Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

On scene as Prince William police rescue kitten from sweltering car

Published July 26, 2018 at 5:14PM | Updated July 27, 2018 at 12:19AM

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Police officers came to the aid of the defenseless today.

Potomac Local was there when they pulled a kitten from the inside of a 120-degree car parked in the hot sunlight outside the Coverstone Apartments complex in the 10900 block of Coverstone Drive near Manassas.

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Storm leads to series of crashes on I-66

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 25, 2018 at 5:50PM

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — A man flipped his Honda Civic while driving Interstate 66 east.

The crash happened just before 5 p.m. Wednesday just before milepost 47 — the exit for Sudley Road / Route 234 Business near Manassas.

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Occoquan monitors river levels with heavy rain in this week’s forecast

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 23, 2018 at 4:45PM | Updated July 23, 2018 at 10:02PM

OCCOQUAN — Water rolled down the Occoquan River on Monday.

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Haymarket police parody ‘Top Gun’ in lip sync video

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 19, 2018 at 11:37PM

Like Tom Cruise in Top Gun, officers of the Haymarket Police Department “feel the need for speed.”

And they say that in a newly created video parody of the 1986 movie made for the police lip sync challenge, a series of viral videos featuring officers in departments across the U.S. lip syncing to familiar songs.

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Demolition begins in Dumfries ahead of First Town Center, Route 1 projects

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 19, 2018 at 3:37PM | Updated July 21, 2018 at 6:17PM

DUMFRIES — The first in a series of abandoned, blighted houses came down this week.

Dumfries officials ordered a row of old homes along the town’s Main Street demolished in January.

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Drastic 2017 crime stat swings: Rapes increase while murder rate plunges

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 15, 2018 at 5:00PM | Updated July 15, 2018 at 5:52PM

WOODBRIDGE — Some who have come in contact with Prince William police officers have become more brazen. Assaults on county police officers increased by 35 percent in 2017.

There were 148 recorded incidents of assaults on officers, up from 80 in 2016. Chief Barry Barnard said those statistics show just how dangerous policing profession can be.

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River Crossing project starts late summer, will double I-95 capacity in Fredericksburg

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 12, 2018 at 7:52PM

FREDERICKSBURG — A new project to ease congestion on Interstate 95 south will double the number of lanes through Fredericksburg.

It’ll also include a new river crossing about 90 feet above the Rappahannock River.

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It cost nearly half a million to build, and it’s the part of Jiffy Lube Live you never want to see

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 9, 2018 at 5:55PM | Updated July 10, 2018 at 10:06AM

BRISTOW — Drinking too many beers at a summer concert could land you in here.

It’s a new 1,350 square foot building behind one of the region’s largest live music venues — Jiffy Lube Live. It’s an outpost for Prince William County police, and for emergency medical services.

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Exclusive: Minimum toll rate hiked on I-95 E-ZPass Express Lanes

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 9, 2018 at 5:48PM | Updated July 10, 2018 at 10:07AM

No, you’re not seeing things.

It is costing you more to drive the Interstate 95 E-ZPass Express Lanes. The price hike is in effect when the fewest number of drivers are on the lanes when the rates are supposed to be the lowest.

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Small town, big crowd: Hundreds come to Dumfries mayoral inauguration

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 1, 2018 at 9:49PM | Updated July 2, 2018 at 11:28AM

Dumfries Mayor Derrick Wood

DUMFRIES — It’s a new day in Dumfries.

Hundreds of people came Sunday afternoon to witness Mayor Derrick Wood be sworn into office. This marks the first mayoral term for a barbecue food-truck chef by day turned public servant.