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9 p.m. | Authorities tell us two drivers involved in a crash today on White Oak Road in Stafford County have died.
Both unidentified drivers were taken to a local hospital for treatment following the crash.
A new Prince William Board County Supervisors will meet for the first time at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, and it will begin where the last Board left off — gun rights.
The newly elected Board members that took office January 1 have put forth a new resolution urging state legislators to pass so-called red flag laws that limit residents’ ability to get firearms and provide more money to law enforcement which is on the front lines dealing with those who have a mental illness.
The Prince William County Police Department turns 50 years old this year.
It plans to mark the milestone in a series of social media posts throughout the year.
We checked with the three major healthcare providers in our region — Sentara, Mary Washington, and Novant — and they’re getting ready to welcome baby in the New Year.
At Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge, all newborns will receive a special cupcake with blue or pink icing to celebrate the birthday.
Some long-serving members of the Virginia Railway Express Operations Board — some of whom date back to the founding of the commuter railroad in 1991 — said goodbye.
Sharon Bulova, who represents Fairfax County on the commission, and who is the retiring Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman, served decades on the commission. She described how it took an act of congress to create the commuter railroad, explaining how the host railroads, Norfolk Southern and CSX demanded to be let off the hook an accident were to happen on the tracks used by VRE trains.
Police have now reclassified the case of this morning’s fatal double shooting at a Denny’s restaurant near Manassas from an armed robbery to homicide.
But if you count it, there have been a total of 17 reports of armed or attempted armed robbery in Prince William County since November 30.
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors will hold a public swear-in ceremony. A press release states:
The Swearing-In Ceremony for the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, the Commonwealth’s Attorney and the Sheriff will be held on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. The ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Merchant Hall at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, 10960 George Mason Circle in Manassas. The public is invited to attend the ceremony and stay for the reception immediately following.
A $3.7 billion deal to include a new bridge across the Potomac River is expected to usher in a new era of local and regional rail travel in Virginia.
The move will increase Virginia Railway Express service by more than 70%, with two new round-trip weekend trains, and two new weekday trains that will run later into the evening.
Just three weeks before its official swearing-in ceremony, the newly elected members of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors took their oath of office.
Prince William County Circuit Court Clerk Jacqueline Smith presided over the ceremony.
Those poor conservatives.
Election Day comes around every year on the first Tuesday in November. Yes — in Virginia — there is an election every year. But yet, somehow, conservatives said they missed this one.
