegates remains up for grabs the day following big Democratic pickups, and the final makeup of the chamber is unlikely to be decided for weeks. [WTOP]
Perhaps most surprisingly, Democrat Joshua Cole almost defeated Republican Bob Thomas in the race for the 28th District House of Delegates seat representing parts of Fredericksburg and Stafford. Cole lost by fewer than 100 votes in a race that appears headed for a recount. [Free Lance-Star]
WOODBRIDGE — A woman walking along a sidewalk was assaulted early Wednesday.
The victim was in the area of Walnut and Sycamore streets when a man jumped out from bushes and grabbed her. The woman broke free and fled to a nearby business, according to a Prince William police spokesman.
