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A Woodbridge man is dead after a crash on Interstate 95.
At 11:23 p.m. Wednesday, September 28, Virginia State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash in Fairfax County. The crash occurred on Interstate 95 at the 161-mile marker.
Good Morning Prince William – Halloween is almost here, and Historic Manassas is hosting a “Mask-querade” Ball on October 31 at Harris Pavilion. Volunteers are needed to work a 4-hour shift as set up crew, thermometer readers, ticket sales and check-in, game attendants and costume contest judging. Masks must be worn; volunteers can come in costume. Please email [email protected] for more information on this fun event.
Non-COVID-19 Opportunities:
Absentee in-person voting is underway in Virginia. Mail-in ballots are being sent to voters across the commonwealth.
School divisions in Prince William and Stafford counties say they’re taking precautions after a visit from Virginia’s First Lady Pamela Norham, who, along with Gov. Ralph Northam tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday, September 25.
Prince William County plans to reopen Washington Reid School near Dumfries, where Northam visited on Tuesday, September 22, at its regular time on Tuesday, September 29.
While the official temperature for the Washington, D.C. region is recorded at Reagan National Airport, the region’s official Doppler Radar is operated from The National Weather Service office in Sterling.
That radar will out of commission for the next few weeks.
Northern Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly (D, 11-Fairfax, Prince William) wants George Mason University to rename its Antonin Scalia Law School.
Connolly pens in a statement:
Police in Manassas were called to the scene of a fatal crash today at 1:41 a.m.
A 2004 blue Saturn ran off the road into the grass median and collided into a tree at Ashton Avenue and Rolling Road. The driver, identified as Derek Scott Lett, 29, of Manassas, was pronounced deceased on scene by rescue personnel.
The students in Rebecca Clement’s English class are finishing up reading the Greek play Medea.
Her students and Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores, both in class and learning virtually at home, took turns reading the book out loud. “I’m covering more than what I expected to cover so far,” said Clement, whose in her 14th year of teaching.
An argument led to the arrest of a man who had multiple outstanding warrants.
Police were called to a home in the 8000 block of Ashland Avenue near Manassas on Friday, September 25 at 3:41 a.m., the Westgate Apartments. Officers arrived and found a man and a 29-year-old woman inside. The woman told police the man was stopping her from leaving the apartment, police said.
A woman is charged with assault and battery of a 7-month-old child that was in her care.
On September 14, Deputy R.T. Philippsen responded to an apartment in Stafford County for a report of child abuse. The parents of a 7-month-old infant had returned home and discovered a red mark on the side of the infant’s face. The parents reviewed video taken of their child’s nanny, who works inside of their home.
