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Teen killed at packed Manassas First Friday was a bystander in a gunfire exchange, police say

By Uriah Kiser
Police tape off a plaza near Prince William Street and West Street after a confirmed shooting during First Friday in Old Town Manassas on Sept. 4, 2026. Potomac Local News blurred a portion of the image. (Exclusive / Potomac Local News)

A 16-year-old girl killed during First Friday in Old Town Manassas is believed to have been a bystander in an exchange of gunfire, Manassas City Police said Saturday.

Sgt. Shauna Moller, the department’s public information officer, confirmed that characterization to Potomac Local News on Saturday afternoon.

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Prince William

Board rezones 23-acre Nokesville site for contractor storage

By Uriah Kiser

Elder Ramos told supervisors he can wait three weeks for a concrete truck when a patio pour gets canceled. On Tuesday night, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors gave his family a legal place to store the material.

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Manassas

Washington Manassas Airport earns FAA commercial certificate; first flights still a year-plus away

By Uriah Kiser
Washington Manassas Airport Director Juan Rivera, right, receives the FAA Part 139 Airport Operating Certificate from FAA Associate Administrator for Airports Daniel J. Edwards as Virginia Department of Aviation Director Greg Campbell looks on Monday in Manassas.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday issued Washington Manassas Airport its Part 139 Airport Operating Certificate, the last federal approval the field needed before it can host scheduled passenger airlines.

City and airport officials called it a historic step. It is not the start of commercial service.

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Stafford

Stafford Planning Commission recommends Accokeek Center data campus, 4-3

By Uriah Kiser
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The Stafford County Planning Commission recommended approval of the Accokeek Center data center campus in Falmouth after a packed hearing that began Aug. 26 and ran past midnight into Aug. 27.

On separate 4-3 votes, the commission recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a rezoning with proffers, and a conditional use permit for the substation.

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Newslinks

News Links: Supervisors Face Data Center Overlay as Dominion Warns the Grid Is Strained

By Uriah Kiser
<p><em>Officials cut the ribbon Aug. 25 at the Woodbridge Transit Center as OmniRide unveiled 16 new vehicles. In the front row holding the ribbon and scissors are Stafford Supervisor Dr. Pamela Young and Prince William Supervisors Chair Deshundra Jefferson, Victor Angry, Andrea Bailey and Yesli Vega. Photo courtesy Neabsco News / Supervisor Victor Angry.</em></p>

Prince William supervisors return this week to a data center overlay vote as Dominion’s contracted load tests the regional grid, nearby voters weigh a school-construction sales tax, and Labor Day travel rules take shape on I-95.

According to InsideNoVa, Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega said she has not yet taken a position on how long a grace period should last if the Board of County Supervisors ends by-right data center development in the Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District. The Planning Commission will rehold its public hearing Sept. 9 after a notice problem, and the board is scheduled to consider the zoning text amendment Sept. 22; Vega called the end of litigation over the PW Digital Gateway “a sigh of relief” after QTS dropped its Virginia Supreme Court appeal and said she still supports keeping land-use decisions with local governments rather than Richmond.

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Police Blotter

Police Blotter: Fatal Crash, Armed Robbery Reported

By Uriah Kiser
Firefighters work a structure fire Monday morning on Stafford Avenue in Fredericksburg. Residents got out before crews arrived, and no injuries were reported. The fire is under investigation by the Fire Marshal’s Office. (Courtesy of the Fredericksburg Fire Department)

Prince William County police on Monday identified the driver who died after an Aug. 27 crash in Haymarket. Tyler Paul Graybill, 18, of Haymarket, ran a stop sign at Dominion Valley Drive and Waverly Farm Drive, struck trees, and was later pronounced dead. Speed is believed to have been a factor.

The county’s daily report also includes an armed robbery Friday night at the AutoZone on Cape Cod Court in Woodbridge, a shots-fired call that left a home struck on Royal Court, and a driver accused of brandishing a gun on Richmond Highway.

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Features

Call to Action: New Volunteer Opportunities in Prince William

By Uriah Kiser

Greetings, Prince William. Volunteer Prince William is seeking new community partners throughout Manassas City, Manassas Park, and Prince William County to support the Alternative Community Service Program. Partner sites must be able to:

If you’re interested in learning more or ready to sign up, email [email protected] or call 703-369-5292 and ask for Shelley.

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Prince William

Staff backs 130 condos on old Kaiser site at Potomac Mills

By Uriah Kiser

 

Prince William County planning staff is recommending approval of Potomac Lofts, a 130-unit condominium project on the vacant Kaiser Permanente clinic at 14139 Potomac Mills Road. The Planning Commission is scheduled to hear rezoning case REZ2025-00030 on Sept. 9.

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Newslinks

News Links: Court Conviction, Aging Infrastructure, and Hairspray at the Hylton

By Uriah Kiser

A Spotsylvania jury convicted a man of second-degree murder in a teen’s death, Virginia received an overall “C” on a new infrastructure report card, Stafford County set its 25th-anniversary 9/11 ceremony, and ARTfactory will stage “Hairspray” at the Hylton Performing Arts Center.

A Spotsylvania County jury convicted Tyler Butler of second-degree murder Thursday in the May 3, 2025, shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Bosworth, a Massaponax High School senior, the Fredericksburg Free Press reported. After a three-day trial in Circuit Court, the jury also found Butler guilty of attempted second-degree murder, malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. A charge of maliciously shooting at an occupied dwelling was reduced to unlawfully shooting after two other homes in the River Club subdivision were struck by gunfire.

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