Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

L & B Sports Bar in Dale City is latest victim of coronavirus shutdown

Published April 17, 2020 at 1:47PM | Updated April 17, 2020 at 2:04PM

Growing up in Mapledale in the 1990s, as I did, there were few places you could get to by walking.

In the neighborhood in Dale City, there was, and still is Giant Food grocery store, and there were two gas stations — a Mobile (now the site of a Sheetz) and an Amoco (now a BP station).

Politics

Northam signs bill to regulate ‘Wild West’ CBD market

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 16, 2020 at 3:15PM

Gov. Ralph Northam recently signed a bill that would define hemp extract, such as CBD, as food and usher in state regulations on these products.

Senate Bill 918, patroned by Sen. David Marsden, D-Fairfax, will help guide the budding industrial hemp industry in Virginia by regulating facility conditions and requirements for the production of hemp-derived products intended for human consumption.

Armed motorcycle theft starts online, ends in crash

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 16, 2020 at 3:08PM

A man thought he was going to sell his motorcycle to another man that he met on Craigslist.

That other man had other plans.

News

Freeze warning issued, temps to fall into low 30s

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 16, 2020 at 2:52PM | Updated April 16, 2020 at 3:52PM

Temperatures will drop tonight into the low 30s, and that has prompted a freeze warning for the region, to include

A Freeze Warning is in effect tonight for some areas due to sub-freezing temperatures. Take steps now to protect sensitive plants from the cold. pic.twitter.com/JrBmYEe4eN

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It’s not easy, but we’re always searching for good news

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 15, 2020 at 9:50PM

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Every day, the news is filled with the numbers of new coronavirus cases, and grim stories about those who died from the disease.

Local businesses are shuttered and people out of work. Some may never recover from this.

News

Just-released prisoner found in Stafford County building

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 15, 2020 at 4:22PM

He didn’t make it very far.

A man who had just been released from the Rappahannock Regional Jail was found a short time later inside of the Rowser Building, at 1739 Jefferson Davis Highway in Stafford, which is home to the county’s parks and recreation department.

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Coronavirus claims life of second Stafford victim

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 15, 2020 at 2:10PM

A woman in her 80s is the second person to die from the coronavirus in Stafford County.

The county reports:

ACTS, SERVE food pantries to benefit from joint grant

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 14, 2020 at 9:17PM

ACTS in Dumfries needs donations of food and cleaning supplies.

We contacted area food pantries this week from Manassas to Fredericksburg and asked if we could help them get out the word about how people can donate food and other needed items in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

ACTS in Dumfries responded, and tells us:

Police nab suspects in Woodbridge WaWa robbery

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 14, 2020 at 8:57PM

There are now two suspects behind bars who were wanted in connection to an armed robbery of a WaWa gas station in Woodbridge is in custody.

Todd Christopher Lawson, 51, was located and taken into custody in Washington DC by members of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department. The suspect will remain jailed in Washington, D.C. until extradited to Prince William County, according to police.

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Updated: Manassas to remain in Prince William library system, inks $1.25M deal

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 14, 2020 at 8:07PM | Updated April 16, 2020 at 12:14PM

Manassas City Hall at 9027 Center Street.

After years of discussion on whether it would or it wouldn’t, it appears Manassas will stay with the Prince William County Library System.

As far back as 2016, the city officials had talked about leaving the public library system, of which it had been a member of since 1976, in favor of building its own library.