Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

Tree falls on minivan on Interstate 95 in North Stafford

Published June 4, 2020 at 12:32PM

A tree fell onto a minivan traveling on Interstate 95 in North Stafford.

Emergency crews were called about 12:25 p.m. after someone called and report the tree fell across the left and middle lane of the northbound side of the highway, just south of mile post 143.

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Update: Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Prince William

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 4, 2020 at 11:11AM | Updated June 4, 2020 at 2:33PM

Update 2:30 p.m.

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of DC, MD, PA, VA, WV until 10 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/J4Fe0ySwqe

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CDC to recognize Manassas as coronavirus hotspot; Protests curtail testing

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 3, 2020 at 9:19PM | Updated June 4, 2020 at 2:15PM

A group of peaceful protestors gather outside a WaWa gas station on Liberia Avenue in Manassas. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/Potomac Local News]

Manassas is about to recognized by the CDC as a coronavirus hotspot.

A new report to be released by the CDC will note the Prince William Health District, and specifically the zip code of 20110, as a region with the highest number of coronavirus cases in the state, according to city manager Pat Pate, who announced this during tonight’s meeting of the city council.

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Protests continued Wednesday night in Fredericksburg, Woodbridge

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 3, 2020 at 8:34PM | Updated June 4, 2020 at 9:55PM

Police cars were the targets of about 150 “agitators” who descended on Market Square tonight in Fredericksburg.

#FXBG: There is a group of 150 agitators in the City acting unlawful. One of our patrol vehicles was just vandalized at Market Square. Please stay home so we can keep you safe.

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Public helps ID protester after car window smashed while on bridge

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 3, 2020 at 3:46PM

One man faces charges after a window of a car was smashed during a protest on the Cambridge Street (Falmouth) Bridge on Monday, sending shattered glass falling on a one-year-old, police said.

Stafford law enforcement officials tell us:

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Police shut down U.S. 29 in Gainesville as protestors spill onto highway

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 1, 2020 at 9:33PM | Updated June 1, 2020 at 11:36PM

They left the area. Now they’re back.

Police are now working to close a portion of U.S. Route 29 in Gainesville as protestors are filing down an exit ramp from Linton Hall Road and walking onto the six-lane thoroughfare that connects Interstate 66 and Charlottesville 81 miles to the south.

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Protesters on Falmouth bridge target family with child, CS gas deployed

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 1, 2020 at 8:12PM | Updated June 1, 2020 at 8:58PM

Protestors clashed with the Stafford sheriff’s deputies again Monday night, this time of the Falmouth Bridge over the Rappahannock River.

A group of protestors was marching on the bridge that links Stafford County to Fredericksburg City at about 6:30 p.m., with arms linked, blocking all four lanes of traffic, according to sheriff’s office spokeswoman Amanda Vicinanzo.

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Protesters descend on Manassas for third day of demonstation

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 1, 2020 at 4:45PM | Updated June 1, 2020 at 8:29PM

Prince William County Sheriff Glendell Hill meets with protestors outside the county courthouse.

Protesters fanned out across Manassas on Monday afternoon in the latest in a series of protests in the Manassas area in the past three days, following the death of 46-year-old George Floyd, in Minneapolis.

Floyd was killed during an arrest attempt on May 25. Former police officer Derek Chauvin is charged in his death.

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Prince William elementary schools to get new roofs

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 29, 2020 at 1:32PM | Updated May 29, 2020 at 2:04PM

Featherstone Elementary School, located at 14805 Blackburn Road in Woodbridge

Three elementary schools in Prince William County will have their roofs replaced.

Earlier this year, the Prince William County School Board approved contracts for replacing roofs at Marshall Elementary School, at 12505 Kahns Road near Dale City, and Pennington Traditional School, located at 9305 Stonewall Road in Manassas, from the Northeast Contracting Corporation.

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Face mask order issued for Prince William courthouse

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 21, 2020 at 3:53PM | Updated May 21, 2020 at 8:21PM

Prince William County Sheriff Glendell Hill has donated 5,000 face masks for use at the county courthouse.

If you plan on visiting the Prince William County Courthouse, you’ll need to bring a face mask.

On Wednesday, May 20, 2020, Chief Judge Tracy C. Hudson of the 31st Judicial Circuit Court issued a mandatory face-covering order.