WOODBRIDGE — A new police station under construction in Prince William County burned Friday morning.
Structure Fire/future PWC Police Central District Station/5000blk Davis Ford Road/still under construction/roof fire out#pwcdfr
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Police are searching for the driver of a green Mustang who fled the scene after striking the safety patrolman while he was rendering aid to another disabled driver.
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Attempted Sexual Assault | Abduction – On September 21 at 4:24AM, officers responded to the area of South Park Ct in Woodbridge (22193) to investigate an attempted assault. The investigation revealed the victim, an 18-year-old woman, was in a park in the above area when she was approached by a masked man.
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Police are on the scene of a stabbing that happened just before 11 a.m.
At least one person has been injured. A helicopter has been called to fly the victim to a local hospital.
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HAYMARKET — Prince William police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Haymarket.
We’re told no police officers have been injured. Further details on the incident have yet-to-be-made available by a police spokesman.
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STAFFORD — Stafford officials will turn to the federal government to verify the spellings, ranks, and status of the names listed on commemorative bricks at the county’s newly minted veterans memorial.
The move comes after Stafford County attorney Jason Pelt said he found 52 of the over 60 bricks contain errors such as misspelled names, wrong ranks, inaccurate time periods of military service, and some that were wrongly listed as killed in action (KIA).
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MANASSAS — The annual Civil War Weekend in Downtown Manassas is canceled.
The three-day event that had been planned for Aug. 25, 26, and 27 draws hundreds to the city each August, where period re-enactors flock to the city museum lawn to show how Civil War soldiers lived. Live bands and a period dance were also planned as part of the event.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — A monument to Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson will stand at Manassas National Battlefield Park.
The National Park Service says it, and all Confederate monuments on national park land will remain standing.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — An online fundraiser to rename Stonewall Jackson Senior high and middle schools in Prince William County launched Wednesday.
Ryan Sawyers, the county’s At-large School Board Chairman, a Democrat who is now seeking a seat in Congress, issued a rallying cry to supporters calling for the name changes after this past weekend’s violent white nationalist protests in Charlottesville where three people died.
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STAFFORD — He doesn’t have big political aspirations, but he stepped up to be the GOP’s man in a pinch.
Michael Makee (pronounced Mackie) retired as Naval Commander after 20 years and is the Republican replacement candidate in Virginia’s House District 2. The 47-year-old Naval Academy graduate stepped in after Laquan Austion dropped out of the race on Friday.