Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

Coronavirus cases trending higher in Rappahannock District

Published August 31, 2020 at 10:53PM

The number of coronavirus cases continues to grow in the Rappahannock Region.

As of Monday, there were 25 new cases for a total of 4,450 reported cases since the pandemic began in March. While no one in the region is hospitalized right now, a total of 348 people have been to a hospital with the disease, and 62 have died.

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Suspect named in string of thefts in thefts that began online

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 31, 2020 at 10:35PM

Fabin Jr.

Police in Prince William County said a Stafford County told online sellers he was interested in buying, and then he stole their stuff.

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K9, drone used to locate suspect following vehicle chase

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 31, 2020 at 8:57PM

Deputy B.U. Demirci and his K-9 partner Titan

Stafford County sherriff’s deputies used spike strips to stop a Washington, D.C. following a vehicle chase.

The Stafford sheriff’s office tell us:

Prince William

Truck hauling autos overturns near Quantico

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 31, 2020 at 4:28PM | Updated August 31, 2020 at 5:06PM

5:06 p.m.

The truck has been uprighted. No injuries reported. Traffic getting by on the left shoulder.

Prince William

OmniRide to ask for extension of paratransit study

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 31, 2020 at 1:57PM

This past winter, OmniRide was in the middle of a year-long transit study to find out if people would call for a ride and then be taken to an OmniRide local bus stop.

Then the coronavirus pandemic hit, and ridership across all OmniRide bus services plummeted. OmniRide officials are expected to ask for an extension of the study period at the next OmniRide Commissioners meeting, to be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, September 3, at the OmniRide transit center at 14700 Potomac Mills Circle in Woodbridge.

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Montclair library, VFW, Elks Lodge to serve as locations for food drive

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 31, 2020 at 1:35PM | Updated August 31, 2020 at 2:58PM

The sun shines down on the U.S. Flag hoisted outside VFW Post 1503 in Dale City.

A Prince William County resident aims to collect food for the homeless.

From Natan Inlow, of Woodbridge:

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Body found in back of van involved in I-95 crash

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 31, 2020 at 12:38PM | Updated August 31, 2020 at 1:00PM

The body of a young man was found the back of a van involved in a crash at Occoquan.

From Virginia State Police:

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Crews search for missing boater in Fredericksburg

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 31, 2020 at 12:08PM

Crews continue to search the Rappahannock River for a boater who went missing from the area of the Fredericksburg City Dock on Sunday.

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries tells us:

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Updated: SUV crashes into Manassas pond

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 29, 2020 at 4:55PM | Updated August 31, 2020 at 5:14PM

An SUV crashed into a pond on Hastings Drive in Manassas. [Submitted photo]

5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31

Bystanders became heroes when they went into the water to save the life of the occupant inside of an SUV that crashed into a pond.

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Man injured in Woodbridge construction accident

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 28, 2020 at 1:24PM

A man was injured in a construction accident today in Woodbridge.

Rescue crews were called at 10:30 a.m. to the 13000 block of Lynn Street, next to Fred M. Lynn Middle School in Woodbridge, where a man told 911 operators a piece of metal rebar punctured his leg.