Author: Potomac Local News
A pickup drove over an 800-gallon underground propane tank on Monday.
Fire and rescue crews were called to the scene int he 13000 block of Gables Green Way in Gainesville at 11:02 a.m. The truck caused a rupture in the tank.
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Updated from Virginia State Police:
At 5:33 p.m., Monday (June 6), Virginia State Police Trooper J.P. Kletzke was called to the report of a plane crash near Interstate 95 in Stafford County.
The Prince William County School Board will again vote on what model it will use for the 13th high school.
The $125 million school is slated to be built in the western portion of the county, to open in 2021, and relieve overcrowding at Battlefield, Patriot, and Stonewall Jackson High School. School officials haven’t’ said where the school will be built.
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From Prince William police:
Murder Investigation *ARREST – On June 5, detectives from the Homicide Unit identified the suspect involved in the murder of Najee Mason which occurred in the 14900 block of Potomac Heights Pl in Woodbridge on June 4. The preliminary investigation into the incident alleged that the suspect, identified as Abdisalam Ali ROBLE, fatally shot the victim following an altercation between the two parties. The suspect and the victim were roommates and known to one another. On June 7, members of the U.S. Marshals’ Fugitive Task Force located the suspect in Syracuse, New York where he was arrested without incident. The suspect currently remains jailed in New York pending extradition back to Virginia. The investigation continues.
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Good morning – As we approach Flag Day on June 14th the local district Boy Scouts invite you to retire your worn or tattered flag properly with honor at their two Flag Collection Centers.
The scouts man these two centers the second and fourth Saturdays from 9am-1pm. The collection centers are located at both the PWC Landfill and Balls Ford Compost Facility. Huge Cheers to our scouts!
OmniRide buses that are used to take commuters from Prince William County to Washington. D.C. will continue to operate.
The transit system’s $56 million budget keeps commuter, and local buses running for the next year and includes a mixture of ride fare increases, service cuts, and administrative savings to include lower-than-budgeted diesel fuel costs. Overall, it’s good news for an agency that earlier this year faced a $9 million budget shortfall and discussed cost-saving measures like converting its commuter bus fleet to feeder buses only serving Metro stations.
The body of a 21-year-old Manassas man was pulled from the Rappahannock River.
More in a police press release: